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Hobbyst46 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:58 pm

imkap wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:36 pm

Done, it works nice... Who says delaminated eyepieces aren.t useful

Please, are those lamps halogen or LED ? what wattage ?

The 15V 150W halogen lamp is in the housing and optic fibers lead the light through the goosenecks.

Done, it works nice... Who says delaminated eyepieces aren't useful

viktor j nilsson wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:18 am

Yes for sure, I have used Wild 10x eyepieces as collimating optics for light sources before, and they seem very good for the job.

Thanks

Nice shot and a lovely bee, a hard working machine... thanks for sharing

I have some delaminated KPL W 10x eyepieces which seem to have a perfect housing (the top part) for making of the focusing lens like these on the link below. https://www.schott.com/en-us/products/kl-fiber-optic-light-guides-p1000347/product-variants?tab=kl-series-optical-accessories I'd just have to...

The unit arrived and it is in great condition, I've checked the guides they seem to be working and the light is very strong, so we're happy. I think I understand the purpose of the focusing lens now, so I'll try to DIY. I have some spare eyepieces which might do the purpose and a 3d printer. DSC0524...

You might be better of selling the parts separately, condenser in one listing, objective (lot or singles), eyepieces and the microscope.

I had a Carson and actually is a great piece of a pocket microscope, especially for 20-30$. It is purely optical with a led on the bottom and the best thing is you can lean it on whatever you want and look at it. So I'd go around the house and observe how things look like magnified. That was before ...

Carson's image looks the same on all magnifications. On a good real zoom you'll be able to resolve more details when you zoom in. For real 120x on a stereo you need a real good light and more expensive optics. Don't worry about magnification, 40x is more than enough on a stereo microscope. In US the...

Nice and simple... Thanks

Thanks for this.

I remember there was a world without likes, ages ago

Nice image, I love the bellows it is simple to use and you can use simple objectives, like a 50mm... No need to spend money on expensive dedicated macro lens, for static (studio) use anyway...
Just need to provide the right light...

And who's got time to take 3 hour exposures of the same thing for 17 nights We solved that by pointing 4 telescopes at the same object! :D os-rh300-array_42313493802_o_sm.jpg Nice setup... :mrgreen: I feel with astronomy I always craved for new equipment, as that was the only way to get a 'new' vie...

The Schott KL series are very nice lights. I've used a KL1500 for years without problems. I recently opened up a KL2500. The constant light temperature intensity control turns out not to be an iris. It's a large, thin perforated metal wheel. The size and number of the perforations vary systematical...

T2 is a threaded hole, so it should be the same.

Why not get a M4/3 to T2?

Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Fotasy-MAT2-Micr ... B008TBVF6U

Or M4/3 to EF-S?

Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Fotasy-Canon-Ada ... B003150B6O

Cheap, get both...

Great and so tidy... Thanks for sharing

… So the thing is phone with a 1 inch sensor camera which cannot take pictures without a lens. But it has other sensors, with lenses … and anyway [at the risk of repeating myself] the only part that really interested me, and which [mistakenly?] I thought might be relevant here was the fact that the...

Antartica wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:29 pm

New Years bump

Happy new bump

blekenbleu wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:51 pm

imkap wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:16 pm

It has an iris and some options, even an LCD screen

Those smaller tips should work better near microscope objectives than do more typical 13mm tips...

I hope so, although focusing lens will be on my TO DO list

Brochure says for the second knob: "Mechanical brightness control without variation of the light’s color temperature" so I presumed it is an iris.

For the small switch it says: "Switch for optimizing the illumination", I suppose it is the one you mention, hopefully the supplements are included

Scarodactyl wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:18 pm

I have one of this model. It's nice, a lot of brands use it.

Yes I found Zeiss, Leica and generic Schott along with Olympus. Hopefully accessories should be easily available for it then. I'm glad you say it's nice, as it was a bit impulsive buy

I ended up buying this, a bit more expensive but I hope it will be good. It has an iris and some options, even an LCD screen :? with some probably redundant info. If I was more patient probably I'd have found a better offer, but 210 is kind of ok and I thought of this as a birthday present, so it sh...

Quite expensive, as everything

So you think we might be ok without these for a start? I looked up and saw quite a few Dolan Jenner units including these on eBay. Probably someone will want to send them here separately. Shipping from US is unfortunately too expensive for the whole unit.

I found this one: overall cost with shipping and import would be 135€. These come cheaper in the US, but it is how it is. It says Meiji techno, but it is made by Dolan Jenner U.S. The only thing missing are the focusing lens, which should go to tips of the goosenecks. Maybe I could source these some...

I understand, so I could have a color temperature I'd want and the bulb might last longer. Thanks

I decided to buy one of these, there are some options on ebay currently. Some have only one potentiometer for adjusting light bulb voltage / intensity, others have an additional knob for closing the iris. I'm not sure what effect would I get by having the option with an iris, they are a bit more exp...

Not sure how they would implement autofocus with these. Maybe make specific lens for a specific phone mount or a Bluetooth connection, AF needs power too. The whole point of phone photography that you can have a camera on you all the time and it fits in a pocket. With additional lens it isn't that s...

I have Olympus SZ40 and I'm quite impressed with it.