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Hello, The DMRB I’m getting does come with a mercury lamp. However I’m a bit afraid of it, especially since I will be driving it up the east coast- plenty of bumps along the way. I’m not sure the makerspace I have my art studio would want something that can explode and give off vapor. So I’m looking...

It comes with this darkfield DS1 insert, I'm hoping this will at least give darfeild at 10x. 5x would be nice too, even if the illumination isn't even. I'm guessing it will not work for 40x and 100x- I would need the specialized condenser you spoke of? I did buy these objectives. I'm not sure how mu...

Can you do darkfield at 100x with just the iris, or do you need a different insert for the condenser? I'm also a bit interested in increasing the depth of field with the iris for thick samples. Anyway, Leica actually got back to me about these objectives- yes, they are the older, 'delta' optics so w...

Seeing this just now- thanks!

Hello, sorry for all the posts, still learning. These two objectives are a decent price, but I cannot find anything on them in the Leica spreadsheets. I'm assuming they are pre-HC and will work with the DMRB, and I'm trying to figure out if they use the K3 condenser prism, which I have (I also have ...

Thanks! Yea I was hoping to get LWD but doesn’t look like it’s going to work out. That’s ok though.

Ok last question on outfitting my Leica DMRB- are long working distance objectives worth it for higher mags? Trying to decide between these two lenses, one of which is not quite meant for my setup, but is long working distance. I’m thinking the increased amount of the sample in focus would be really...

I’m aware of some of this. I do plan to sell most of the accuscope stuff. I want to do something I call ‘plankton painting’ with darkfield and possibly phase contrast, see: https://jessholz.com/plankton-painting/ And I don’t mind fuzzy fluorescent, I have used confocal but don’t mind the fuzz of wid...

Found it! A list of prisms and objectives https://www.mikroskop-center.de/media/wysiwyg/Leica%20DM1000/List_of_Microscope_Objectives_EN.pdf Yea I’ll have to think on this scope. I do have an art studio it can stay in so size is not an issue. I’m also interested in darkfield, phase, and fluorescence,...

The lenses are not Leica, see below what comes with it. $5.5k but I still need to get some objectives (for now just 5x and 10x, maybe 20), and a k2 prism. Worth it? DMRB stand in excellent condition with 100w lighting. Phase and DIC turret Polarizer for DIC Phase 1, 2, 3 annuli Darkfield annuli Accu...

Thanks! So just to clarify for 10x I would want D1 instead of 'D', for best results? (I am finding some 10x lenses but they just say 'D' not D1). There isn't a chart anywhere that says all this? Probably not. I am thinking, maybe it's not worth buying since I can't find the k2 anywbere, if its too h...

Sorry I'm confused- a lot of the 10x's I've seen say 'D', not A. So my 'D' should be ok, it's just that I would want a K2, I think. I'm starting to understand, thanks!

Thanks! Would something like this work?: https://www.ebay.com/itm/225103348174 Combined with this lens: https://www.ebay.com/itm/225744897338 I guess I'm not sure what would happen if I left the K3 in there and didn't get K1, with this lens. I'm just not finding much on how to combine the prisms, I ...

Hello, I am very interested to upgrade by crap Amscope by buying this Leica DMRB. I'm wondering which lenses are best for DIC, and whether I have the right prisms (pic). I'd really like a low mag DIC lens 10-20x, I don't see any plan apos that are 10x anywhere, but maybe there are some 20x.. somewhe...