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I figured the best first step would be to see what kind of image it can produce, so I ordered a c-mount to m42 adapter and an adjustable m42 extender, which just came in today. Since I already had an m42-canon adapter for my other microscope adapter I figured I would give that a try: https://i.imgur...

What a fascinating subject you have there !! Please tell us more. MichaelG. These quartz crystals come out of Pakistan, but are very similar to those found in Herkimer, NY. They formed in cavities in a limestone, apparently crystallizing in the center of the pockets so they are complete all around ...

Hello everyone, I mentioned in my introduction post that I was hoping to get advice on adapting a digital camera (an older Canon EOS) to my american optics 580 microscope head. Einman suggested I get a dovetail adapter from RAFcamera on eBay, and I gave that a try. I picked up a 43mm dovetail to 42m...

Thanks! Yeah, I sure hope so. It came in today, and the news is mixed. It appears to indeed be a stanalone makrozoom with the photo tube, basically a Wild M420 without the oculars, a setup similar to a lot of industrial zoom lenses mentioned here. It is on what appears to be a motorized focus mount,...

I know that asking after you buy is a bit like consulting a lawyer after you sign a contract, but I spotted this on eBay with a few hours left and decided to make a lowball offer on it. Surprisingly they accepted, and it'll be on its way here soon: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wild-Heerbrugg-Makrozoom-1...

Thanks! I've added it to my saved searches on eBay and if I see one that's anomalously cheap I'll probably pick it up. It's kind of interesting that it's described as a camera lens a few places--I suppose it does kind of blur the line more than usual, even if it's available with a stand and eyepiece...

Hello everyone. I hope this is OK to ask here. Many times while searching eBay and other sites for accessories for my stereozoom 7 I have come across listings for its apparent distant cousin/bizarro world counterpart, the monozoom 7. It is generally rather inexpensive, and I have been wondering if i...

Huh, that's interesting! Thanks for having a look. I don't think I'll buy this one since I doubt I'd have any use for such a thing, but it is neat to run into this kind of equipment.

I came across this oddball at a surplus warehouse. I'm honestly not even sure it's a microscope--there wasn't an eyepiece underneath the red cover, though it kind of looked like there should be. I mostly know Krüss as a maker of microscopes (particularly gemological ones) but I know they make a wide...

I've been considering that option--hooking a camera up to a gemological microscope is less with the intention of making high-powered print grade photos as it is of being able to document what you're seeing clearly without having to move the sample back and forth to a dedicated photo setup. But I wou...

Ooh, thanks for posting that! I like the look of that setup. I do have the original phototube with my SZ7 (one came with the adapter, and I picked up a spare in a parcel of mixed parts on eBay), I just haven't set it up with a camera yet beyond testing it with an eyepiece and my phone. The one chall...

Thanks! @Einman: I really appreciate the tip, I didn't even think to look for a dovetail adapter. From my measurements it looks like the 580 is about 43mm, so I should probably get this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/43mm-microscope-dovetail-to-M42x1-thread-adapter/252926906774?hash=item3ae39e5196:g:...

Yup, as well it should! Thanks again for offering it for sale--it's a pretty remarkable part to find loose, especially at such a great price. The microscope is almost entirely tricked out--I also got a 2x auxiliary for it and did some repairs to the base too. I figure getting a camera adapted is the...

Hi everyone. I'm fairly new to microscopy as a hobby--I picked up a gemological microscope for my budding gem lab last year and got the bug. I'd used plenty of petrographic scopes while studying geology, but finally trying a decent stereo scope was a revelation. My main scopes are an SZ7 and an AO58...