Black (Brass) Zeiss WL

[75RR]

Not mine - sort of wish it were, but sensible people only have one. That is until I grow another head and a couple of spare arms anyway. ;)
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Carl-Zeiss-Sta ... 0037.m2107

[Hobbyst46]

I did not know that non-grey WL's exist. It looks beautiful! I might have desired it as an upgrade to mine. However, $158 + $102 (shipping) + $38 (VAT) = $298 for a nearly bare stand! maybe for a collector of scopes. AND I think that the seller removed the trino head and condenser and photo eyepiece from the stand and is selling it separately. Right now.
To think that a couple of months ago a working grey WL, trinocular, 3 objectives, eyepieces and light source was offered locally at $180...

[75RR]

I did not know that non-grey WL's exist. It looks beautiful!

I think you will probably enjoy this photo:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwer5yjkfwz6k ... g.jpg?dl=0

[Hobbyst46]

I did not know that non-grey WL's exist. It looks beautiful!

I think you will probably enjoy this photo:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwer5yjkfwz6k ... g.jpg?dl=0

Thanks! I do! a fine display. So the black WL and black Universal are there. The name "the brass gang" could also mean a saxophone/trumpet/clarinet(...) player band
A question though: which condenser is fitted in the second from left (it is a GFL like mine)?

[75RR]

Good question, had not noticed that.
Perhaps a N.A. 1.4 achromatic-aplanatic condenser Z (see page 90 of Zeiss Optical Systems)

Hopefully Charles will know.

I believe the microscopes are, from left to right: Standard Junior KF, Standard GFL, Standard WL and Photomicroscope.
Apparently very few of the black Photomicroscopes were made.

My first microscope was a Standard Junior KF with a 3 objective nosepiece!

P.S. Found this page in:
Zeiss, Winkel und Standard: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpdrvxmaifz5j ... d.pdf?dl=0
As you can see it is the same photo!

[KurtM]

I did not know that non-grey WL's exist.

Here's one.

I could have painted the lamp house (and power supply?) black to match, but declined to modify original equipment.

[Hobbyst46]

@KurtM
What a beauty. Is the HBO lamphouse attached to the base or just placed aligned against it?

[75RR]

Is the HBO lamphouse attached to the base or just placed aligned against it?

Believe KurtM has a Halogen lamphouse but the procedure is the same.

12v 60w lamphouse manual: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m31nnua9czlfl ... r.pdf?dl=0
12v 100w lamphouse manual: https://www.dropbox.com/s/77omyc466d5fl ... 0.pdf?dl=0

[Hobbyst46]

Thanks a lot 75RR for the information. I see now that it should be rigidly attached.

[KurtM]

Yep, 100W halogen, and yep, dovetail-attached. Also have an AO 120 on the bench - similar to the AO 110, but with 100W halogen lamphouse. I dig da bright lights!

(Feels kinda funny to say that, since I'm also a lifelong amateur astronomer/telescope nut, where precisely the opposite is true.)