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Came across this - might interest those with a Zeiss who are thinking of putting a DIC system together.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Carl-Zeiss-5-fa ... 4335313807

It fits the Universal, I think.

The nosepiece is from a Universal/Photomicroscope but the slider holders can be taken off and put on a Standard or WL

75RR wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:56 pm

The nosepiece is from a Universal/Photomicroscope but the slider holders can be taken off and put on a Standard or WL

I thought they are stuck to the nosepiece. Factory aligned and glued in place.

I thought they are stuck to the nosepiece. Factory aligned and glued in place.

They are, but can be removed with acetone.

Seller is also selling a DIC condenser, though there appears to be delamination in at least one of the prisms.

75RR wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:25 pm

though there appears to be delamination in at least one of the prisms.

There is an immersion oil hack of fixing delaminated DIC condenser prisms.

There is an immersion oil hack of fixing delaminated DIC condenser prisms

How does that work? I imagine it is temporary.

In a nutshell you dip the prism in immersion oil which crawls inside the gap separating the two quartz wedges.

http://www.microscopeitaly.it/2011/06/2 ... /#more-251

According to the author it is quite a durable hack that last for quite a while.

Thanks, have saved the link!