Hi!
I'm pretty new to the hobby of microscopy and just bought a Zeiss standard 25 off Ebay (not the ICS) Unfortunately it came with B&L 30x eyepieces (much to my chagrin) so looking through it the artifacts are very noticeable.
Here are some spores taken on a cell phone with the 40x objective (1200x total) while I'm still waiting on my 10x eyepieces Ebay.
I'm also looking for the manual for the scope since I can only find the 25 ICS manual.
Zeiss Standard 25
Re: Zeiss Standard 25
Congratulations. I belive you will soon produce a lot better images even with a smartphone.
Did you record these through the eyepieces? is there an eyepiece in the photo tube?
In the case that you stay with the smartphone for a while, I was able to take decent photos with the aid of a modified adapter and 10x/18 eyepieces on a binocular. Find it in the Camera section of this forum. Should be a lot easier on the phototube...
By the way, I switch between Zeiss 10x/18 and Olympus 10x/18 eyepieces - no big difference in my inexperienced eyes...
Did you record these through the eyepieces? is there an eyepiece in the photo tube?
In the case that you stay with the smartphone for a while, I was able to take decent photos with the aid of a modified adapter and 10x/18 eyepieces on a binocular. Find it in the Camera section of this forum. Should be a lot easier on the phototube...
By the way, I switch between Zeiss 10x/18 and Olympus 10x/18 eyepieces - no big difference in my inexperienced eyes...
Re: Zeiss Standard 25
Yep taken with my cell phone hovering over the eyepiece. Unfortunately there's no eyepiece in the phototube, I was looking to put a c-mount adapter and attach a dedicated camera onto it. There's a place not to far that sells old scope parts though they tend to be pricey. (though if the c-mount adapter for the ics is the same for the 160mm $125 isn't bad).