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Hi there, 1. Yeah, that's to be expected, its interesting to check out a slide with some pond life in dark field :) 2. The NFK 2.5x was intended to be used with 35mm camera film i.e. it's the same size as current full format image sensors (e.g. EOS R, the rare NFK 1.67x would be roughly APS-C sensor...

Hi there, I tried to document this way better. The microscope is an SZX12 in my case but this is not a problem as it is fully compatible with the SZH accessoires (hence this mod works identical with the SZH). The phototube (=PT) is the highlighted module, you can just remove it from the optical path...

Hi there, I hope you don't mind me hijacking the thread for this post, but I'd like to suggest to get rid of any intermediate optics (these NFKs are so 1980s :D ) and try out a direct adaptation. Its simply done by unscrewing and removing the upper tube-like part of the phototube. Then you can cut s...