MicrobeHunter.com Microscopy Forum

<r>Thank you, folks, for your replies and encouragement! <br/> <br/> As a newcomer here, I fear I misspoke regarding my microscope. Writing more carefully, my wife and I have a B&L <I><s>[i]</s>DynaZoom<e>[/i]</e></I> flat field photo binocular, with body catalogue number 31-18-03. (Not the "Dyn...

Thank you for the discussion, everyone! The AO model number 1200 50x is truly a reflecting system, like the world's tiniest Cassegrain telescope. I shall simply try it and eventually report what the experience is like. I did not realize until recent discussion that a special condenser is needed for ...

I want to thank everyone very much for the discussion. I wrote another message last night, but I seem to have deleted it rather than to have sent it! Nematode Master Bram very kindly pointed out a camera adapter for my B&L DynaZoom Flat-field photo binocular, and I bought it right away! While I have...

Hi Again Folks-- I should not write as though I really know what I'm doing with the Gaertner toolmaker's, as I'm sure the experienced masters who seriously used these things back in the day knew much more than I'll have a chance to ever learn about it. Unfortunately I do not have a manual for it. I ...

Hi Folks-- I am new to this forum, and my specialty is telescopes. But who can resist microscopes? My wife and I have two ponds (surprisingly) here in the high desert of New Mexico, and we're increasingly active exploring pond water and what swims in it. But it suddenly occurred to me that people he...

Hi Folks-- I would like to learn more about an unusual objective I have, inscribed as follows: 50X Reflecting N. A. 0.56 Spencer Made in USA 946477 Along with the above is also engraved the American Optical shield symbol. I've found that the objective was being offered in the 1953 AO catalogue and w...

Hi Folks-- I know telescopes, but my wife and I are relative novices in microscopy. We have just acquired a Bausch and Lomb Dynoptic microscope in good condition, made circa 1968, and are working to activate it. It's probably going to be the best microscope in our collection (and generally, we look ...

Hi Folks-- My specialty is telescopes, but who can resist microscopes, especially when my wife is also interested? However, we're just novices in microscopy. I'm keenly interested in the general history of optics, and I'll be posting some equipment questions. My wife and I just scored a B&L Dynoptic...