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I have an attachment that came with an AO series 10 microscope, but I am not quite sure what it is as I can’t find it in any of the AO catalogs I have found online. It has a 45 degree angles glass reflector (not a prism), and a light blue lens and filter slot in the tube coming off the side. Looks l...

Many thanks, apochronaut. Different focal length configurations for the condensers explains what I am seeing; I didn’t know that the 1084 had a different focal length than the 1088. The series 10 scope that started all this came with the Ortho-Illuminator and a 1088. However, in going for a set of b...

Hello, this is my first post on this forum. I have an AO/Spencer Ortho-Illuminator that I use with a Series 10 scope. When using the regular condenser (#1088), it is easy to focus the condenser to get crisp images of the field aperture. However, with the aspheric condenser (#1084), no amount of movi...