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Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:04 am

Clifford: you have PM.

Yep got it thanks

Thanks for all the feedback, may be I need to look further afield than Olympus, I have a fair understanding of optics and yes come from a photography background and also some Astrophotography Just want to get something better than my old 70s Japanese Denkar not that there is anything wrong with it b...

The search goes on looked at Motic but the prices are Olympus like at least with the lousy exchange rates here Even Radical is not cheap as everything is US dollars Favouring going back to the CX43 new local warranty 5 years at least a brand name. The 4x Nikon objective is way out in parfocality 1-2...

Forgot to mention Zeiss standard yes will check them out have Zeiss binoculars and they are excellent

Looks like you are right even my new Denon amp is made in Asia , yes looked at the Radical they seem well priced So many brands but mostly look the same rebranded as you say. I actually bought a 4x Nikon objective from Micrographix through eBay, was good to deal with turned out not near par focal bu...

The mechanical stage I added , the scope was a Birthday present as my dad worked in optics I had a choice of several used scopes but this one was the only one with a condenser, still have the clips , no rotation possible with this stage , the objective is one I swapped in Shamadzu(kalnew),has a spri...

Thank you for the suggestions I don’t know the Aussie sellers on US eBay postage is high from the US. hadn’t heard of Motic or Best Scopes , I’ve always liked Japanese built gear generally a step up in quality but some of the the Chinese stuff is pretty good these days, might have to go that route I...

Thank you , I think you have given me some real ideas of its origins, I’ll link some larger images Here’s a link I uploaded to cloudynights forum years ago might be good enough https://www.cloudynights.com/gallery/image/74269-denkar-microscope/ Certainly built to last , looks a bit like an earlier O...

I’ve been looking at used microscopes here in Australia so expensive, found the Olympus CX43 with phase contrast new for not much more than used BH2’s only concern is no field diaphragm a fixed Kohler illumination? and they appear to be sourced from China ?

Appreciate any thoughts
Cliff

Had this since I was a teen , can find little history of the Denkar company anywhere ?, seems very well made ,adjustable tube length and is quite heavy has the standard 10 40 100 oil objectives ,I recently tried a Nikon 4x but is far from parfocal, had thoughts of upgrading the eyepieces and objecti...

Hi ,Cliff from Sydney, Had my Japanese Denkar microscope since I was a teen had a toy one before that, Lately had a renewed interest as another hobby Astronomy has been clouded out mostly Found Microbehunter videos a some others now searching for a decent used Japanese Trinocular biological microsco...

Thanks Oliver finally got access to the forum, My first post here , Cliff in Sydney Australia, currently have a 70s Japanese Denkar microscope which I’ve owned used from the 70s, can’t find much if any history on the company. Solid round stage and variable tube length which is interesting with a mar...