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Hi all, I want to contact you because I want to sell my Olympus Vanox AHBT3 that I bought from a clinic some years ago. It would devastate me to dismantle this beauty to gain profit from it online, It would give me pleasure to know that someone gives it a new life. It's in perfect working condition ...

Olympus Plan Apo 4x 0.16
Paracetamol in polarised light with 1/4 filters (1st try)
Contrast and saturation slightly enhanced.
It was more about the technique than the quality of the pictures.

Love the way you "zoom in" on the spores.
Nice report and pictures!

I speak dutch. The stamp refers to: Biologisch centrum Centrale Facultaire Bibliotheek. It's no biggy to understand that book belongs/belonged to the library of the university. This is a book written in French right? Despite it's value, maybe there is a Dutch or English version available, and this o...

Fantastic!
I think he hypnotizes them
Are these lucky shots, or do you chase them around your slide?
I do wonder how you get them fixed.

Proud to be Belg

Great question! And when you use oil on the condenser? Is this only in combination with a oil objective, or is that independent? Edit: Found on Wikipedia: Condensers and numerical aperture Like objective lenses, condensers vary in their numerical aperture (NA). It is NA that determines optical resol...

But what i wanted to point out is that you need a wider lens, if you already having vignetting with the 50mm.
Like i said, maybe search for a 35 of 38mm.

Do you understand why? I'm not sure if i'm being clear about it.

Here is the exploded view of the 70-150.
Now you should start being scared

http://allphotolenses.com/public/files/ ... 7bb073.pdf

Always handy you know how an objective is build on the inside, Here's the lens arrangement of the 70-150 http://allphotolenses.com/public/files/optical/031f5894fd8016fc7caa7cb52af9eded.gif But look out with zoom objectives on the microscope, they usually are not nearly as sharp as a prime. I don't u...

Nothing is glued, all mechanical connections.
Take a look at the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj0S55-aXjQ

I did it with an old lens. Don't know if you had any technical education, but if you feel confident you should just do it. It's no rocket science, and old manual lenses are pretty logical in their build up. I completely took it apart, even the shutter blades. I made some markings on the lens, and wr...

Absolutely in love with nr 2

Wise investment!
Very good results you get.
Are they straight from the camera, or corrected in Photoshop?

Superbe

Thank you!

Got something else strange. I auctioned an old objective, but i lost the auction. While i was browsing for another one, i suddenly got a notification that the object was available again and i could be the winner if I wanted. That happened within 5 minutes. Huh? But already found another one at that ...

Yes, they are together as shown in the picture, no composition.
But indeed, slightly on another level, not much.
I could continue stacking to get them both in focus.

PlanApo 40x 0.95 in DIC
Picolay stack 28 pictures
Replaced background

billbillt wrote:May I ask what it is??..
BillT

Sure, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicarbonate

PlanApo 10x/ Single image

Thanks for your answer, which Stacking software? Well, I used Picolay for this one, and i must say I'm happy with the result. But need to learn the software a bit more. To bad it only loads jpg and no RAW files, Helicon can load RAW files. So for normal forum prints, it's ok and it does a good job....

Manfred wrote:Excellent...single shot or stacked?

Yes, 30 picture stack

NatriumChloride crystal DIC
10x Oly PlanApo

What is the transformer used for the BH-LSH on your BH DIC setup? Can you post a pic/model number etc? Well, it's actually a Vanox (Old model) AH-LSH Halogen kit. You can find the info here: http://www.alanwood.net/downloads/olympus-vanox-ah-lsh-instructions.pdf This is on the backside: 2016-11-04 ...

How did you get the BHB with DIC? Straight eBay purchase, or local surplus sale? Those are not commonly available, though not super rare either. A local second-hands web site, from a doctor who stopped his practice. Salut Vaselle, merci bien! Ils n'étaient pas tous dans une état parfait au moment d...

Oh thank you very much. Although it's merely a coincidence that i have this collection. I'm an Olympus fan since i was young, owning several old camera's like OM-1, OM-10, OM-4. And i was always very fond of their optics. Then into the digital era with the first series like the E500, later the E-30 ...

And separated: Vanox 3 2016-11-03 13.28.52.jpg Stereoscope SHZ10 with ringlight/double goose 2016-11-03 13.31.01.jpg CHA 2016-11-03 13.31.17.jpg And some various random stuff 2016-11-03 13.31.58.jpg The BHB is standing temporarily next to me on my desk 2016-11-03 13.39.09.jpg I fixed them all, you k...

Yes images are stock, hehe. I'll make some pictures today. DIC on the Vanox is like a gentle summer breeze on a hot summer day. Marvelous. But i only have it a few days, and i noticed that the stage has a little movement. It wiggles a bit, but i need to remove it anyway to clean the condensers in th...

And my DIC sets. - BHB Olympus BHB.jpg Olympus BHB system.jpg Objectives: PlanApo 4x 0.16 PlanApo 10x 0.32 PlanApo 20x 0.65 PlanApo 40x 0.95 SI Apo 40x 100F - Vanox AHBT3 (just bought since this weekend) Vanox AHBT3.jpg Olympus AHBT3 Vanox Research Photomicrographic Microscope System 800px.jpg Objec...

Here is an overview of my collection scopes, all Olympus: - CHA 2016-11-02 18_13_12-Olympus CH System Microscope (CHA, CHB & CHC) brochure - Adobe Reader.jpg Olympus CHA System.jpg Objectives: Dplan 4x 0.10 160/0.17 A 40 PL 0.65 160/0.17 - SZH10 (stereoscope) Olympus SZH10.jpg Olympus SZH10 system.j...