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Looks like the same models ordered from the same suppliers.

The eyepieces maybe, sometimes these didn't use conventional eyepirces but you might find 15x eyepieces for an AO stereostar fit and work fine (the size would be 23.2mm though, not 24). That will only enlarge the existing image but not resolve more detail. The objectives will not be to any particula...

Thr AO forty is a student scope, badically a vety simpligied version of their main stereo line. I am not sure if there's much customization possible on them.

This is definitely a microscope part.

It must be similar in broad strokes, but the queation is wht optics it was made for. Thr lmscope adapter is basically a teleconverter, it has some enlarging optics built in to grab the image and put it on your dslr's sensor. All I can think is that Wild must have had a projection style photo eyepiec...

This would be from the 80s, some people from the 80s are still alive. Your standard Wild photo port would be 38mm in ID, thrn insert an adapter which takes a 23mm or 30mm eyepiece (or later, a specialized photoeyepiece for stereos) and has a 40mm OD for parts like this to clamp onto. Usually it woul...

They'd fit on a standard photo mount with an eyepiece slot and 40mm od, but they don't seem to have a mount for a lens. I don't think Wild ever made projective eyepieces, but maybe they did at some point?

Yeah, no dice there, the m400 has its own special set of adapters and the m420 takes normal 38mm adapters up top.

Huh, that's odd. It must be some specialized variation on the photo tube, but camera accessory needs that kind of length?

Or not, I ended up selling it and forgot to get additional shots before packing it up. But I can still run you through it all. Here's an overview of what it looks like fully set up: https://i.imgur.com/GGNgf7T.png Let's start with the BH2-UMA illuminator. At the far end you have the lamp house which...

In this thread I mentioned not being able to use the third party camera mount as-is and needing to modify it because of flare. I wanted to note I have been unable to replicate this and the unmodified one I have seems to work just as well as the modified one. I am not sure where the flare was coming ...

My gripe is mostly with bolts in the later SMZ stereos. They're standard metric bolts so even hardware store replacements work fine.

With newer nikon screws they have a good chance of stripping even with the right driver. They have found the softest, butteryest metal possible for them.

DoF is depth of field, which is what you want (directly related to numerical aperture). Depth of focus happens after the objective and is basically how thick the plane is where the image is in focus. Higher NA optics have a narrower depth of field, but a woder depth of focus, which is why high mag o...

The ED tag is more often seen on their stereo objectives nowadays.

Oh yeah, mixed up my terms there. Typically these are set up with one prism being objective specific and the other being more general (or with epi dic either one per objective or one slider for all). With the olympus system the slider goes above the objectives and is the nonspecific one, while the c...

Yeah, it looks to me like the nikon nosepiece prisms are 1k or 1.6k usd depending on n1 or n2, and the condenser prisms are 1k and up, while the olympus ones on eBay are 1.2k for the slider and 250ish for the objective prisms. Not a huge savings for sure unless you want to make a full dic setup with...

My setup is similar, though I don't have the focusable stage. Seems like a neat idea. I doubt you'll find someone who did this specific combination. If you can machine aluminum yourself it should be pretty easy to try it out, and aside from getting loctited bolts removed nothing permanent has to be ...

Looking again the slider is a normal doc slider, and a couple of the objective prisms aren't marked for water immersion. But of course that all requires more research.

That's odd--any idea what component on the Wild stand may be out of wack? I could share my measurements of the dovetail that I used to design my own adapter, or even make a variation on the model if you can take measurements of the spacing between the bolt holes. I had it made via xometry but it was...

Some olynpus prisms just went up on UK eBay, including condenser prisms and a nosepiece slider, not cheap but cheaper than thorlabs. The condenser prisms are mostly for specialized water immersion objectives though.

From a mechanical standpoint it is not hard. You'd want to remove the existing focus mount from the m420 by removing the three bolts that hold it on (which may be loctited in so proceed cautiously), remove the head/nosepiece mount from the measurescope by loosening two bolts and sliding it off the d...

The motic is definitely epi dic. Kind of funny they're pushing it on that series instead of their (quite good) mitutoyo clone series. Maybe it's unusual for customers to want both long working distances and epi dic. Not to state the obvious but an epi DIC setup is a lot easier to get or assemble use...

Nice pair. The Leica Galen was made in China and probably patterened off the ch2 so it might be fun to see if there is some parts compatibility.

That's the one. Newer design but same mag and na.

I have a modern 40x/1.0 water immersion objective and it is great. Water immersion is awfully nice overall.

Used on eBay would probably be cheapest if you can find the right pair.

I dpubt it would be a big problem, but the polarizer always seema to go right before the half mirror in these designs, after all the lenses.

It's an option on their metallurgical microscopes, as well as metallurgical microacopes from a number of other Chinese outlets. It seems to be more common or at least more openly advertised on places like alibaba. Just checked again and the bestscope one appears to have a slider which looks similar ...

That's very neat. I've been planning out a travel scope setup for myself and this looks like it could be a nice addition.