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I've been using this setup to practice photographing things using a digital camera instead of the Nikon 35mm in the photos above. I'm still waiting for some supplies to arrive like a dye kit so hopefully I'll see some improvement with that. I'm a Geologist, not a Biologist so I may have misidentifie...

Hobbyst46 wrote:

Bryan wrote:My calipers read 1.614 inches at the widest point which converts to 42.453mm...

Actually, 1.614x25.4=40.996mm...

Ooops, must have made a typo when I put it into the Google converter. That's good, it should fit then.

MichaelG, I measured the male fitting that inserts into the microscope arm, it looks like it's about 43mm, does that compare to yours? Mmm ... This could get interesting/confusing My dovetail only measures 40.98mm diameter, but it has a surprisingly long cylindrical portion at that diameter. [ As i...

Thanks for the responses! Looking at some of the literature on these microscopes it does look like they use the same parts between the Laborlux and the SM models. MichaelG, I measured the male fitting that inserts into the microscope arm, it looks like it's about 43mm, does that compare to yours? Je...

I just received 1957 Leitz SM Medical binocular microscope kit. This is my first "real" microscope other than what I used in college and work years ago. I have an Edmunds Scientific Monocular 3 lens microscope which is basically a toy. I chose this one because it looks like a complete kit and I can ...

Interesting story Bryan, it's always good to hear where a person comes from and a bit of their life story. You are certainly dedicated to stick with the old film and am sure you'll find the right scope to marry your camera too. I loved film in my day, the Pentax ME-super was my tool and I spent man...

This 1970 B&L microscope catalog has it listed on page 10, they call it an accessory slot compensator. Anyone have a use for one of these?

http://earth2geologists.net/Microscopes ... atalog.pdf

It looks to be a "tilting compensator", used in polarization studies of birefringent materials. It has nothing to do with the other item (the micrometer eyepiece). Here is a manual (top row, middle) for the Leitz equivalent (go to the pdf page 16 of the manual for the English version): http://micro...

Pete, you could be right, it may insert into the optical path somewhere. I attached another photo to give a better view of the part that would be inserted. The total length of the tab is 2.5 inches but there is a stop or raised edge that looks like it would only be inserted 1.5 inches. The tab that ...

I was at an estate sale recently for a University of Washington professor where I found these interesting B&L accessories. There were no microscopes for sale, a lot of lab glassware and a few other laboratory items. The item on the right looks like a micrometer and the one in front looks like a diap...

Hello from the Seattle. My history with microscopes has to do with my degree in Geology. I spent a lot of time in the Geology lab looking at thin sections through a PLM microscope. After I graduated with my degree my first job was working in a laboratory analyzing asbestos samples with a PLM microsc...