Hi,
I got a chance to pick up those items for a song, thinking that they will serve me somehow in the future-
My current setup is a BHS, with phase condenser, and BH2-CA.
Any ideas how to repurpose those items for my setup?
I'd rather use them then sell them.
Thank you
Repurposing various optics and accessories
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Re: Repurposing various optics and accessories
The zeiss intermediate accessories might fit on your stand--I haven't heard of anyone doing that but they have a ~42mm dovetail iirc?
The Leitz photo eyepiece there is a very handy accessory for Leitz scopes and might be sufficiently compatible with your Olympus objectives since Leitz sort of sits in the middle of the major brands correction-wise. Still, probably better to sell it to a Leitz user and buy the exact hardware for your scope.
The nikon condensers should just fit on your stand without modification iirc (or is it olympus ones that fit on nikons without mods?)
The Leitz photo eyepiece there is a very handy accessory for Leitz scopes and might be sufficiently compatible with your Olympus objectives since Leitz sort of sits in the middle of the major brands correction-wise. Still, probably better to sell it to a Leitz user and buy the exact hardware for your scope.
The nikon condensers should just fit on your stand without modification iirc (or is it olympus ones that fit on nikons without mods?)
Re: Repurposing various optics and accessories
Thank you, I know what they are designed for, but I was thinking about turning them to something else.Scarodactyl wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:43 pmThe zeiss intermediate accessories might fit on your stand--I haven't heard of anyone doing that but they have a ~42mm dovetail iirc?
The Leitz photo eyepiece there is a very handy accessory for Leitz scopes and might be sufficiently compatible with your Olympus objectives since Leitz sort of sits in the middle of the major brands correction-wise. Still, probably better to sell it to a Leitz user and buy the exact hardware for your scope.
The nikon condensers should just fit on your stand without modification iirc (or is it olympus ones that fit on nikons without mods?)
for example, does one of the Zeiss items contains a good telan lens that I can use to convert to infinity?
I already have a phase condenser, and an aplanatic-achromatic, but maybe one of those condensers can be modified to something else?
thanks
Re: Repurposing various optics and accessories
I know this is an old post, but that Nikon swingout condenser should mount onto the bhs just fine.
Carl
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