Optiphot head banger

[blekenbleu]

For a change of pace, M Plan objectives and vertical illuminator were removed
and 160 tube length objectives installed,
but trinocular head corners collide with quintuple RMD objective turret:


Binocular head corners clear, and
Optiphot quintuple nosepiece turrets on eBay have thinner plastic outer grips;
perhaps this turret was intended for inverted frames?

[abednego1995]

That nosepiece isn't intended for the finite Optiphot series. Rather it's for the infinite semiconductor inspection Optiphot 100 series and above. The dovetail will fit, but the dovetail-RMS mount distance is too far, and will deviate from TL160mm.

[blekenbleu]

Thanks, that explains poor parfocality.

[Sure Squintsalot]

So....are there (non- metallurgical) nosepieces that will fit the Optiphot 100, for 160 tube lengths?

[Scarodactyl]

It's all the same dovetail, I imagine the optiphot 2 ones should fit fine.