Optiphot continued & ebay recommendations

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Optiphot continued & ebay recommendations

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Hi all, I'm following up my previous post from a couple of years ago.

After a lull I've taken this up again, and having read up a bit more I'm curious if the EPI illumination tube isn't mounted in the wrong order. Take a look at the image below
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The "F" part is the aperture, and I'm not sure if it shouldn't be mounted closest to the light, rather than how it's mounted right now. Thoughts? Then again, both symbols look like they're apertures, so perhaps everything is as it should be?

Also, having reviewed the professional options on mounting a SLR, I'm again trying to find a reputable ebay vendor to get started (The pro solution I've found was ?1000€ for a lens and tube). I'll poke about the forum a bit, but I'm wondering if something like this http://tinyurl.com/y9a5vl7c would do? Any ebay sellers you'd care to recommend?

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