Leitz bathtub condenser & darkground

Have questions about the equipment used for macro- or micro- photography? Post those questions in this forum.

Moderators: rjlittlefield, ChrisR, Chris S., Pau

gpmatthews
Posts: 1040
Joined: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:54 am
Location: Horsham, W. Sussex, UK
Contact:

Leitz bathtub condenser & darkground

Post by gpmatthews »

An annoyance with the Leitz bathtub condenser on my Dialux microscope is the lack of a filter tray, so I decided I needed one. I constructed a clamp-on assembly to fit under the condenser. It has a centerable filter holder and is constructed from modellers 60 thou polystyrene sheet and some convenient bits and pieces from my bits box:

Image

Image

Image

and here is a sample photomicrograph using a Leitz 25/0.55 NPL Fluotar objective:

Image
Graham

Though we lean upon the same balustrade, the colours of the mountain are different.

Post Reply Previous topicNext topic