Flash adaptation to the microscope - pros & cons

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Flash adaptation to the microscope - pros & cons

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What are the pros & cons (from the illumination standpoint mostly) using flash below the condenser or behind the microscope

Is there some special advantage using it below the condenser ?

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Below the condenser:
+ simpler
- less space at the user side
- more difficult to get Köhler, without collimating lenses you'll get critical illumination
- different illumination of both light sources

At the rear illuminator port:
- more complex in some cases
- often not desirable with halogen lamps due to heat
+ if well implemented you get the same illumination with both light sources
+ easier to get Köhler
+ free space at the user side (and less at the rear :D )

In practice both systems can work very well like the images posted by forum members demonstrate.
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Post by Saul »

Pau wrote:Below the condenser:
+ simpler
- less space at the user side
- more difficult to get Köhler, without collimating lenses you'll get critical illumination
- different illumination of both light sources

At the rear illuminator port:
- more complex in some cases
- often not desirable with halogen lamps due to heat
+ if well implemented you get the same illumination with both light sources
+ easier to get Köhler
+ free space at the user side (and less at the rear :D )

In practice both systems can work very well like the images posted by forum members demonstrate.
Pau, thank you very much, exactly what I thought !

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