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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:13 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Nikon D850 DSLR to Nikon Eclipse E600 trinocular port
- Replies: 26
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TMS-F f mount adapter came in. It fits and works in FX mode, though it isn't parfocal. The f mount adapter's black pipe sticks up a bit from the top of the V-T photo tube. Probably if I saw the end off with a horizontal bandsaw it'll be closer to parfocal. I'll probably try that next. . . . You nee...
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:34 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Nikon D850 DSLR to Nikon Eclipse E600 trinocular port
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5294
.... It's a TMS-F with the adapter on top! I contacted the seller and asked if they would be willing to list it separately. They were, so I bought it! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-TMS-F-F-mount-adapter-tube/183407968118 We'll see how that goes. If the weirdness with the Y-IDP attachment puts the ...
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 6:56 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Beyond 50x NA 0.55 (Mitty). What next?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5337
. . . Personally I have never touched one, but judging from this thread it is pretty much like an FS60 without coaxial illumination. The scope body does not contain much more than a tube lens and beam splitter, so it should not be significantly different. The FS70 usually has slots for inserting ad...
- Sat Jul 21, 2018 10:11 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Three odd surplus store finds
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2699
That isn't a shaft encoder. It's two end of travel limit switches to keep whatever the motor was moving from driving into hard mechanical stops and possibly jamming. If you look closely you'll see that there are two independently adjustable half-discs. I suppose they could be used to determine direc...
- Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:48 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Three odd surplus store finds
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2699
The first piece looks like it has dovetails on both the x and y axes. Probably for some sort of distortion correction. I'd hang on to this but probably forget about it before I found a use for it. The threaded end looks like it might fit a C mount video camera as you've said. If you have a C mount c...
- Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Questions on Zeiss Stereomicroscope III
- Replies: 1
- Views: 931
In regard to sagging you could try, as a first step before taking anything apart; setting the zoom to some intermediate position, 2.5x for example, making a target that exactly fills the field of view, and then coming back a day or so later and comparing the fov to the target. If there's been some s...
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: Equipment Exchange
- Topic: Vintage Diagnostic Instruments Brand Brochures Wanted
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1540
Their couplers catalog: http://www.spotimaging.com/downloads/pu ... oupler.pdf
and a newer boom stand catalog:
http://www.spotimaging.com/wp-content/u ... 17-Sml.pdf
and a newer boom stand catalog:
http://www.spotimaging.com/wp-content/u ... 17-Sml.pdf
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:42 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Gear stuck on end of THK KR2001 A, how do I remove it?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2667
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 3:45 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Perfect alignment, how?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6347
How to be sure that our camera, tube system, lens and carrier rail is absolutely straight and moving absolutely straight? Bubble level? Laser? or just make a stack and see? How to detect it without taking many photos? I need a simple but effective advice. With your setup as described and without st...
- Sat Feb 17, 2018 11:42 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Epi lighting using a Nikon UM-2 Measurescope
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3938
. . . How practical is it to remove the F Mount and replace it with another type please? BR John, you can see the screw pattern in the second photo from the end in Smokdaddy's last post. The three screws are evenly spaced on the circumference of a 52mm diameter circle. There's not room in the metal...
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:03 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Epi lighting using a Nikon UM-2 Measurescope
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3938
Then you need three pieces. In Smokedaddy's lastest picture the piece at the top between the two chromed rings is called "Adapter A". That's piece #1. It incorporates the F mount. The UFX or AFX body is piece #2. The chrome tube just below the UFX body (you can only see a short segment of it here) i...
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:13 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Epi lighting using a Nikon UM-2 Measurescope
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3938
You still need an adapter tube between it and the trinocular port .... Oh, I didn't realise that. What's supposed to go between the shutter unit and the trinoc tube? See the 2nd post, 1st picture for an overview. The tube below the black Diagnostic Instruments tube is the adapter I'm talking about....
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Epi lighting using a Nikon UM-2 Measurescope
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3938
Thanks Gene That looked attractive at $20 until I saw the shipping is $67 even to the US, and I'm in the UK. There seem to be a lot of similar-looking Nikon contraptions about; I assume that's the only one with the relevant features and fittings? You must be seeing UK shipping. It's $28 to me in th...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:43 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Epi lighting using a Nikon UM-2 Measurescope
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3938
Here's a cheaper alternative if you're using a Nikon camera (see the 2nd Photo): https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-UFX-DX-Laboratory-Microscope-Attachment-FX-35DX-Camera-Housing-Unit/152889301379?hash=item2398e99983:g:3fAAAOSwVVRacowe The UFX-II body + adapter "A" together are the same length as the DI...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:01 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: Unknown electronic component
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1506
If it's off a PC motherboard it may be a crystal oscillator. Just a wild guess. The weld around the perimeter was possibly done with a laser welder or a TIG welder in a vacuum or inert atmosphere. I say that because there's no heat discoloration. The ID markings were probably done with a laser welde...