Why my background is not clear

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len
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Why my background is not clear

Post by len »

Hi,
Does anyone know why do I get this colorful background when using my scope?
Image

Photo above is of clean drop of water inside cavity glass slide over bright light condenser.
I get the same background with x4/160 0.17 and x10/160 0.17.

Thanks

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Post by Pau »

Maybe your condenser is imaging a frosted glass in the illumination path at the slide plane (a very usual issue). Try raising or lowering a bit the condenser.
Pau

len
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Post by len »

Thanks,
Problem solved :lol:

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