dudski, I don't think the ebay item you linked can be a microscope condenser. I think that the main reason why you have not responses is because darkfield and Reinberg as such low power are not usual, but.. I understand that my question is somewhat vague without a setup or more technical details, bu...

Superb pictures, 2 and 3 are my favourites

the 14 is identical to 16, the only difference is that the 16 has 5 holes nosepiece and the 14 a 4 holes one (and the illuminator, one has the built in hallogen and the other the external incandescent but i have exchanged them, but both were made in different illuminator versions)

Many thanks Chris, I already had some zeiss manuals but not this one and never saw this information.
I use grey Standard 16 and 14, and I assume that most parts including the focus block are the same.

Chris, if you have this reference at hand I would be most interested in read it.

Tardigrade37 wrote:One graduation on the Zeiss Standard is 5 microns (0.005mm)

Did you measure it of did you find it in Zeiss literature?

Some time ago I did a not very reliable measurement and it was 2 micron.

According to Zeiss website, it becomes significative from 0.30, so Rik is right as usual

This kind of device was invented long time ago, it's know as "slide copier" or "slide duplicator" and it was a very usual accesory for bellows or as stand alone device to mount in the filter thread of the lens. If you have good macro lenses the best ones are those old devices. Now there is plenty of...

RogelioMoreno wrote:Hope you enjoy them:

For sure!

It's an awesome sequence of top quality images.

Other afocal setups shown at the forum: http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=56333#56333 http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=95721#95721 http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=154895#154895 http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=165061...

Dave, it's what it is designed for:

You can download the Zeiss brochure:
http://www.zeiss.com/C1256F8500454979/0 ... hy35mm.pdf , pages 2-6 and 2-9

Joris, very good start!

Yes a blue filter (not very strong) will improve the white balance when you use incandescent or hallogen lamps. To do a more accurate WB a custom WB measurament with the same lamp power before the shot or to shot RAW and correct it later are the best approaches.

The afocal setup consists in the use of the camera taking lens over the microscope eyepiece mimicking the eye. The camera lens is often called relay lens, although the relay magnification term IMO is better referred to the total secondary magnification, in this case due to both the eyepiece and came...

This post is continuation of the former one: http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14377 where the story, the progress, problems and sample pictures can be found Now, with the setup finised (?) I post the pictures of the equipement. Perhaps it would be of interest for someone, in any...

Rik, interesting views. Most materials are surprising at high magnification

JW wrote:I am a bit confused, you are using a tube lens with a CF160 objective?

CFI 60, not CF 160.
CFI60 is the modern Nikon standard for infinite objectives.