marking meanings (Leitz PL FLUOTAR 40/0.70 *160/0.17)

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Generic safety caveats aside, I think that a halogen lamp powered at its rated voltage is in fact more dangerous because it emits UV while white LEDs don't. Their major danger will be high intensity in the blue peak. I have a good collection of ND filters to deal with.

I've used 10W LEDs (matrix of 6 points) at Kölher for fluorescence with good results, although I only can fit four of the points at the back focal plane.
as long as your example isn't delaminated...
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Yes. I am at it again...thread necromancy.

But I thought it might be of interest that I recently received a 'for parts' Orthoplan from Germany that is actually in much better condition than I expected. Condenser vertical movement is stuck, as are trinocular interpupillary adjustment and the left/right movement of the XY stage (forward/backward adjustment works fine). Everything else works, including field diaphragm, filter slide, coarse/fine focus and both lens flips.

The interest for this thread, however, is that it came with a Leitz Pl 80x/0.95 * infinity, no cover slip objective. So an asterisk lens different from those that have been discussed in this thread.

The scope is an Orthoplan but is intended for reflected light, no coverslip work. The nosepiece has the infinity symbol marked and 0.8x

Here's the data on all the lenses in the nosepiece (all of them infinity, no cover slip):

Pl 8x/0.18 C 107038
Pl 32x/0.50 C 107455
Pl 80x/0.95 * C 114779
Pl 160x/0.95 C 78704
C 484

The last one is a hardness testing apparatus which does actually have a lens too. There's a level which one can use to swivel 90 degrees between the lens and the diamond head.

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Hi,

Does it look like this https://spectraservices.com/product/leitz-pl-80x.html with the 1980s external design?

I suspect that has the same meaning, in this case suitability for epi-DIC https://www.microscopyu.com/techniques/ ... microscopy, without having any proof of this.

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Ichthyophthirius wrote:Hi,

Does it look like this https://spectraservices.com/product/leitz-pl-80x.html with the 1980s external design?

I suspect that has the same meaning, in this case suitability for epi-DIC https://www.microscopyu.com/techniques/ ... microscopy, without having any proof of this.

Regards, Ichty
Wow, that is pricey! Although, Spectra prices are usually "asking prices". I would expect a much lower selling price, maybe 400-500 USD.

But mine looks a bit different, the asterisk is alone, below other markings. And it does not have that grooved "grip ring" in the middle: it is on the upmost part of the lens.


I'll attach pics later in the evening!

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Hi,

Yes, the price is nonsense. These would cost around $40-50 on Ebay if anyone would buy them. There is practically no market for them other than being dustcaps. However, I like linking to them because links to Spectra are stable for years as no-one will buy these :D :D

Please post a picture and maybe we can identify it.

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Ok, here's pics of the objective from both sides. Sorry for the terribly missed focus. Was in a hurry and using the "magnificent" camera interface of a cell phone...

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Post by Ichthyophthirius »

Thanks! No word on the asterisk, but here is at least a bit of information on the Metalloplan optical outfit you have (just in case you haven't seen this brochure yet): https://www.leitz-ortholux.de/pdf/metalloplan_6x6.pdf

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Pau wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:34 pm
Ichthy, I've edited my last post according
Also, the aforementioned PL FLUOTAR 6.3/0.20 *160/- ; there isn't a condenser ICT prism for it, is there? Not for the Aristoplan (not in the manual), maybe for the Labovert (don't know).
Some DIC systems use the same condenser prism for several objectives, could it be the case?.
Old thread but I am popping in to confirm that this is truly the case. I have a Leitz/Leica Labovert FS from 1993. It has DIC and it has the last condenser type made for the Labovert before/during the merger, the ULU condenser. The ULU differs from the previous Labovert universal condenser, the UK, specifically by having just one DIC prism in the condenser for all DIC objectives. The instructions covering this late type Labovert I only found very recently and they mention half a dozen objectives that are DIC compatible on the Labovert. Also managed to locate a short (excerpt of a longer one) Leica order list which details items for this scope and condenser combo.

This type of Labovert model and 'ULU' condenser combo seems to be the rarest of them. In fact, this one is the only one I have ever seen. There are Laboverts and Fluoverts with the 'UK' condenser more readily available, and sometimes you'll see a model with Hoffmann Modulation. The phase contrast Laboverts and Fluoverts are a lot more common than any of the above mentioned models.

Strangely the 'ULU' condenser doesn't seem to at all have the swing in aux lens for low power objectives, unlike the 'UK' condenser. The ULU also doesn't seem to have a lambda plate listed for it or even provisions where to put one. Would there be any easy makeshift ways how to use a lambda plate on this system? I also do not have the polarizer slide with rotational adjustment capability, instead I have a fixed one, which is a real pity.

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