David

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Very interested David!Vertical set-up with Newport XYZ linear translation stage, for anyone interested.
I like working with it a lot, but I was fortunate to buy a demo model at a greatly reduced price several years ago. At their current cost, I would think of ways to modify a fiber optic light myself instead, even though the result would undoubtedly look less elegant. Unfortunately, the digital readouts are not illuminated, but I can still read them in the relatively dim light of the room.augusthouse wrote:
What is it like to work with the Novoflex fiber optic flash?
Are the digital micrometer readouts illuminated when the 'lights' go out?
Craig
Thanks P_T, it is really compact and versatile. I adapted the Olympus Telescopic Extension with a Nikon mount on the rear. There is only the single macro lens mounted on the front (a Zeiss Luminar here, with the same RMS threads as many microscope objectives). It is screwed into a conical Minolta mount attached to a Minolta to T-mount adapter, which is in turn attached to a T-mount to Olympus adapter. I can swap the Minolta mount for a much shorter Contax Luminar mount that I modified to have rear 42mm T-threads. I bought a variety of RMS adapters when they were inexpensive; a cheap and easy way now would be to cut an opening through the internally threaded base part of a plastic microscope objective container, and then secure this (using epoxy, for example) to a body cap for your camera.P_T wrote: A question if I may. How do you stick that small microscope lens to your main lens at the front? is there some sort of special adaptor/attachment or something?
I really like this setup, looks nice and compact.
http://www.edmundoptics.com/onlinecatal ... uctID=1968"Ring mount with an interior thread (20.1mm / 0.7965" Dia. 36 TPI, 55° Whitworth) that accepts all DIN standard microscope objectives. Front face has male external T-thread and back face has female internal T-thread. Adds 11.5mm to system length."
I adapted the Olympus Telescopic Extension with a Nikon mount on the rear.
For some of us, it is...Harold Gough wrote:[quote="dmillard]I adapted the Olympus Telescopic Extension with a Nikon mount on the rear.
I like the way you mention this almost as if it were any everyday task.
Get ahold of one of the Olympus to Nikon adapters that you can buy on the bay (or even from B&H, I think) for about $30. They have a "spider" that holds a crappy little lens that compensates for the registration distance difference. Cut the legs of the spider (it's not very strong), and get a bottle of flat black enamel from your local hobby shop to coat the bright cut metal.Harold Gough wrote: I can't remember the circumstances in which I considered the possibility of doing this to some lens or other. I have no engineering ability or tools so I would be reliant upon being able to swap baseplates and using the same screw holes. How close is this to being realistic? Are there any helpful weblinks?
OM4 (2 bodies) having originally bought an OM2n from new when it was the state of the art. I have both versions of the telescopic tube, the later version only since I replaced (insurance) my f2 20mm auto bellows, stolen before I could use it. I also have the f2.8 38mm auto bellows and the 50mm f3.5 macro. Otherwise, I have Tamron SP lenses.Joseph S. Wisniewski wrote:Harold, you're welcome.
So, you've what have you got? Olympus tube and Olympus camera?