Secrets of the Leitz Heine — Part 3.

The saga of Leitz Heine "Secrets..." continues with this latest release – Part 3.

In this Part, we find that the iconic Heine Condenser can actually (and easily!) be fitted to many of the newest generation  (1980's) Leitz scopes. (Often referred to as "Wild-Leitz" scopes, because of the 1980's Wild-Leitz corporate merger.)

Leitz ceased production of their Heine condensers in the 1970's and no new version was ever made for the new scopes. So, if you have (or want) one of these scopes, and wish to mount a Heine on it, the methods in this Part may be your best bet!

Note that this Part continues the shift towards increased use of graphic illustrations, instead of lengthy descriptions.

Secrets of the Leitz Heine — Part 3 (.pdf). 

Parts 1 and 2 of this series were released in an earlier post (October 22, 2018).

I hope you find this latest release useful and informative!

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Secrets of the Leitz Heine Condenser — Part 2

Part 1 covered technical details of the famous Leitz Heine condenser and its use.

Part 2 extends this coverage to show how the Heine can easily be used with many non-Leitz scopes!

The attached .pdf file contains Part 2 plus an updated Part 1 (with minor revisions).

Secrets of the Leitz Heine — Parts 1 &2

I hope you find this material interesting and useful!

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Secrets of the Leitz Heine Condenser — Part 1

Here, finally, is the long-awaited release of current work on the Leitz Heine condenser. This Part discusses the basics of the condenser and its use.

Secrets of the Leitz Heine Condenser — Part 1

As usual, the file is in ".pdf" format and should be easily viewable online, as well as also downloadable and printable, if desired. 

The next release is planned to cover detailed Heine application information and discuss means for adapting the Leitz units to other, more modern scopes! 

I hope you find this useful. . .


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Camera Coupling Methods (from Vol. III)

With this post we continue the incremental release of content from the 2016 edition of Volume III of the Better Microscopy book series.

This release is contains app Notes Nos. 10-13, discussing the most common forms of Optical Coupling Methods for a Camera to a Microscope. (This is a .pdf file of about 700KB, formatted for printing on US Standard Letter (8.5 x 11in) size, 18pp.)  

Vol. III – Camera Coupling Methods, etc.

Depending upon your browser options and settings, you may need to download the file for reading. It should be compatible with most versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader, as well as most alternatives.

 Additional content from the 2016 edition of Vol. III should become available soon . . . 

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