Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:13:53 +0100 (BST) From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Microscopes Message-ID: <m1TPJtH-000J4cC at p850ug1> Content-Type: text/plain Soem years ago a freidn of mine said he and an old microscope that he didn;'t want. I was expecting at best a Russian thing (which, to be fair, are quite reasoanble). I was amazed when he gave me a genuine Zeiss microscope with 3 objectives in the turret. It needed a minor electrical repair to the lamp PSU, but that was hardly a problem. It's not stereo, thoug. It does have binocular eyepieces, but with a beam splitter from one objective. SO it's less tiring to use than a single eyepiece model, but you don't get 3D images. It's stil la very nice instruemnt