Re: Binocular head ICS on Zeiss Standard KF2 ?

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:54:33 GMT, "Kevin Cunningham"
<smskjd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Kalman Rubinson" <kr4@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:55:24 +0200, Pierre Houssin
>> <pierre.houssin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Pierre Houssin a écrit :
>>>> Any Seidentopf head fit perfectly on a Zeiss KF2 ? Seidentopf is a
>>>> standard (diameter...) ?
>>>
>>>Sorry
>>>I'm microscopic beginner !
>>>I find this with Google
>>>"Seidentopf: a head design where the interpupillary adjustment
>>>(increasing or decreasing the distance between the eyepieces) is
>>>achieved by twisting the eyepieces in an up and down arc motion like
>>>binoculars."
>>>Someone knows Zeiss binocular head number that fits on a KF 2 ?
>>>Because I didn't find that for the moment...
>>
>> I have an old Zeiss binocular head in my collection. As far as I know,
>> with its standard dovetail mount, it fit almost all of the older
>> models. The label reals 4716726.
>>
>> Kal
>>
>I apologize, I just don't have the number. The one above is probably right.
>The Seidentopf head was designed by Dr. Seidentopt and looks like a birds
>wings. In fact a Standard 16 with a Seidentopf is in the Museum of Modern
>Art's permanet collection. It looks coll and works well.

Yup. I was not reading carefully. The model I mentioned has the
interpupillary distance adjustment made by sliding the eyepieces
laterally. Later models incorporated the 'bat wing' design.

Kal
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