Re: If these lenses are in good shape, this was one heck of a buy!
- From: "GTO" <gregor_o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:29:24 GMT
I completely agree with your assessment. I would not be surprised learning
that the better quality objectives of this scope suffer under serious issues
(delamination, fungal growth etc.)
I recently purchased a Leitz APO 40x NA 0.95 with a correction collar from a
reputable seller who also sells frequently books about microscopy, such as
The Petrographic Microscope.
The part was described as well working. I got the part for roughly $100,
which is rather cheap. The lens is crap. It has a good resolution when used
with very strong illumination but it has a very poor contrast. You can
already notice the poor contrast when looking through it against a bright
surface. Compared to my other Leitz lenses, it just does not qualify to be
mounted on my good old Ortholux. I am convinced that this particular seller
knew about this and sold it anyway as a great lens. So much for what is
advertised as "great" or "excellent" on eBay. It means nothing. Absolutely
nothing.
BTW, why did I keep the lens and did not write a nasty reply to the
seller? - Well, most sellers retaliate and I just did not want to have my
rating screwed up due to this purchase. Sending the lens back? - The effort
plus paying for shipment both ways made also this alternative look less
interesting. The lens is now used as a demonstration objective to show
interested folks how an older Leitz lens with a correction collar looks
like. It's also used as a fancy paperweight. - But most of us have gone
through something similar when purchasing junk on eBay. The pearls on eBay
that sell for a ridiculously low amount are very rare.
Gregor
"Aaron" <nghy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> IMO, this is a clear case of the seller missing the boat. As a scope,
> it is an incomplete conglomeration of parts that are not a match for
> each other. I did not see a condenser and the CPL eyepieces are not
> the correct ones for the plan-apo or the neofluars.
>
> As parts they are worth much more than the acution price of the whole
> even though some of the parts might be defective. There is risk in
> purchasing the scope for resale of the parts not to mention hours of
> work necessary to dismantle the parts, inspect them and put them up
> for resale on eBay.
>
> The price reflects these facts. The buyer either needs some
> particular parts or is buying inventory for resale. These conditions
> narrow the field of potential buyers.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On 6 Jan 2006 08:34:51 -0800, rbkm1@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>We were following this auction on ebay, and assumed with the Planapo
>>and other lenses that this microscope would go quite high. Someone got
>>a good deal in this one, especially if the lenses are in good shape!
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6025323185&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
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