Re: Olympus service


"s.r" <nomail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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No. Please wear your glasses! When you use a microscope you are
actually looking at an infinite distance, like when you look out a
window. Most people have some astigmatism which causes squinting so if
you wear your glasses you will be more comfortable and the 'scope will
operate better.

Thanks,
Kevin Cunningham
SMS

Thanks for the help. I think it may be better with my glasses. I don't
wear them too often and find the eye relief on many optical instruments to
be a bit restrictive. In other words I don't like losing some of the
field which happens on a number of scopes and once you remove the rubber
eye guards you can end up scratching non glass spectacle lenses.

Not that the 10x occulars are bad but as I move up to the 12.5 ... to the
20x I lose more of the field.

By the way have you ever come across any Vickers scopes? The m75 in
particular as I noticed one on ebay now while I was looking for a vickers
phase objective and can't recall ever seeing this model. Some of their
scopes are not bad and often available quite cheaply in the UK.

Sean

Vickers and I go way back, mostly vicariously. An old friend was the only
sales guy for Vickers who could explain their image shear system. The
dealership I worked for hired him since we promised to pay him real money,
quite different than Vickers. I still have a part for their Vanox looking
'scope.

Vickers made interesting instruments (ie. ones that wouldn't work all that
well but wouldn't hurt ya) not good instruments. Mostly they didn't sell
all that many. I wish they weren't out of business but....

If you really like it and the price is right, its a good 'scope for an
amateur. If you had to use it every hour of every day its not a good 'scope
but life with an amateur is much more refined and leisurly.

Thanks,

Kevin Cunnigham
SMS


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