Re: Zeiss Plan Neofluruars, then and now

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:49:12 GMT, "NoSpam" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear Group,

Zeiss came out with a then new series of objectives cal-
led Plan-Neofluars around the mid eighties. They were
infinity corrected. At about that time or a bit later Zeiss
began to produce the Axioskop. This scope has not
been produced in some time. It was superceded by the
Axioskop 2 and now Axioskop 40 is on the market.

Questions:

How do the Plan-Neofluars of the late 80's and used on the
Axioskop compare to the ones now being sold? I assume
that these objectives can be used on the Axioskop 40, but do
they perform the same way? It may just be that the newer
Plan-Neofluars are better performers in some way when com-
pared to the the old ones. Does anybody have information on
this subject?

What does a new Axioskop 40 offer which was not offered on
the Axioskop of old?

I would appreciate any help in answering these questions.
Thank you all!

G.R.



I had and dumped an Axioplan with APO objectives. A true huge pain in
the *** system. I have an Axioskop I reflected with Neo objectives
and it is OK. The DIC inserts are a continual problem.

From my perspective, I would not buy any Zeiss LM.


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com
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