Re: Olympus PMG

On Jun 24, 1:41 am, Richard J Kinch <k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am interested in adapting a digital
camera to this microscope. Would you be willing to look at this with
me?

Sure, I have another pending inquiry from someone who wants to adapt an
Olympus PME metallurgical scope, where there is a Polaroid port.

How interesting is that! I was inquiring about how to convert a
Olympus PME Polaroid port throug Qiogtiq, what used to be optiem....

I would like to do the same, so if you get the PME figued out, you
have a second customer...

As to the PMG:

I've spent the better part of last ngiht and today taking it apart,
cleaning, and reassembling. This if going to take a ton of time. Of
course, I'm really fussy, really curious, not trying to do it fast,
but trying to understand everything I touch.

So far, I've completely cleaned and put back to gether the entire
mechanical stage, focus, and begun cleaning optics. I've run into a
bit of a road block on the optics as I need one of those tools that
has small round ends that can be spaced precisely into the little
round holes that hold things together. I don't know what these are
called.

I'm not certain I'm going to go inside the whole microscope and clean
all the internal optics. I'm looking for a way to get the mechanical
prism movement assembly cleaned and regreased without taking
everything apart. I'm just a bit worried about getting all the
internal optics all lined up if I take them apart. I will clean the
surfaces I can reach without removing things.

Optics: The PMG is unusual in the fact it does not use projection
lenses in the photographic optics. It uses standard eyepieces. I'll
have to see how I can take photos and post them somehow so folks can
see what this microscope looks like. It's quite unusual. So no matter
where I put the digital camera, the image will be shot through an
eyepiece.

It's looking good at this point. I have put it together a couple times
today to play with, and it is getting so much clearer. I think most of
the sludge was on the external surfaces of the optics.... Inside looks
better than I had initially thought....

dj

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