Re: Zeiss Universal Or Leitz Othoplan...Which One Would You Buy?

On Oct 22, 7:09 pm, Kevin Cunningham <sms...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 22, 12:02 pm, Too_Many_Tools <too_many_to...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On Oct 21, 12:02 pm, UKOncol...@xxxxxxx wrote:

Too_Many_Tools wrote:
I have an opportunity of buying either a Zeiss Universal or a Leitz
Othoplan.

Which one would you buy and why?

I have been searching for information for both scopes and have found
very little.

Any suggestions as to where one can find more information on these
scopes?

Also...how easy and affordable are other lighting options (phase, DIC,
fluorescence, polarized light) to find for these scopes considering
that they are older scopes?

Thanks

TMT

Personally, I'd go whichever is in better condition and has better
specified optics. If they are in equally good condition, I'd go for
the Zeiss. There is more zeiss stuff about secondhand, though it
appears that the US market seems to expect very inflated prices. Also,
Zeiss stuff tends to be more interchangeable between models. I am very
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Well that is what is making the decision of buying which one
hard...they both are set up for brightfield/phase and both have the
top line apo objectives.

It seems to really just the question...Zeiss or Leitz?

That and how easily could one expand them to fluorescence and DIC in
the future?

TMT

TMT, In my professional estimation your better of with the Zeiss for
one good reason, there were more of them made. When both or these
were made Zeiss was no. 2 seller in America while Leitz was no. 4.
Your more likely to get Zeiss accesories than Leitz. Now, you might
be right next door to were all Leitz parts are stored but, by and
large, your more likely to find Zeiss stuff rather than Leitz. Stuff,
in general, is hard to find.

Thanks,

Kevin Cunningham
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Thanks Kevin....my thinking is similar.

The stands I have been offered have most of what I can think I might
need in the future but for fluorescence and DIC.

While I have little interest in fluorescence at the present, I do see
myself wanting DIC in the future.

TMT

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