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

On Oct 20, 9:32 pm, Too_Many_Tools <too_many_to...@xxxxxxxxx> 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

Okay...it is starting to look like getting accessories for the
Orthoplan...or for that fact any Leitz is a major pain.

And of course no documentation has surfaced for the Orthoplan.

Could someone who knows tell me what options were available for the
Orthoplan?

Like what eyepieces, objectives, condensors and lighting options.

And if you know something on how DIC was implemented, I would like to
hear about that too....there is nothing out on the Web. It would be
interesting to see how Leitz approached that application versus Zeiss.

Thanks

TMT

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