Re: "Junior" Pocket Microscope From Germany?

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:15:10 -0700 (PDT), selwyn.stleger@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:


Hi Joe,

The early Juniors (pre-war) were manufactured with brass rather than
chrome. Mine is one of those. Otherwise the design seems the same.
It's a lovely little 'scope but fiddly to focus and adjust the mirror.
It gives suprisingly good images. I might post some sometime in my
Picassa album.

Selwyn


Hi, glad to hear from you (and thanks for doing the legwork on the
history of the Junior). Have you tried getting to the underside of the
intermediate (tube) lens? There seems to be a tiny amount of dust
there, and, although the lens looks like it can be unscrewed, the
aperture stop above it doesn't look like it can be removed easily.

Are your objectives plated? I can't tell from the photo you posted.

I agree with you about the image quality; this is a great little field
scope. I'd like to see some pictures from your scope.

Joe
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