Re: Epi-illumination through a viewing tube

Richard J Kinch wrote:

You can find hackable cheap microscope beamsplitters (that being the key word) on eBay.

For varying definitions of cheap. The beam splitters/vertical illuminators all seem to be microscope specific and those microscopes are almost certainly infinity microscopes.

> Or you could just put a beamsplitter in front of
the objective, which indeed Bausch and Lomb used to do on Stereozooms.

That's the idea, the mechanics of doing so with a modicum of precision are the issue ... a cheap epi-illumination microscope or a DIY microscope from tube pieces from Newport / Edmunds / Thorlabs / LINOS / etc seem the best option. Well, that or lego :)

Regards,
Marco
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