Carl Zeiss Jena Jenaval / Jenamed microscope 41mm mounting dovetail for 30mm wide field binocular head - photo gallery

This is description of this part:

Dovetail mounting connector for the wide-field (German: Grossfeld) binocular head used on Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes.

This microscope component secures the microscope head to the microscope.

Basic specifications:
Mount type: dovetail
Diameter: 41 mm, the Carl Zeiss Jena and Lomo standard
Internal thread: 34 mm

The last photograph in the gallery shows a complete binocular head. An arrow indicates exactly which component is being offered and where it is located on the head, making visual identification straightforward.

This is a component of the microscope head rather than of any specific microscope model.

This component fits 30 mm binocular heads used, among others, on the following microscopes:
- Carl Zeiss Jena Jenamed
- Carl Zeiss Jena Jenalab
- Carl Zeiss Jena Jenaval
- Carl Zeiss Jena Jenatech
- Carl Zeiss Jena Jenalumar
- Carl Zeiss Jena Jenavert

This 41 mm Carl Zeiss Jena dovetail mounting standard is commonly used:
- if you want to perform a DIY conversion and mount a microscope head from another manufacturer onto a Carl Zeiss Jena or Lomo microscope
- if you want to connect another dovetail-mounted accessory to a Carl Zeiss Jena or Lomo microscope, such as an Optovar magnification changer, a polarisation intermediate tube, a DIC head or an EPI reflected-light illuminator
- if you want to use the 34 mm internal thread to mount a photographic tube for a camera

What is this part needed for?

• if this component is missing from your microscope head, which is possible because it can be unscrewed
• additional examples of its use are described above

What category does this part belong to?

Service and spare parts [ link ] [More Service and spare parts]

Who manufactures this part?

• Carl Zeiss Jena - VEB Carl Zeiss Jena DDR (former East Germany) [ link ] [More Carl Zeiss Jena]
• ausJena
• aus Jena

What microscope does this part come from?

Mikroskop Carl Zeiss Jena Jenaval [ link ] [More from Jenaval]

What microscopes or components is this part compatible with?

• Carl Zeiss Jena Jenaval
• Carl Zeiss Jena Jenamed
• Carl Zeiss Jena Jenalab
• Carl Zeiss Jena Jenalumar
• Carl Zeiss Jena Jenatech
• Carl Zeiss Jena Jenavert

Names, descriptions, terms, and search contexts under which this part is searched.

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• Carl Zeiss Jena Jenaval / Jenamed Mikroskop Grossfeld Binokularkopf 34 mm Gewinde 41mm Montage-Schwalbenschwanz
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