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(under the Bresser Biolam brand). As far as I know, they also fit the Lomo MBB-1a and Lomo MIN-8 cases.

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Description of this part for the microscope.

37 mm)
- four phase contrast objectives
- MIR-4 auxiliary microscope (23,2 mm eyepiece)
- wooden case

Four phase contrast objectives:
- Lomo 10x 0.30 F
- Lomo 20x 0.40 F
- Lomo 40x 0.65 F
- Lomo MI 90x 1.25 F
- thread: RMS
- tube length: 160 mm
- focal length: 33 mm

Can be used with, among others: With Lomo microscopes:
- Biolam (Bresser Biolam)
- Biolam I
- MBB 1A
- MBR
- MBI
- MBI-11
- and others

This set is often used with Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes. To use it with microscopes from dozens of other brands, a condenser adapter is used, changing the condenser mounting diameter to 39.5 mm, and adapters changing the focal length of the objectives to 45 mm. It can then be used with PZO, Olympus, Nikon, Hund Wetzlar, Will Wetzlar, and most other microscopes with a TL of 160 mm.

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Lomo OI-35 Koehler illuminator with field diaphragm
- illuminator plug with Lomo 8V 20W BA15d bulb

Fits microscopes including:
- Lomo Biolam
- Lomo Biolam M
- and certainly many other models (e.g., Polam)

A small, non-Koehler illuminator for these microscopes is the Lomo OI-21, which is mounted on a base like the OI-35 (and therefore does not use a mirror). The Lomo OI-19 is an external illuminator that shines onto the mirror. The Lomo OI-35 uses the same filament bulb as these two, but now allows for Koehler standard lighting.

Koehler standard lighting allows for the best image quality when working with oil immersion or phase contrast.

The last photos are an example of use.

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2 mm
Mounting: 41 mm dovetail (Carl Zeiss Jena standard)

The head features adjustable interpupillary distance and diopter adjustment for one eyepiece.

This export version was sold in Western Europe, primarily under the Bresser brand. Biolam microscopes were sold under this name (thus as Bresser Biolam). NOTE - a small batch of these microscopes was sold under the Bresser Erudit name - but the "Erudit" is now a completely different Bresser microscope.

This is an exact clone of the Carl Zeiss Jena microscope head and is therefore very commonly used for these microscopes.

Note: The 1.5x magnification head requires a relatively large amount of light. Furthermore, the optimal image is obtained with 7x or 8x eyepieces (the maximum is 10x). Higher eyepiece magnification results in "empty magnification" and the image may not be sharp.

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Suitable for:
- Lomo OI-21 illuminator
- Lomo OI-35 illuminator
- Lomo OI-36 illuminator
- Lomo Biolam-M and Biolam-I microscopes
- MBC-9 and MBC-10 stereo microscope lamps
- and many others

Also fits older, black Lomo microscopes:
- MBB-1A
- MIN-8
- MBC-1 and MBC-2
- EPI reflected light illuminators, including the METAM

and many others that use the standard Lomo 8V 20W BA15d microscope bulb.

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mm
Thread: RMS
YOM: 1976

This lens was produced as an OEM for many vendors. It can be found without any manufacturer name (commonly found on Bresser Biolam microscopes), or with the "BoB" or "Fujiopt Tokyo" logo engraved on it.

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Bresser Biolam microscopes
Magnification: 3.7x
Numerical Aperture: 0.11
Tube Length: 160 mm
Focal Length: 33 mm
Thread: RMS

Due to its superior optical quality, this objective is used for macro photography, especially for stacking images.

Description of this part for the microscope.

use of Lomo lenses with an RMS thread and a TL of 190mm (most often EPI lenses). The mount is a 41.5mm dovetail, the Carl Zeiss Jena standard.

Description of this part for the microscope.

mm
Thread: RMS
YOM: 1985

Description of this part for the microscope.

40x
Numerical aperture: 0.75
Tube length: 160 mm
Focal length: 33 mm
Immersion: yes, water immersion
Thread: RMS
YOM: 1991

Description of this part for the microscope.

Achromat
Numerical Aperture: 0.20
Tube Length: 160 mm
Focal Length: 33 mm
Immersion: No
Thread: RMS
YOM: 1991

NOTE - Although this is a plan achromatic objective, it does not require dedicated plan compensation optics (e.g., special eyepieces). This makes it very popular for macro photography ? it has a 9:1 magnification ratio, no distortion at the image edge, and operates in direct projection mode.

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1 microscopes have simple microscope stages with grips for holding the specimen. Therefore, at magnifications above 400x, manually manipulating the slide with the specimen becomes very difficult. XY cross stages are used for this purpose, for example, to move the specimen very precisely at 900x magnification with oil immersion.

This is not a cheap plastic cross stage - it is a well-made Lomo design, very popular on the used microscope market.

NOTE - if the mounting pin spacing matches, this cross stage can be mounted on stages from virtually any manufacturer.

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removed from a Biolam microscope. If (unfortunately) you decide to 3D print it, you can find it here .

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and the gear rack on the microscope arm.

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P3, P4, P5, and P6

"P" written in Cyrillic is the Latin "R," so you might see it written as:
- Lomo Biolam R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6

...and, of course, the above models sold in Western Europe as "Bresser Biolam" and in the UK as "Zenith."

Here is a table comparing the models.

NOTE: This mechanism does not fit models where the fine movement is controlled by a knob built into the microscope base.

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state.

Of course, the oil is usable, but I think this item has more collector's value.

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Description of this part for the microscope.

P2, P3, P4, P5, and P6

"P" written in Cyrillic is the Latin "R," so you might see it written as:
- Lomo Biolam R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6

...and, of course, the above models sold in Western Europe as "Bresser Biolam" and in the UK as "Zenith."

Here is a table comparing the models.

NOTE: This mechanism does not fit models where the fine movement is controlled by a knob built into the microscope base.

Description of this part for the microscope.

4.2

This cap covers and holds the spring, which is part of the fine (micro) advance mechanism.

The plate also contains the serial number, which begins with the year of manufacture (here, 73).

The markings placed immediately after the model name (here Y 4.2) mean:

Y 4.2: means a microscope or a microscope part adapted for operation in rooms with moderate humidity and within a temperature range of 10°C - 35°C.
T 4.2: means a microscope or a microscope part adapted for operation in rooms with extremely dry air or with high humidity in a tropical climate and within a temperature range of 10°C - 45°C.
Y 1.1: means a microscope or a microscope part adapted for operation in rooms with moderate humidity, but with the possibility of outdoor operation within a temperature range of -10°C - 40°C.

(Source: mikroskopfreunde-nordhessen.de)

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4,2

This cap covers and holds the spring, which is part of the fine (micro) advance mechanism.

The plate also contains the serial number, which begins with the year of manufacture (here, 76).

The markings placed immediately after the model name (here Y 4.2) mean:

Y 4.2: means a microscope or a microscope part adapted for operation in rooms with moderate humidity and within a temperature range of 10°C - 35°C.
T 4.2: means a microscope or a microscope part adapted for operation in rooms with extremely dry air or with high humidity in a tropical climate and within a temperature range of 10°C - 45°C.
Y 1.1: means a microscope or a microscope part adapted for operation in rooms with moderate humidity, but with the possibility of outdoor operation within a temperature range of -10°C - 40°C.

(Source: mikroskopfreunde-nordhessen.de)

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R12

The two digits after the letter in the Biolam microscope model name (as in Pxx here, meaning P12) indicate models with a fine-travel adjustment (micro-travel) located in the foot.

This is a cap that covers and holds the spring, which is part of the fine-travel mechanism.

The plate also contains the serial number, which begins with the year of manufacture.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Description of this part for the microscope.

It is not easy to find a used objective in this condition.

Manufacturer: Lomo
Magnification: 40x
Model: D=0 40 0.65
Numerical aperture: 0.65
Tube length: 160 mm
Focal length: 33 mm
Cover slip: no
Thread: RMS + adapter to M27 thread
Marking: "D=0" = work without cover slip

This is an objective for working with reflected light (but also transmitted light) without a cover slip.

Objective with RMS thread, but can be screwed into an adapter for M27 thread, allowing use in a microscope, e.g., Biolam-M. Of course, the objective can be unscrewed and another objective can be screwed into the adapter.

Info: M27 thread is also a standard used by Zeiss Axio microscopes. Therefore:
- this objective can be used in Axio microscopes with M27 thread
- this adapter can be used in Axio microscopes with another objective

This adapter is not a 3D-printed plastic part - it is a professional, metal, original product by Lomo.

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Description of this part for the microscope.

where the letter "H" corresponds to the Latin "N". This means that the model name written in the Latin alphabet is KON-3, where "KON" is simply an abbreviation of the word condenser.

Basic data:
- Element: Abbe microscope condenser
- Manufacturer: Lomo
- Manufacturer designation: KOH-3
- Numerical aperture: 1.2
- Numerical aperture with top lens removed: 0.3
- Mounting diameter: 37 mm
- Iris diaphragm: YES
- Wide-field lens: YES, with the possibility of moving it into / out of the light path
- filter holder: YES

This condenser also fits microscopes from other manufacturers (e.g. Meopta, Olympus, Carl Zeiss Jena and many others) with a 37 mm condenser mount.

Important: Although the mounting diameter of the KOH-3 condenser is 37 mm, the top lens slightly protrudes beyond the condenser body. For this reason, in some cases installation requires the following steps:
- unscrew the top lens
- install the condenser in the holder
- screw the top lens back in

Note: If you use this condenser with a microscope from a manufacturer other than Lomo, please note that:
- the filter holder is designed for filters with a diameter of 33 mm
- while most manufacturers use the 32 mm standard diameter
As a result, 32 mm filters cannot be used in the KOH-3 condenser without modification - they simply fall out because the holder diameter is too large.

Description of this part for the microscope.

be used with any microscope from any manufacturer. It is most often used as a polarizer.

Note - in commonly used terminology there is some inconsistency and foreign as well as incorrect names are often used:
- polaryzator
- polarisator
- polarizer
- polariser
- filtr polaryzacyjny
- filtr POL
- circular polariser
- CPL Filter
- POL filter
- polarisations Filter
- polarization Filter
- anaizator
- analisaor
- Analysator
- POL analizer
- polarization analyser

This part may be the answer to the following problems:
- How do I achieve polarization in a microscope?
- I'm looking for a polarizer for my Lomo microscope
- My Lomo polarizer has delamination
- I have a discolored polarizer in my microscope
- Where can I buy a polarizing filter for my microscope?

Description of this part for the microscope.

11
- Lomo MBI-15
- Lomo Biolam M
- Lomo Biolam I

This holder allows mounting interchangeable stages, i.e. those that are not screwed to the microscope stand. Additionally, it has two centering screws.

In the photo gallery there are detailed photos of this element along with dimensions. In the last photo, an arrow indicates where this element is located in the microscope.

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On the condenser, the model name is written in Cyrillic and looks similar to ON-14.

The Lomo OI-14 condenser has a removable (unscrewable) top lens:
- A1.4 with high aperture, for use with objectives with high numerical aperture (which corresponds to high magnifications, it can be assumed above 40x)
- A0.3 with low aperture, for use with low magnification objectives

Although it is possible to work with low magnification objectives (e.g. 5x or 10x) using a condenser with the A1.4 lens installed - the image is too "sharp" and contrasty. In this case, replacing the lens with A0.3 allows obtaining a pastel, soft and visually pleasant image.

Since the Lomo OI-14 condenser has been produced since the 1960s, over the years this additional lens has very often been lost and most condensers available on the secondary market have only one - most often A1.4.

The Lomo OI-14 condenser has a mounting diameter of 37 mm, but since it is very popular among microscope users, an extension ring is often used, allowing it to be mounted in microscopes with a 39.5 mm condenser holder. This condenser fits microscopes from various manufacturers: Lomo, PZO, Zeiss, Carl Zeiss Jena, Meopta, IOR, Olympus, ROW, Nikon, Leitz Wetzlar and many others.

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although incorrectly, referred to as "Lomo")
Model: 20 0,40
Magnification: 20x
Correction: Achromat
Numerical aperture: 0.40
Tube length: 160 mm
Focal length: 33 mm
Cover glass: 0.17 mm
Immersion: no
Thread: RMS
Serial number: 01234

It can be used with any microscope from any manufacturer. Of course, the microscope must be compatible, i.e. support RMS objectives, TL=160 mm and FL=33 mm.

After installing a 12 mm adapter, this combination of adapter and objective will function as an objective with FL=45 mm.

This objective is attractive mainly to collectors because:
- there are very few microscope objectives with the LZOS logo on the secondary market
- the objective has a so-called "golden serial number": 01234

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objective:
Manufacturer: LOMO, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 40x
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.65
Serial number: starts with "92"
Year of manufacture: 1992
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no - this is a dry objective
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide with the specimen
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year of manufacture. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. Very often this objective is mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO manufactured adapters from the RMS thread to M27. Thanks to them, this objective was used on LOMO Biolam I and LOMO Biolam M microscopes. Users of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with the M27 thread took advantage of this as well and used these adapters too.

LOMO objectives are very popular among users of microscopes from other manufacturers. Because of the historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as a natural replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and takes objectives with a 160 mm tube length and a 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "Compatibility" section, but this is not a complete list.

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Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: LOMO, (ЛОМО, former Soviet Union)
Magnification: 40x
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.65
Serial number: starts with "89"
Year of manufacture: 1989
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no - this is a dry objective
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide with the specimen
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year of manufacture. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. Very often this objective is mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO manufactured adapters from the RMS thread to M27. Thanks to them, this objective was used on LOMO Biolam I and LOMO Biolam M microscopes. Users of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with the M27 thread took advantage of this as well and used these adapters too.

LOMO objectives are very popular among users of microscopes from other manufacturers. Because of the historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as a natural replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and takes objectives with a 160 mm tube length and a 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "Compatibility" section, but this is not a complete list.

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Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: LOMO, (ЛОМО, former Soviet Union)
Magnification: 40x
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.65
Serial number: starts with "80"
Year of manufacture: 1980
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no - this is a dry objective
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide with the specimen
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year of manufacture. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. Very often this objective is mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO manufactured adapters from the RMS thread to M27. Thanks to them, this objective was used on LOMO Biolam I and LOMO Biolam M microscopes. Users of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with the M27 thread took advantage of this as well and used these adapters too.

LOMO objectives are very popular among users of microscopes from other manufacturers. Because of the historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as a natural replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and takes objectives with a 160 mm tube length and a 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "Compatibility" section, but this is not a complete list.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: LOMO, (ЛОМО, former Soviet Union)
Magnification: 40x
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.65
Serial number: starts with "79"
Year of manufacture: 1979
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no - this is a dry objective
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide with the specimen
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year of manufacture. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. Very often this objective is mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO manufactured adapters from the RMS thread to M27. Thanks to them, this objective was used on LOMO Biolam I and LOMO Biolam M microscopes. Users of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with the M27 thread took advantage of this as well and used these adapters too.

LOMO objectives are very popular among users of microscopes from other manufacturers. Because of the historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as a natural replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and takes objectives with a 160 mm tube length and a 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "Compatibility" section, but this is not a complete list.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: LOMO, (ЛОМО, former Soviet Union)
Magnification: 40x
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.65
Serial number: starts with "77"
Year of manufacture: 1977
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no - this is a dry objective
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide with the specimen
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year of manufacture. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. Very often this objective is mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO manufactured adapters from the RMS thread to M27. Thanks to them, this objective was used on LOMO Biolam I and LOMO Biolam M microscopes. Users of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with the M27 thread took advantage of this as well and used these adapters too.

LOMO objectives are very popular among users of microscopes from other manufacturers. Because of the historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as a natural replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and takes objectives with a 160 mm tube length and a 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "Compatibility" section, but this is not a complete list.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: LOMO, (ЛОМО, former Soviet Union)
Magnification: 40x
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.65
Serial number: starts with "75"
Year of manufacture: 1975
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no - this is a dry objective
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide with the specimen
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year of manufacture. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. Very often this objective is mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO manufactured adapters from the RMS thread to M27. Thanks to them, this objective was used on LOMO Biolam I and LOMO Biolam M microscopes. Users of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with the M27 thread took advantage of this as well and used these adapters too.

LOMO objectives are very popular among users of microscopes from other manufacturers. Because of the historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as a natural replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and takes objectives with a 160 mm tube length and a 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "Compatibility" section, but this is not a complete list.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: LOMO, (ЛОМО, former Soviet Union)
Magnification: 40x
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.65
Serial number: starts with "73"
Year of manufacture: 1973
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no - this is a dry objective
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide with the specimen
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year of manufacture. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. Very often this objective is mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO manufactured adapters from the RMS thread to M27. Thanks to them, this objective was used on LOMO Biolam I and LOMO Biolam M microscopes. Users of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with the M27 thread took advantage of this as well and used these adapters too.

LOMO objectives are very popular among users of microscopes from other manufacturers. Because of the historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as a natural replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and takes objectives with a 160 mm tube length and a 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "Compatibility" section, but this is not a complete list.

Description of this part for the microscope.

objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 90x
Marking on the objective: МИ 90 1.25 (MI 90 1.25)
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Serial number: starts with "93"
Year of manufacture: 1993
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Translation: "МИ" stands for "масляная иммерсия", i.e. "oil immersion"
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 90x
Marking on the objective: МИ 90 1.25 (MI 90 1.25)
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Serial number: starts with "92"
Year of manufacture: 1992
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Translation: "МИ" stands for "масляная иммерсия", i.e. "oil immersion"
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 90x
Marking on the objective: МИ 90 1.25 (MI 90 1.25)
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Serial number: starts with "91"
Year of manufacture: 1991
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Translation: "МИ" stands for "масляная иммерсия", i.e. "oil immersion"
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 90x
Marking on the objective: МИ 90 1.25 (MI 90 1.25)
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Serial number: starts with "85"
Year of manufacture: 1985
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Translation: "МИ" stands for "масляная иммерсия", i.e. "oil immersion"
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 90x
Marking on the objective: МИ 90 1.25 (MI 90 1.25)
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Serial number: starts with "77"
Year of manufacture: 1977
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Translation: "МИ" stands for "масляная иммерсия", i.e. "oil immersion"
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 90x
Marking on the objective: МИ 90 1.25 (MI 90 1.25)
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Serial number: starts with "74"
Year of manufacture: 1974
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Translation: "МИ" stands for "масляная иммерсия", i.e. "oil immersion"
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 90x
Marking on the objective: МИ 90 1.25 (MI 90 1.25)
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Serial number: starts with "73"
Year of manufacture: 1973
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Translation: "МИ" stands for "масляная иммерсия", i.e. "oil immersion"
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

objective (model 8 0.20) is frequently used for macro photography with a microscope or a camera (via an RMS adapter or a bellows). Although it is an achromat, it renders fine detail very sharply and performs well in focus stacking. It complements a set together with the LOMO 3.7x, Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan 6.3x and Nikon M Plan 10x.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, USSR (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 8x
Correction: achromatic
Marking on the objective: 8 0.20
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.20
Serial number: starts with "72"
Year of manufacture: 1972
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: not critical - objectives with such low magnification work both with and without a cover glass
Immersion: no (dry objective)
Thread: RMS

Important - this objective is suitable for direct projection photography, as it does not require plan-compensating optics.

A microscope objective with such low magnification (with a 160 mm tube length it gives an 8:1 reproduction ratio) is used, among other things, for observing or photographing:
- insects
- minerals
- inclusions in amber
- handwriting
- micro shells (micromollusks)
- and much more

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

objective (model 8 0.20) is frequently used for macro photography with a microscope or a camera (via an RMS adapter or a bellows). Although it is an achromat, it renders fine detail very sharply and performs well in focus stacking. It complements a set together with the LOMO 3.7x, Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan 6.3x and Nikon M Plan 10x.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, USSR (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 8x
Correction: achromatic
Marking on the objective: 8 0.20
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.20
Serial number: starts with "86"
Year of manufacture: 1986
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: not critical - objectives with such low magnification work both with and without a cover glass
Immersion: no (dry objective)
Thread: RMS

Important - this objective is suitable for direct projection photography, as it does not require plan-compensating optics.

A microscope objective with such low magnification (with a 160 mm tube length it gives an 8:1 reproduction ratio) is used, among other things, for observing or photographing:
- insects
- minerals
- inclusions in amber
- handwriting
- micro shells (micromollusks)
- and much more

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

20) is frequently used for macro photography with a microscope or a camera (via an RMS adapter or a bellows). Although it is an achromat, it renders fine detail very sharply and performs well in focus stacking. It complements a set together with the LOMO 3.7x, Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan 6.3x and Nikon M Plan 10x.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 8x
Correction: achromatic
Marking on the objective: 8 0.20
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.20
Serial number: starts with "92"
Year of manufacture: 1992
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: not critical - objectives with such low magnification work both with and without a cover glass
Immersion: no (dry objective)
Thread: RMS

Important - this objective is suitable for direct projection photography, as it does not require plan-compensating optics.

A microscope objective with such low magnification (with a 160 mm tube length it gives an 8:1 reproduction ratio) is used, among other things, for observing or photographing:
- insects
- minerals
- inclusions in amber
- handwriting
- micro shells (micromollusks)
- and much more

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Lomo, USSR (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 8x
Correction: achromatic
Marking on the objective: 8 0.20
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.20
Serial number: starts with "66"
Year of manufacture: 1966
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: not critical - objectives with such low magnification work both with and without a cover glass
Immersion: no (dry objective)
Thread: RMS

The LOMO 8x objective (model 8 0.20) is frequently used for macro photography with a microscope or a camera (via an RMS adapter or a bellows). Although it is an achromat, it renders fine detail very sharply and performs well in focus stacking. It complements a set together with the LOMO 3.7x, Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan 6.3x and Nikon M Plan 10x.

Important - this objective is suitable for direct projection photography, as it does not require plan-compensating optics.

A microscope objective with such low magnification (with a 160 mm tube length it gives an 8:1 reproduction ratio) is used, among other things, for observing or photographing:
- insects
- minerals
- inclusions in amber
- handwriting
- micro shells (micromollusks)
- and much more

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

(ЛОМО)
Version: this is the OEM version of this objective; it was made for export and has no engraved manufacturer logo
Magnification: 90x
Correction: achromatic
Marking on the objective: A 90*1.25
Numerical aperture N.A.: 1.25
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: yes, oil
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

LOMO exported its microscopes to Western Europe, where they were sold under the names Bresser Biolam / Bresser Erudit (mainly in Germany) and Zenith Biolam (in the UK). These microscopes often (but not always) came with special versions of the objectives without the "ЛОМО" engraving.

Apart from the missing manufacturer name, the export version also differs in the way the parameters are marked. On the LOMO version the marking read "МИ 90 1.25", where "МИ" is an abbreviation written in Cyrillic, corresponding to "MI" and meaning "oil immersion". The export version dropped the Cyrillic (and even the immersion information), and the marking changed to "A 90*1.25".

A note on the Bresser Erudit microscope: Bresser sold two different microscopes under this name. The first was a Lomo microscope labelled "Bresser Erudit", the second is the plastic, Chinese-made "Bresser Erudit DLX" microscope.
The microscope objective offered here fits the first of these two Erudit microscopes. A photo gallery of the first model can be found here: https://www.microscopeparts.eu/gallery/lomo-erudit-microscopes-207.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

microscope or a camera (via an RMS adapter or a bellows). Although it is an achromat, it renders fine detail very sharply and performs well in focus stacking. It complements a set together with the LOMO 3.7x, Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan 6.3x and Nikon M Plan 10x.

Basic parameters of this objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo, Russia (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 8x
Correction: achromatic
Marking on the objective: 8 0.20
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0.20
Serial number: starts with "91"
Year of manufacture: 1991
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: not critical - objectives with such low magnification work both with and without a cover glass
Immersion: no (dry objective)
Thread: RMS

Important - this objective is suitable for direct projection photography, as it does not require plan-compensating optics.

A microscope objective with such low magnification (with a 160 mm tube length it gives an 8:1 reproduction ratio) is used, among other things, for observing or photographing:
- insects
- minerals
- inclusions in amber
- handwriting
- micro shells (micromollusks)
- and much more

Why do I state the year of manufacture in the description of this objective? Older LOMO microscope parts (objectives, microscopes, heads) have the year of manufacture encoded in the serial number: the first two digits of the serial number are the year. Many users want to complete their microscope with parts made in the same year as the microscope itself.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

Fun fact: LOMO made adapters between the RMS and M27 threads. Thanks to them, this objective was fitted to the Lomo Biolam I and Lomo Biolam M microscopes. Owners of Carl Zeiss Axio series microscopes with M27 thread also took advantage of this and used these adapters.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

3x
Kind: PR (ПР) - projection eyepiece for photomicrography
Type: K - compensating eyepiece
Mounting diameter: 23.2 mm

Projection eyepieces are special microscope eyepieces used to project the microscopic image onto the sensor of a camera. Many microscope photo tubes and trinocular heads have a seat for a projection eyepiece.

The "compatibility" section lists the microscope models this eyepiece can be used with, but only LOMO microscopes are listed there, as examples, and that list is of course not complete. This projection eyepiece can be used with any microscope of any manufacturer, as long as it has a tube or another seat for an eyepiece of 23.2 mm diameter.

Description of this part for the microscope.

the OEM version of this objective; it was made for export and has no engraved manufacturer logo
Magnification: 40x
Correction: achromatic
Marking on the objective: 40 0,65
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0,65
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0.17 mm thick
Immersion: no
Specimen protection: yes, the objective has a spring-loaded front mount that prevents breaking the slide
Thread: RMS

LOMO exported its microscopes to Western Europe, where they were sold under the names Bresser Biolam / Bresser Erudit (mainly in Germany) and Zenith Biolam (in the UK). These microscopes often (but not always) came with special versions of the objectives without the "ЛОМО" engraving.

A note on the Bresser Erudit microscope: Bresser sold two different microscopes under this name. The first was a Lomo microscope labelled "Bresser Erudit", the second is the plastic, Chinese-made "Bresser Erudit DLX" microscope.
The microscope objective offered here fits the first of these two Erudit microscopes. A photo gallery of the first model can be found here: https://www.microscopeparts.eu/gallery/lomo-erudit-microscopes-207.

This is a so-called short barrel objective with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very often mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives with a 45 mm parfocal length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and popular DIY 3D-printed adapters all work well here.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other manufacturers. Due to historical ties, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes regard them as an obvious replacement for the German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any manufacturer, as long as it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL = 160 mm and 33 mm parfocal length (or 37 / 45 mm with a suitable adapter). Several example microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but the list is not complete.

Description of this part for the microscope.

objective:
Manufacturer: Lomo (ЛОМО)
Magnification: 40x
Correction: achromatic
Engraving on the objective: 40 0,65 Ф-2 ЛОМО
Numerical aperture N.A.: 0,65
Working distance: 0,55 mm
Tube length: 160 mm
Parfocal length: 33 mm - a so-called short barrel objective
Cover glass: yes, 0,17 mm thick
Phase contrast: yes, type F-2 (Ф-2), which means there are two phase rings inside the objective
Immersion: no (dry objective, sometimes called an "air immersion" objective)
Specimen protection: no, the objective has no spring-loaded mechanism
Thread: RMS
Work in brightfield without phase contrast: possible, but even the manufacturer states in the manual that the image quality is worse than with an objective without phase rings inside

A very important note: two phase rings inside an objective bring to mind variable phase contrast (PhZ at PZO or PhV at Carl Zeiss Jena). With LOMO, however, this is rather something like a "second type of positive phase contrast". LOMO states in the manual (https://laboratorium.dp.ua/item/68) that one image is obtained when light passes through both rings (with the condenser iris diaphragm open) - and a different one when the diaphragm is closed far enough that light no longer reaches the outer, wide ring and only the inner ring works. The manufacturer recommends viewing the specimen in both modes, because together they give a more reliable idea of its structure. The contrast stays positive (thicker or denser parts of the specimen appear darker against a bright background), and both modes differ from work with the single-ring "Ф" objectives and the LOMO KF-4 condenser (ЛОМО KФ-4), where both the objective and the condenser diaphragm have only one ring. So the resulting effect does change - but this is not variable phase contrast; the change is stepwise (either-or), not continuous.

The objective presented here fits the LOMO KF-5 condenser (ЛОМО KФ-5). That condenser has a mounting diameter of 37 mm and is very often used on microscopes from other makers, among them Carl Zeiss Jena and Olympus (especially Olympus CH). With a suitable build-up ring fitted (3D printed, for example), this condenser is commonly used in microscopes with a 39,5 mm condenser seat as well. The instructions for setting up LOMO KF-5 phase contrast can be found here: https://scopica.ru/proj/ustroystvo-dlya-nablyudeniya-metodom-fazovogo-kontrasta-kf-5/

This is a so-called short barrel objective, with a parfocal length of 33 mm. It is very commonly mounted on a 12 mm extension, which allows it to be used in microscopes that require objectives of 45 mm length. Professional adapters with protective optics, metal adapters and the popular 3D printed DIY solutions all work here.

LOMO objectives are very popular with owners of microscopes from other makers. Because of the historical links, owners of Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes treat them as an obvious substitute for those German objectives.

This objective fits practically any microscope from any maker, provided it has an RMS thread and accepts objectives with TL=160 mm and a parfocal length of 33 mm (or 37 / 45 mm if a suitable adapter is used). A few such microscopes are listed in the "compatibility" section, but that is not a complete list.

Description of this part for the microscope.

microscopes:
- Lomo Erudit (ЛОМО Эрудит)
- Lomo Biolam Д1 / Д2 / Д3 (D series - portable)
- Lomo Biolam C1 / C2 / C3 (S series - for students)
- Lomo Biolam P1 / P2 / P3 / P4 / P5 / P6 / P7 (R series - working microscopes)
- Lomo Biolam models with the fine focus built into the base (that is, with a two-digit model number, Дxx / Cxx / Pxx)
- as well as those microscopes sold in Germany under the Bresser brand (Bresser Biolam / Bresser Erudit), including the newest ones with illumination integrated into the base
- and the same microscopes sold in the U.K. under the Zenith brand
- Lomo Biolam 70
- Lomo Micmed 1

ЛОМО marked the series in Cyrillic letters, so the letter engraved on the microscope does not always mean what it seems to mean at first glance: Д stands for the Latin D, but the Russian C is read as S and the Russian P as R.

The same models in Latin script:
- Lomo Biolam D-1 / D-2 / D-3
- Lomo Biolam S-1 / S-2 / S-3
- Lomo Biolam R-1 / R-2 / R-3 / R-4 / R-5 / R-6 / R-7
- Lomo Biolam D-11 / D-12 / D-13
- Lomo Biolam S-11 / S-12 / S-13
- Lomo Biolam R-11 / R-12 / R-13 / R-14 / R-15 / R-16 / R-17

Internal dimensions of this case:
Height: 325 mm
Depth: 250 mm
Width: 185 mm

This wooden microscope case has everything it should have:
- a metal handle
- a drawer for eyepieces, objective cases and accessories
- four rubber feet
- a hinged door
- a lock
- but unfortunately no key

Someone may find it interesting that this case was made in 1977 and is still in excellent condition!

This model of case is very often used to store other models of microscopes, not only those made by ЛОМО.

On the market, many different names are used for a wooden case for a microscope. These include:
- wooden case
- wooden box
- wooden crate
- wooden housing
- wooden cabinet
- microscope case
- microscope box
- microscope cabinet
- transport case
- transport box
- carrying case
- carrying box
- storage case
- storage box
- dust cover case
- protective case
- instrument case
- shipping crate

Description of this part for the microscope.

Russian: https://www.microscopeparts.eu/part/99967.

This edition of the booklet was supplied with the microscopes:
- Lomo Biolam Д1 / Д2 / Д3 (series "D" - portable)
- Lomo Biolam C1 / C2 / C3 (series "S" - student)
- Lomo Biolam P1 / P2 / P3 / P4 / P5 / P6 / P7 (series "R" - working)

Lomo Biolam models with the fine focus built into the base (that is, with a two-digit model number, Дxx / Cxx / Pxx) did not exist yet at that time.

ЛОМО marked the series in Cyrillic, which is why the letter engraved on the microscope does not always mean what it seems to at first glance: Д is the Latin D, but the Russian C reads as S and the Russian P as R.

The same models in the notation found on Western markets:
- Lomo Biolam D-1 / D-2 / D-3
- Lomo Biolam S-1 / S-2 / S-3
- Lomo Biolam R-1 / R-2 / R-3 / R-4 / R-5 / R-6 / R-7