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Description of this part for the microscope.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Description of this part for the microscope.

body (that is, to the revolving magnification changer). It is secured with just a few small drops of adhesive.

This nameplate serves two purposes:
- it is positioned directly in front of the user's eyes, allowing the current total magnification to be identified immediately
- it protects the inside of the revolving magnification changer against dust and dirt entering the mechanism

Important: this nameplate does NOT fit the following microscopes:
- Carl Zeiss Jena Technival-2, because the magnification changer in this model has more magnification settings
- Carl Zeiss Jena Citoval / Citoval-2, because these models use a continuously variable ZOOM magnification system

Several decades have passed since the Technival series microscopes were manufactured, and these nameplates often simply fall off by themselves. They are also removed during servicing or repair of this microscope model, which is another common reason why they become lost.

Users solve the problem in various ways:
- they cover the "empty window" with almost anything
- they print a copy of the magnification table from a photograph of the original, glue it onto a piece of cardboard, and use this DIY replacement
- or they produce a replacement using a 3D printer, sometimes even with recessed lettering

However, if someone wants to have the original part, the only option is to find an original nameplate like the one offered here.

Description of this part for the microscope.

and a single line below it reading: Made in West Germany.

This is not the plate for the base of Zeiss Photomicroscope microscopes. Although it looks similar - it is not the plate for the body of the Zeiss Stereomicroscope either.

This plate has two pins on its inner side. The photo intermediate tube should have two holes into which these pins are pressed. For a firmer hold you can apply some glue to the underside of the plate.

In one of the last photos in the gallery you will see two photo-trino intermediate tubes lying side by side. As you can see, this plate is not fitted at the factory on every variant of the intermediate tube.
- I have not come across it (and I have seen no mounting holes) on the black intermediate tubes of the earliest Carl Zeiss Universal, Ultraphot and Photomicroscope models
- on the latest variants of the Photomicroscope III the logo is printed on the base (instead of a plate) and there is no plate on the intermediate tube

Importantly - intermediate tubes can be swapped between models of this class, so the surest way to tell whether this plate fits a particular tube is to check whether it has mounting holes.

Over the years this plate often fell off or was torn off, so on the second-hand market you can find microscopes with this element missing.

Some users like this style of the older models and, after cutting off the two mounting pins, they glue the plate onto a photo intermediate tube that has no mounting holes.

The last photo in the gallery shows several models of this microscope class standing side by side. Arrows mark the ones that carry a logo plate like the one offered here.

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Zeiss Jena
Lettering: Jenamed hematology
Material: aluminium
Length: 65 mm
Width: 12 mm
Mounting: the plate is glued on

By default, such a plate was fitted to every Carl Zeiss Jena Jenamed microscope in the "hematology" version. Since the adhesive used to attach these plates to the microscope body loses its properties over the years, these plates very often fall off.

Such a plate lets you bring your microscope back to its factory appearance using original parts.

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"Zeiss" logotype in the typeface used since the London Agreement of 1971
Material: plastic
Colour: the so-called "early light blue", used by the manufacturer until 1997
Dimensions: 27 mm x 27 mm
Mounting: the plate is glued on

This is an interesting variant of the logo plate. The square logo, introduced at the end of the 1970s, carried the lettering "West Germany" in its second line. The plate shown here does not have that lettering. It may well be a version produced after German reunification (1990) and before the new version of the logotype was introduced (1993/94).

Since the adhesive used to attach these plates to the microscope body loses its properties over the years, these plates sometimes fall off. Sometimes they are also deliberately prised out. Such a plate lets you bring your microscope back to its factory appearance using original parts.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Jena
Inscription: logo "Carl Zeiss Jena" and text "Q1 MADE IN DDR"
Material: aluminium
Length: 52 mm
Width: 14 mm
Mounting: the nameplate is glued on

By default such a nameplate was fitted to most Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes from the Mikroval series onwards. There is also a smaller nameplate - with the manufacturer logo only (without the "Q1 Made in DDR" text). You can see it here: https://www.microscopeparts.eu/part/00604.

Because the adhesive used to attach these plates to the microscope body loses its properties over the years, these plates very often fall off. A nameplate like this makes it possible to restore the factory appearance of a microscope using original parts.

Description of this part for the microscope.

Zeiss
Lettering: white "Zeiss" wordmark in the typeface introduced together with the joint logo of both Zeiss companies (Zeiss Oberkochen and Carl Zeiss Jena) in 1993/94
Material: aluminium, thin sheet with embossed lettering
Colour: the so-called early light blue, used by the manufacturer until 1997
Dimensions: 23 mm x 23 mm
Mounting: the plate is glued on

This is the plate variant with the logo introduced in 1993/94 and in use until 1997: light blue, a square with the lens cut out at the bottom, lettering in rounded letters. You can see the previous version here: https://www.microscopeparts.eu/part/99868.

Because the adhesive that held these plates to the microscope body loses its grip over the years, such plates sometimes fall off. Sometimes they are also deliberately prised out. A plate like this lets you bring your microscope back to its factory appearance using original parts.