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
