This is description of this part:
MFU - adapter for connecting a camera or photographic device to the MBC-10 / MBS-10 / OGME-P3 stereo microscope.
This microscope component allows simultaneous visual observation and image capture (photography or video recording) on the LOMO MBC-10 (Lytkarino) stereo microscope.
The designation MBC-10 is the Cyrillic spelling. The equivalent name written in the Latin alphabet is MBS-10.
The MBC-10 microscope was also sold under the following names:
- OGME-P3
- SF-100 (name used in the USA)
- Silver Connection MBC-10 (mainly on the German market)
These are exactly the same microscopes, therefore this trinocular attachment is also compatible with those models.
Manufacturer: LZOS Lytkarino
Manufacturer information: LOMO is commonly but incorrectly listed as the manufacturer
Model: MFU
Year of manufacture: 1995
Component type: photographic adapter / trinocular attachment
Light split: 50% of the light from one optical path is directed to the photographic output
Simultaneous observation: yes, the adapter operates in simul-focal mode and does not interrupt simultaneous viewing
Camera connection: M42 thread - with an appropriate adapter virtually any camera or imaging device can be connected
Mechanically, this photographic attachment is installed between the magnification changer and the binocular head.
Various names are commonly used for this camera adapter on the secondary market and in microscope literature, including:
- SF-FA (the name used in the USA)
- trinocular head
- trinocular attachment
- trinocular tube
- trino
- photo tube
- phototube
- photo adapter
- photographic adapter
- camera adapter
- camera attachment
- photo port
- camera port
- photo output
- camera output
- photomicrography adapter
- microscope camera adapter
- microscope photo adapter
- photo head
- camera head
- simul-focal adapter
- M42 photo adapter
- M42 camera adapter
- MBS-10 camera port
- stereo microscope photo tube
It is worth noting that this photo tube is not compatible with MBC-1, MBC-2 or MBC-9 stereo microscopes and does not fit any biological microscope - including biological microscopes manufactured by LOMO.
What is this part needed for?
- the MFU adapter is required if you want to perform photomicrography or record videos with an MBC-10 stereo microscope
- the MFU adapter is required if you want the microscope image to be displayed simultaneously on a computer monitor or screen (a feature widely used by jewellers and electronics technicians)
