This is description of this part:
Microscope binocular head (binocular viewing head) for PZO biological microscopes.
Important: this is a binocular head for microscopes made by the so called old PZO - a company that existed until 2005, although it had ended mass production about a decade earlier.
Basic parameters of this binocular head:
Manufacturer: PZO Poland
Series: MND
Own magnification: 1.25x
Diameter of accepted eyepieces: 23.2 mm
Diopter adjustment: yes, on one of the eyepiece tubes
Interpupillary distance adjustment: yes
Mounting to the microscope tube: circular dovetail, 43 mm diameter
Intended for: all PZO Studar microscope models and the newer MS, MB and ML series models
Housing color: black (this matters, because the newer models are white)
By default this model of the binocular head was fitted to PZO Studar microscopes. It also suits other PZO microscope models:
- all models of the PZO Studar student microscopes
- PZO MB biological microscopes, for example PZO MB-10 and PZO MB-30
- PZO MS school microscopes, for example PZO MS-4
- PZO ML laboratory microscopes, for example PZO ML-5 or PZO ML-6
When you use this binocular head on PZO MS / ML and MB microscopes, keep in mind that these microscopes were sold by default with the PZO MND-4 binocular head of 1.5x own magnification. With a head of 1.25x own magnification the total magnification obtained on the microscope will change.
Although this binocular head mechanically fits PZO Biolar microscopes - I do not recommend it. Other PZO binocular heads are intended for PZO Biolar microscopes.
Please note that PZO Biolar and PZO Studar microscopes look very similar to each other, and most of them carry no model name. A comparison of some PZO Studar models can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/MikroskopyPZO/posts/pfbid0WuTZtq8gD6snUH83vbze3ek1FcV6du22uoBBoHjN57H6Wz1gYUHcXoqGtPCs2mVVl
Users call this part by many different names, but all of them mean the same thing. Here are some of them:
- microscope binocular head
- binocular viewing head
- binocular observation head
- microscope binocular tube
- binocular eyepiece tube
- microscope binocular body
- bino head
- eyepiece head
- microscope head
- stereo head (although this is a wrong use of that name)
- binoculars (although this is a wrong use of that name, binoculars are field glasses)
What is this part needed for?
- if you have a PZO microscope without a head
- if you have a PZO microscope with a mono (single eyepiece) head and want to replace it with a bino (two eyepiece) one
- if you already have such a microscope head, but it is damaged or in very poor condition
- if you want to use this binocular head on a microscope from a manufacturer other than PZO
