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AmScope stereo microscope - lens question
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SolderSucker:
I currently have a 0.5x Barlow lens on my AmScope but would also like to remove that at times and enjoy the even better magnification without the Barlow (that gives less clearance between the lens and the PCB of course).

Is it just a case of adding a standard 48mm filter or similar? I need to add something of course to protect the built-in stereo lenses, plus I need a filter that has a receiving thread that will also accept the plastic adapter that I need to screw on so that I can attach the LED ring light.

Thanks
jfiresto:
You may prefer to add, say, a 48-49 or 48-52 step up adapter and then a cheap and plentiful 49 or 52 mm camera objective filter. Fifty-two millimeter filters appear to be more popular and are less likely to cause vignetting: at least that is what I plan to try on a different microscope with a larger diameter, common main objective.
jfiresto:
Another possible, quick and dirty solution might be to swap in higher power eyepeices, although here you need to consider possible "empty magnification". I can swap in 20X eyepieces on a non-Amscope microscope to give a total of 20 x 3.1 x 0.5 = 31X with a 0.5x barlow lens, but not on another which stops showing any more detail if I try more than 15X eyepieces.
SolderSucker:

--- Quote from: jfiresto on December 24, 2018, 06:10:53 pm ---You may prefer to add, say, a 48-49 or 48-52 step up adapter and then a cheap and plentiful 49 or 52 mm camera objective filter. Fifty-two millimeter filters appear to be more popular and are less likely to cause vignetting: at least that is what I plan to try on a different microscope with a larger diameter, common main objective.

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Thanks. Do all filters usually have a 'receiving thread' so that I can still screw in the adapter for attaching my LED ring light?
SolderSucker:

--- Quote from: jfiresto on December 24, 2018, 06:26:06 pm ---Another possible, quick and dirty solution might be to swap in higher power eyepeices, although here you need to consider possible "empty magnification". I can swap in 20X eyepieces on a non-Amscope microscope to give a total of 20 x 3.1 x 0.5 = 31X with a 0.5x barlow lens, but not on another which stops showing any more detail if I try more than 15X eyepieces.

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Hadn't thought of that. The current eyepieces are WF10X/20
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