Primo Star
• Taking care that the locating screw on the rear side of the condenser fits in groove (Fig. 16/4) of the
condenser carrier insert, put the condenser into this insert.
• Screw the cover cap back onto the luminous-field diaphragm.
• To center the condenser, connect the microscope to the power outlet and switch it on.
• Turn the nosepiece to swing the 4x objective into the light path.
• Turn the two centering screws (Fig. 15/3) to adjust the illuminated image symmetrically to the edge of
the field of view.
3.4.6
Installing a camera
You can install a digital camera, a video camera or
a compact digital camera to your choice on the
microscope via the available camera adapters (see
Section 2.1).
• First, install the photo tube (Fig. 17/7), if
necessary (refer to Section 3.4.1).
• Loosen clamp screw (Fig. 17/8) and remove the
dust cap from the photo tube.
Installing a compact digital camera
• Sliding mount (Fig. 17/4), thread adapter ring
M37/52 (Fig. 17/3) and lens mount (Fig. 17/6)
are supplied premounted as Digital Camera
Adapter P95 M37/52x0.75. The opposite
drawing
shows
Furthermore, you may unscrew the M37/52
thread adapter (Fig. 17/3) (not shown) from the
sliding mount (Fig. 17/4) so that you can also
mount cameras with M37 thread.
• Mount the adapter ring (Fig. 17/2) (supplied
with the camera) to the camera (Fig. 17/1) (see
the operating instructions of the camera).
• Screw the unit consisting of sliding mount (Fig. 17/4), thread adapter ring M37/52 (Fig. 17/3) and lens
mount (Fig. 17/6) into the adapter ring (Fig. 17/2).
• Insert the camera with adapter into the photo tube as far as it will go. Align it and fasten it with clamp
screw (Fig. 17/8).
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this
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dismantled.
Fig. 17
Installing a camera
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