Zeiss Axiolab 5 Operating Manual

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ZEISS Contents / List of Illustrations Axiolab 56 430037-7444-001 05/2019Fig. 2-25 OSD menu, Home .............................................................................................................50Fig. 3-1 Setting up the microscope .................................................................................................51Fig. 3-2 Placing tools in the storage compartment ..........................................................................52Fig. 3-3 Attaching the binocular tube .............................................................................................53Fig. 3-4 Inserting eyepieces ............................................................................................................54Fig. 3-5 Inserting the eyepiece reticle..............................................................................................54Fig. 3-6 Screwing in objectives .......................................................................................................55Fig. 3-7 Replacing the reflector module ..........................................................................................56Fig. 3-8 Installing a mechanical stage .............................................................................................57Fig. 3-9 Friction adjustment ...........................................................................................................58Fig. 3-10 Replacing the snap-in Pol rotary stage, detachable Pol specimen guide and stage clips ........ 59Fig. 3-11 Centering the Pol rotary stage ...........................................................................................60Fig. 3-12 Centering objectives ..........................................................................................................61Fig. 3-13 Attaching the condenser ...................................................................................................62Fig. 3-14 Mounting the darkfield condenser .....................................................................................63Fig. 3-15 Removing the cover...........................................................................................................64Fig. 3-16 Changing the halogen lamp ..............................................................................................64Fig. 3-17 Removing the LED illuminator ............................................................................................65Fig. 3-18 Changing the LED illuminator in the adapter ......................................................................65Fig. 3-19 Inserting the LED illuminator ..............................................................................................66Fig. 3-20 Removing the cover...........................................................................................................67Fig. 3-21 Changing the halogen lamp ..............................................................................................67Fig. 3-22 Swinging the loops out .....................................................................................................68Fig. 3-23 Changing the LED illuminator ............................................................................................68Fig. 3-24 Changing the LED illuminator in the adapter ......................................................................69Fig. 3-25 Removing the module holder.............................................................................................70Fig. 3-26 Changing the LED modules ...............................................................................................70Fig. 3-27 Mounting the Axiocam 202 mono or Axiocam 208 color....................................................72Fig. 3-28 Mounting the polarizer D ..................................................................................................73Fig. 3-29 Mounting the low-power system .......................................................................................74Fig. 3-30 Modulator disk in condenser 0.9 H Pol...............................................................................75Fig. 3-31 Power supply connector on the back of the stand ..............................................................75Fig. 3-32 Mains switch on left side of microscope .............................................................................76Fig. 3-33 Intensity/LM knob and illumination modes .........................................................................76Fig. 4-1 Setting the inter-pupillary distance on the binocular tube ...................................................79Fig. 4-2 Setting the viewing height on the binocular tube ...............................................................79Fig. 4-3 Microscope settings in transmitted light brightfield microscopy ........................................... 82Fig. 4-4 Setting the height stop on the condenser carrier ................................................................83Fig. 4-5 Centering the darkfield stop on condenser, achromatic-aplanatic 0.9 H D Ph DIC................ 84Fig. 4-6 Centering the annular phase diaphragm (light-colored, in the condenser) and the phasering (dark-colored, in the object) ........................................................................................88Fig. 4-7 Components for transmitted light polarization ...................................................................90Fig. 4-8 Determining the polarization direction nγ' using a synthetic fiber as an example .................. 91