Zeiss Axiovert 200 Operating Manual

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OPERATIONCarl Zeiss Documentation Axiovert 2003-46 B 40-080 e 03/01• Attach the premounted camera system to the Frontport, align it horizontally and tighten clampingscrew (3-25/5) using the SW 3 ball-headed screwdriver.• Switch on the microscope and, when using a color film (artificial light), set the toggle switch forillumination intensity (3-25/4) to 10.5 V (corresponds to the color temperature of 3200 K). Thevoltage value can be directly read from the LCD display. To make this setting easier for you, theincrease of the lamp voltage stops at 10.5 V when the toggle switch is pressed down completely, anda beep is emitted.Should the illumination intensity be too high for the specimen, an attenuation filter must be used.• Select the object area to be photographed via the binocular tube. To determine the image section and for exact focusing of the image, the adjusting eyepieceshould be equipped with the dia. 26 MC 10x photo reticle (see section 2.2.2).• After switching the beam path (3-25/6) from visual observation to the Frontport, 100 % of the light isnow available for the camera.• To operate the camera system, please observe the manufacturer's manual. The magnification on the film is the product of objective magnification, Optovar magnificationand the factor 2.5 of the camera adapter.3.4.3 Photomicrography using a digitalcamera and videomicroscopy• The Axiovert 200 and Axiovert 200 M permitthe connection of one video camera or onedigital camera (e.g. AxioCam digital camerafrom Zeiss, (3-26/1) to the Frontport via the0.63/C-mount video adapter (3-26/2).• Attachment of the video adapter is performedin the same way as the camera adapter(described in section 3.4.2).Fig. 3-26 Video attachment