Microscopes aren't just about optics. Here's what the cable connections look like on the base of the Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen, West Germany) PM3 microscope. Maybe this will be useful if someone gets bored and unplugs something and forgets how it was connected :D.
This is what the fine-focus knobs of Lomo Biolam microscope looks like when disassembled into its individual components.
Entrie photo gallery you will find here: https://www.microscopeparts.eu/gallery/00804-lomo-biolam-lknobs-for-fine-adjustment-mechanism-microscope-fine-focus-micro-gears
This popped up on my FB today.
I am terrified by the (lack of) power of AI.
Aperture diaphragm (iris diaphragm) of Carl Zeiss Jena Jenamed Histology microscope (former DDR, East Germany).
As I said before - observing on iris diaphragms is like watching on aquarium / terrarium - simply relax :) Microscope iris diaphragms are in my opinion one of the most pretty element in microscope :)
The field diaphragm (iris diaphragm) from Carl Zeiss Jena (former DDR, East Germany) microscope model "Nf".
I like to watch such diaphragms. This is a master-piece od ingeneering :)
The fine focus (micro focus) mechanism of Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen, West Germany) Universal / Standard WL / Photimicroscope. I like this precise gears very much <3