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UCL Institute of Child Health User guide Olympus 1X71 Dr Bertrand Vernay Light Microscopy Facility Manager Wellcome building, Office W2.09 Tel Office: 42224 Tel Mobile: 07582249337 Email: b.vernay@ucl.ac.uk Revised December 2014...
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Table of contents page 3 ..Ownership page 3 ..Access Rules page 3 ..Olympus Customer Support Contact page 4 ..General Specifications Microscopy Techniques Available Objectives Filter Cubes Camera Fluorescence Illumination Pixels to Microns Calibration Consumables List page 5 ..Quick User Guides...
Users must always record their activity in the Log book Problem(s) with the microscope should be reported as soon as they are noticed Olympus customer support service: http://www.olympus.co.uk/microscopy The system is not covered by a maintenance contract Olympus requires a PO number before sending an engineer...
Olympus LUCPlanFLN 20x Ph1 NA 0.45 WD 6.6 -7.8 with correction collar Olympus LUCP lanFLN 40x Ph2 NA 0.6 WD 3.0 - 4.2 with co rrection collar Z e i s s o b j e c t i v e s c a n a l s o b e u s e d...
Quick user guides Users must always record their activity in the Log book Transmitted light 1 . H al oge n L amp Po w e r S u pply U n i t TH 4 "O N " 2 . L i gh t Path s e le ctor on "O cu lar" 3 .
Halogen lamp operation: Turning on the lamp 1. Make sure the light intensity control knob (5) is in the MIN (minimum intensity) position on the microscope frame. 2. Make sure the light intensity control knob (1) is in the MIN (minimum intensity) position on the TH4 module.
Halogen lamp operation: Turning off the lamp 1. Set the light intensity control knob (5) to the MIN (minimum intensity) position on the microscope frame. 2. Set the light intensity control knob (1) to the MIN (minimum intensity) position on the TH4 module.
Kohler illumination: 1. Rotate the turret (1) to the "BF" position. (Any of positions 3,4 or 5, position 1=Ph1, 2 = Ph2) 2. Sl i d e t h e ap e r tu re ir i s d i ap hr ag m le v er ( 2 ) t o fu l l y o p en th e d i aph r ag m . 3.
Adjusting the objective correction collar Correction is possible according to the vessel bottom thickness. 1. When the thickness of the vessel bottom is known, match the scale reading of the correction collar to the thickness of the vessel in use. 2.
Prior Lumen200 Metal Halide Lamp Operation: Starting Up the Lumen 1. Switch the Lumen power switch on. 2. Make sure the ventilation vent on the left hand side is unobstructed or the lamp will overheat resulting in automatic shutdown and damage to the module. 3.
Image Capture with HClmage 1. Click the Capture pane. 2. Click Live for a live image from the camera 3. Camera binning or image sub-array can be set in the Binning SubArray panel. 4. In the Camera Control panel, adjust exposure/gain manually or automatically by clicking on Auto Expose;...
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