Nikon A1 Instruction Manual page 9

3.3 Operation Panel on the Microscope Ti-E Main Body
Refocus switch
(objective refocusing)
Escape switch
(objective retraction)
Coarse/Fine/ExFine
switch/indicator
(switches/displays
focusing knob resolution)
Focus knob
Other buttons on the panel can be operated from the Ti remote control pad.
3.4 HG Controller Operation
(1) Press the SHUTTER button to open the
shutter and start fluorescence microscopy.
(Open: LED lights, Close: LED lights out)
(2) If the sample is severely faded, press the ND
select up button to reduce the excitation light
and start microscopy.
ND values are in the range from 1 to 32.
The larger the value, the darker the
excitation light becomes.
(3) Press the SHUTTER button to close the
shutter and finish the fluorescence
microscopy.
Chapter 3. Operation of the Microscope
Coarse
ExFine
Epi Shutter
Right operation panel
Coarse
Fine
ExFine
ON / OFF
6V30W
MIN.
Left operation panel
(Shutter Controller for Visual Fluorescence Microscopy)
SHUTTER button
(toggles between
open and close
when pressed)
ND select buttons
(six steps, up/down)
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Fine
FL Block
Refocus
Escape
Obj.
12V100W
MAX.
LAMP OPEN
SHUTTER
32 16 8
ND
C-HGFIE
HG CONTROLLER
Coarse/fine motion select
switch
Focus knob
(common to coarse motion
and fine motion)
Obj. switch
(objective switch)
Diascopic illumination lamp
ON/OFF switch
Brightness control knob for the
diascopic illumination lamp
POWER
4 2 1
ND indicator
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