"double-vision" through oculars

[Ellen T. Arena]

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I am having an issue with my Olympus IX81 microscope.  We are seeing "double" through the oculars.  Both the interpupillary distance and dioptric parameters for each ocular have been adjusted correctly -  but we still are seeing "double".

Anyone have any ideas/recommendations???

Many thanks.

Ellen




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Ellen T. Arena, PhD
Pasteur Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire
INSERM U786
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[Mark Cannell-2]

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Misalignment of the ocular splitter to the microscope axis can occur. Can be seen sometimes when the ocular head is rotated by 180. Can you turn the head which holds the eyepieces upside down? This may fix the problem -also check that the ocular head is properly seated.

Cheers

On 6/12/2012, at 12:04 PM, "Ellen T. Arena" <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> I am having an issue with my Olympus IX81 microscope.  We are seeing "double" through the oculars.  Both the interpupillary distance and dioptric parameters for each ocular have been adjusted correctly -  but we still are seeing "double".
>
> Anyone have any ideas/recommendations???
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Ellen
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> Ellen T. Arena, PhD
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> Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire
> INSERM U786
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> France
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[Christina Polumbo]

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This happened to us as well. There is a prism that we needed to have swapped out in the eyepiece. It cracked somehow. Its a defect that Olympus is aware of. You may want to call your Olympus sales rep to have it fixed unless youre under contract.

Best,
Christina Polumbo

Research Technician
Analytical Imaging Facility
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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I am having an issue with my Olympus IX81 microscope.  We are seeing "double" through the oculars.  Both the interpupillary distance and dioptric parameters for each ocular have been adjusted correctly -  but we still are seeing "double".

Anyone have any ideas/recommendations???

Many thanks.

Ellen




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Ellen T. Arena, PhD
Pasteur Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire
INSERM U786
Institut Pasteur
28 rue du Dr Roux
F - 75724 PARIS Cédex 15
France
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[hidden email]
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[Ellen T. Arena]

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Thank you all for your input… I am going to contact our rep.  There seems to be nothing I can do to 'fix' the problem myself.

Many thanks!

Ellen



On 6 déc. 2012, at 22:30, Christina Polumbo wrote:

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> This happened to us as well. There is a prism that we needed to have swapped out in the eyepiece. It cracked somehow. Its a defect that Olympus is aware of. You may want to call your Olympus sales rep to have it fixed unless youre under contract.
>
> Best,
> Christina Polumbo
>
> Research Technician
> Analytical Imaging Facility
> Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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> I am having an issue with my Olympus IX81 microscope.  We are seeing "double" through the oculars.  Both the interpupillary distance and dioptric parameters for each ocular have been adjusted correctly -  but we still are seeing "double".
>
> Anyone have any ideas/recommendations???
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Ellen
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Ellen T. Arena, PhD
> Pasteur Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
> Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire
> INSERM U786
> Institut Pasteur
> 28 rue du Dr Roux
> F - 75724 PARIS Cédex 15
> France
> Tel: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
> [hidden email]
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Ellen T. Arena, PhD
Pasteur Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire
INSERM U786
Institut Pasteur
28 rue du Dr Roux
F - 75724 PARIS Cédex 15
France
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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