M9reno Posted June 26, 2017 Share #1 Posted June 26, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) This is an interesting item, and unknown to me. What would a Reference Eyepiece be used for? Surveying? Anyway, the style of the engravings "E. Leitz Wetzlar" and condenser logo, both on the item and its box, do not look right to me at all. A fake? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-e-leitz-wetzlar-zeichenokular-e-leitz-includes-original-case-rare-vtg-/172746653730 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Hi M9reno, Take a look here "Leitz" Zeichenokular?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pop Posted June 26, 2017 Share #2 Posted June 26, 2017 Where does the term Reference Eyepiece come into it? As far as I am aware, Zeichenokular would translate into sketching or drawing eyepiece. On hearing this term, I would think of semi transparent mirrors or beamsplitters which superimpose the image projected by a microscope on the image of the sketch I was about to execute. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan mcfall Posted June 26, 2017 Share #3 Posted June 26, 2017 Leitz microscope attachment, to project image onto a plane where it can be copied free hand. Camera Lucida. Pretty much before film recording microscope cameras. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted June 26, 2017 Share #4 Posted June 26, 2017 Some examples here, including a Leitz 'drawing eyepiece' at the end of the page. http://www.microscope-antiques.com/camluc.html William 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9reno Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted June 26, 2017 Thank you, all. The translation (or mis-translation) was mine: I was thinking of the German noun Zeichen, rather than Zeichnung. Should it not be a Zeichnenokular, instead of a Zeichenokular, in that case? Sorry my query has turned into a request for a German lesson! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 26, 2017 Share #6 Posted June 26, 2017 I don't think that Russians or similar are or have been engaged in faking microscope accessories... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted June 26, 2017 Share #7 Posted June 26, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) The verb is indeed zeichnen. However, composite words for things related to drawing use the word stem zeichen, for instance Zeichenpapier (drawing paper). I don't know how this came about. I'm just a user of the language. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_schertel Posted June 26, 2017 Share #8 Posted June 26, 2017 I have made a picture to show the outfit: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! So you can see the image of the microscope and your drawing simultaneously. You can draw the lines of the picture onto your paper. yours sincerely Thomas 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! So you can see the image of the microscope and your drawing simultaneously. You can draw the lines of the picture onto your paper. yours sincerely Thomas ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273830-leitz-zeichenokular/?do=findComment&comment=3303162'>More sharing options...
M9reno Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted June 26, 2017 Wonderful - thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 27, 2017 Share #10 Posted June 27, 2017 I wish I had had one of those when I was at university, as we had to hand draw everything we saw down a microscope. Drawing and art is not in my skill set and what I drew of things like crystalline metal structures, looked nothing like what I saw down the microscope. I wonder if that would fit on my 1963 Leitz Binocular SM microscope, which I have restored and rebuilt this year from a box of broken bits, that looked like they had lived in a pig shed for the last 20 years. It would be a rather nice accessory to have. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/273830-leitz-zeichenokular/?do=findComment&comment=3303453'>More sharing options...
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