Year/Period |
ca. 1970 |
Maker |
NIKON |
Country |
Japan |
Signature |
JAPAN / 550261 |
Category |
Accessories microscopy |
Subcategory |
Microscope cameras |
Size of the instrument (h x w x d) |
8 × 15 × 6 cm |
Provenance |
J.M. de Vries, botanical artist, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
Inventory number |
SM 498 |
Nikon-manufactured film transport unit, for 35 mm film (24 × 36 mm roll film) part of a microscope camera system. Equipped with a mount for Zeiss microscopes, see e.g. SM 249, Zeiss Axioskop.
The film unit has a connection for motor transport, but the film can also be transported manually.
A shutter unit with viewing eyepiece belongs between this film unit and the microscope.

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