Nikon E600 Microscope Tear Down (in 4k)

Watch as I disassemble and attempt to clean the field lens on my Nikon E600 microscope.
UPDATE: dust speck ended up being on the relay lens directly below the camera f-mount. I thought I had rotated it earlier, but I guess I must not have. Problem solved!
UPDATE2: I discovered I can remove the top cover on the field lens with a tiny eyeglass repair kit screwdriver WITHOUT removing the turret and stage. Much easier.

[@RSchenck]

I was struggling with placing the nose piece dovetail for a bit and this helped tremendously. Awesome.

[@bendirval3612]

That's a fun little adventure. I have an older scope from the early '80s and it has specks everywhere. I realized almost all of them are on the eyepiece. It looks super clean when you just look at it, but clearly it's not. And I can't seem to get it clean no matter what I do. Just bought replacement eyepieces. Dust in other locations often just reduces contrast or something...rather than making visible specks like that.

[@Neilien]

Hey mate, I'm stuck on my e600 build and need help if you wouldn't mind assisting - i'd greatly appreciate it. I am trying to use a DSLR camera to capture 8k footage through the trinocular. My 85mm macro lens should work, but the dot is very very tiny on my sensor. I am thinking that I need some sort of special eyepiece adapter that attaches to the top trinocular piece. How did you set yours up to work with a DSLR? There's some sort of special adapter needed surely... Thanks in advance if you do reply!!

[@createthisdotcom]

I attach my Nikon dslr body directly to the trinocular f-mount. There is no lens. It works great. I think you need a specific trinocular mount though. I’m pretty sure I mention the part number in the video.

[@Neilien]

@@createthisdotcom I got the microscope and i'm having the dust problem. I cleaned the condensor super well. I have a piece of hair in my sight. I think it's behind where the binoculars are. I removed the trinocular cap and dusted in there VERY good. I removed the object lenses and cleaned in there too. No idea where the hair is, and it's a total killer... How can you remove the area above the object lenses? There's like 4 different glass surfaces in there where the specs are located.

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

did you scratch the mirror?

[@createthisdotcom]

Not that I’m aware of. Why?