Olympus OM system close-up and macro equipment

Olympus microscope documentation

The Olympus OM system was in production for such a long time (1972–2003) that it was used with at least 4 generations of Olympus compound microscopes: EH/FH, BH, BH-2 and BX. It is not easy to obtain information about discontinued Olympus microscopes, so I have collected all of the catalogues and instruction manuals that I can find for the compound and stereo microscopes that are most likely to be used with Olympus OM cameras, and made them available here for downloading.

Description Date Size
BH-2 compound microscopes
Olympus BH-2 BHS/BHT System Microscopes catalogue December 1990 5.41 MB
Olympus BH-2 BHS System Microscope instruction manual May 1990 744 KB
Olympus BH-2 BHT System Microscope instruction manual July 1986 1.31 MB
Olympus BH-2 BHTP Polarizing Microscope instruction manual 8.12 MB
Olympus BH-2 BHSP Polarizing Microscope instruction manual 903 KB
Olympus LB Objective Series for Biological Use June 1992 4.28 MB
Olympus BHM Series Metallurgical Microscopes catalogue December 1982 8.90 MB
BH compound microscopes
Olympus BH BHA-P Polarizing Microscope instruction manual 1.67 MB
Olympus High Quality Optics catalogue May 1982 2.78 MB
EH/FH research microscopes
Olympus EHT & FHT Research Microscopes instruction manual May 1974 3.24 MB
Stereo microscopes
Olympus SZ Series Zoom Stereo Microscopes catalogue September 1997 5.60 MB
Olympus SZ3060, SZ4045, SZ4060, SZ6045, SZ1145 Zoom Stereo Microscope instructions 3.05 MB
Olympus SZH10 Zoom Stereo Microscope System catalogue February 1996 5.37 MB
Bulbs and lamps
Olympus Replacement Bulb List 2004 288 KB
Miscellaneous
Olympus Photomicrographic Systems catalogue April 1987 2.53 MB
How to improve photography through the microscope December 1984 15.56 MB

Instruction manuals for current Olympus microscopes

Manuals for BX and other current Olympus microscopes and accessories can be downloaded here:

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Olympus OM system close-up and macro equipment