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[Manufacturer Response]

Hi Vitaly,

I work for Andor as a Microscopy Support Engineer and have seen at least two instances of our cameras on bottom ports - one on a Zeiss Axiovert (iXon EMCCD) and one on an Olympus IX (Neo sCMOS).

In the first case, the user simply mounted the camera (and Ludl filter wheel) using the C-mount, but ensured that the camera would not be accidentally kicked by users of the microscope by building their own plastic "cage" around the camera.

In the second case, we designed and supplied a mounting frame that bolted to the underside of the table, although I have to admit it was not fun to install due to needing to sit under the table and work against gravity!

My feeling is that C-mount would be sufficient, as long as you can ensure the camera does not get bumped. If you're worried (e.g. movement of filter wheel could cause wobble), then speak to us or your mechanical department and have a frame of some sort made.

I believe our standard thread on the cameras is 1/4 20.

Hope this helps!

James
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Dear List,

Would someone advice on the best way to mount a heavy iXon 897 Ultra camera together with a filter wheel to a bottom port a scope. iXon has 8 mounting points, 4 on each side. It could be too heavy for using C-mount only

Thank you,

Vitaly