Re: 0.3 NA 5x objective?

Posted by Michael Giacomelli on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/0-3-NA-5x-objective-tp7586785p7586787.html

*****
To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy
Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting.
*****

Thanks Craig.  I've actually got an AZ-Plan Fluor 5x from the AZC2+.
Unfortunately it is designed around a 100 mm tube lens, which means
that it is effectively a 10x objective in terms of focal length (f=20
mm).   I was hoping to find a true 4/5x (f= ~30-40 mm).

Mike

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Craig Brideau <[hidden email]> wrote:

> *****
> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy
> Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting.
> *****
>
> The most I've seen is a 4x 0.2NA with about 3 to 5mm FOV. There might be a
> macro-objective out there with wide FOV while still retaining a decent NA.
> I know Nikon made a system called the AZC2+ which was a large area
> confocal. I'm sure other vendors have similar.
>
> Craig
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Michael Giacomelli <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> *****
>> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
>> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy
>> Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting.
>> *****
>>
>> Does this exist?  Zeiss has a 0.25 5x, but I was hoping to find at
>> least 0.3 for 2 photon imaging over a wider field of view while still
>> having some axial sectioning.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>