Objective Lenses


Objective Lenses

None of the objectives are planar lenses (i.e. they do not have a flat field). Leica recommends zooms ≥1.6 to avoid out-of-focus regions around the edge of the field.

Standard Objective Lenses (on both SPE1 & SPE2)
MagnificationTypeImmersionNADICCoverslip Correction
10xACS APOAir0.3CNone
20xACS APOMulti0.6no0 - 0.17
40xACS APOOil1.15E0.17
63xACS APOOil1.3E0.17
Water Dipping Lenses (only on SPE1)
MagnificationTypeImmersionNADIC
10xHCX APOWater Dipping0.3noNone
63xHCX APOWater Dipping0.9noNone
Letters in column 5 indicate the correct DIC prism to use with the lens