The optical aberration corrections determine the optical performance of an objective lens. According to the degrees of the aberration corrections, objective lenses are typically classified into five basic types: Achromat, Plan Achromat, Plan Fluorite (Plan Semi-Apochromat), Plan Apochromat, and Super Apochromat. Choosing an objective with a proper aberration correction level will help you build a microscopy system at a reasonable cost.

When you compare a crop sensor to a full-frame sensor, the most noticeable difference is how much of what you’re seeing is being captured by the sensor.

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The commonly accepted focal length of our eyes is around 22mm-24mm. Our visual attention is about 55 degrees wide. So, on a 35mm full frame DSLR, this gives you a 43mm lens. This focal length provides exactly the same viewing angle as a human eye.This is why many photographers and cinematorgraphers find a 50 mm lens pleasing for quality video production, because it is very close to our own eyes.

The main difference is that a zoom lens has a variable focal length while a prime lens has a fixed focal length. Here’s more on the differences:

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A dry objective is designed to work with the air medium between the specimen and the objective lens, while an immersion objective requires a liquid medium to occupy the space between the object and the front element of the objective for enabling a high NA and high resolution. Figure 4 shows the oil immersion objective, which can collect more light (i.e., have a higher NA) compared to a dry objective.

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Infinity-corrected objectives are ideal for research-grade biomedical industrial applications especially when additional components (such as filters, dichroic mirrors, polarizers) are needed in the microscopy system. Adding optical plate components in the infinity space (shown in the Fig.2 labelled as “Parallel Optical Path) between the infinity-corrected objective and tube lens will not introduce spherical aberration, or change the objective’s working distance.

Crop sensor refers to a DSLR sensor that mimics a full-frame 35mm format, but is not a true 35mm format. If you’re using a crop sensor camera, it basically is a “cropped” view of a full-frame 35mm camera.

A macro lens is used for taking photo or video extremely close to a subject. With a macro lens, you can fill the entire frame and have everything be in focus. Most zoom lenses and prime lenses wouldn’t be able to focus this closely on a subject, blurring the image. Macro lenses are generally telephoto, typically with focal lengths from about 100 to 200 mm.

The main difference is that a wide angle lens has a short focal length and a telephoto lens has a long focal length. Here’s more on that:

Focal length is the main optical property of a camera lens. It’s displayed in millimeters and by a number that looks like this: 35mm, 50mm, or 100mm. Lenses are named by these numbers and used when refferencing different types of lenses.

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If you have a 35mm lens for a full-frame camera, and put it on a crop sensor camera, it’s effectively a 50mm lens. This is because crop-sensor cameras offer a cropped view of a 35mm format. If you’re shooting with a cropped APSC sensor, then you could purchase lenses that are compatible with your camera and account for the cropped sensor.There are a few common cropped sizes for digital sensors. APSC, Super 35, Micro Four Thirds, Super 16.

The most important parameter of a microscope objective is the numerical aperture (NA). NA measures the microscope objective’s ability to gather light and determines the resolution of a microscopy system.

A prime lens has a fixed focal length (e.g., 35mm). This means you only have a 35mm focal length on one lens. Like a zoom lens, a prime lens has its own pros and cons:

Many objective lenses are corrected for infinite conjugate distance, while others are designed for finite conjugate distance applications. Compared to infinite conjugate objectives which need a secondary lens (also called tube lens), a finite conjugate objective can generate an image of a specimen by itself. A finite conjugate objective, as shown in Figure 1, is a good, economical choice for a simple microscopy system.

A telephoto lens generally has a focal length of 60mm or longer. This goes for both prime and zoom lenses. You can have a telephoto prime lens, and a telephoto zoom lens.

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Objective lenses are used in microscopy systems for a range of scientific research, industrial, and general lab applications. A microscope objective is typically composed of multiple lens elements and located closest to the object. There are so many types of microscope objectives available, choosing the right objective can help you produce good quality images at a reasonable cost. When choosing a microscope objective, we will need to consider a number of factors including conjugate distance, numerical aperture (NA), magnification, working distance, immersion medium, cover glass thickness, and optical aberration corrections. In this article, we will discuss how to choose the right microscope objective.

A wide angle lens is any lens that has a short focal length: shorter than 24mm. So, lenses from 14mm-24mm are considered wide angle lenses.

When you use a camera with a crop sensor, it affects how the lens works on the camera, measured by its multiplier. For example, a crop sensor could have a 1.5x multiplier. When you attach a 50mm lens, the focal length is multiplied by 1.5x. So, this means a 50mm lens acts like a 75mm lens on a crop sensor DSLR. This essentially crops out the edges of the frame, which increases the focal length.

Full-frame refers to a DSLR camera with an image sensor that is the same size as 35mm format film, measuring 36 x 24mm. For comparison, the more popular APS-C sensor size found in most DSLRs measures 22 x 15mm. Full-frame sensors have more than 2.5 times the surface area of an APS-C sensor. When you compare a crop sensor and a full-frame sensor, the most noticeable difference between full frame and crop sensor is their field of view. If you put a 35mm lens that’s designed for a full-frame camera on a crop sensor the field of view will be cropped in. Speaking of crop sensors, let’s jump into what a crop sensor is and how it affect your images.

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Usually the working distance (WD) refers the distance from the front lens element of the objective to the observed object when the object is in sharp focus. Objective lenses with long working distance are needed for many scientific research applications such as atom trapping and analyzing fluid samples that require putting an object in a chamber. The resolution of a microscopy system can be significantly affected if the observed object is not placed on the designed object plane, especially for an objective with high NA.

SO offers a wide range of objective designs, which provide various degrees of optical aberration corrections for supporting different needs, such as achromatic objectives (the cheaper objectives) for laboratory microscope applications and long working distance apochromats (expensive objectives) for biological and scientific research applications. We can help you choose or design a properly corrected objective lens for meeting your application requirements.

A single number, like 24mm, on a lens represents a prime or fixed lens. This means the lens isn’t capable of zooming. A 24mm prime lens is made for only a 24mm focal length. If you want a range of focal lengths, you could use a different lens, like a 24–70mm zoom lens, which gives you the ability to change your focal length in the range of 24mm to 70mm.

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Essentially, focal length is the angle of view, or how much of the scene will be captured and the magnification of the image. The longer the focal length, or the higher the mm of the lens, the narrower the angle of view is and the higher the magnification of the image. The shorter the focal length, or the lower the mm of the lens, the wider the angle of view and the lower the magnification of the image.

A zoom lens has a variable focal length (e.g., 16–35mm). This gives you a wide variety of focal lengths in one lens. There are pros and cons to having a zoom lens:

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Objective lenses are used to magnify an image. In addition to numerical aperture, magnification is also an important parameter. The objective magnification typically ranges from 4X to 100X. As the image sensor size or eye observed area is fixed, the field of view of a microscopy system changes with the magnification of the objective lens. Typically a lower magnification objective lens will have a larger field of view and lower resolution, and a higher magnification objective lens will have a smaller field of view and higher resolution. The diameter of the FOV can be calculated by using the following formula: FOV= FN/Mag The field number (FN) in microscopy is defined as the diameter of the area in the image plane that can be observed through the eyepiece or image sensor.

NA is commonly expressed as NA = n × sinθa where θa is the maximum 1/2 acceptance angle of the objective, and n is the index of refraction of the immersion medium. The limit of resolution of a microscope objective refers to its ability to distinguish two closely spaced Airy disks. Resolution (r) = λ/(2NA) Where r is resolution (the smallest resolvable distance between two objects), and λ is the imaging wavelength. The higher the NA, the better the objective resolution.

The most common immersion media are air, water, oil, and silicone. Choosing the appropriate objective designed for your immersion medium will result in higher resolution images.

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