Nikon has been manufacturing objective lenses for over 100 years. They are known for their ability to create optics that provide high quality resolution and premium clarity. They manufacture each set of objectives to work with specific Nikon microscope models. The corresponding objective sets and models are listed below for your reference. These clinical level objectives can be purchased directly from our website at the following link: Nikon Microscope Objective Lenses

The plan achromat objectives are the most common lenses found in the laboratory environment and are more than satisfactory for every day clinical use. The plan fluorite objectives have increased chromatic and spherical corrective properties. The plan apochromat objectives are Nikon's top of the line clinical objectives with even more chromatic and spherical corrective properties than the fluorite lenses. Fluorite and Apochromat objectives are typically used by pathologists and researchers.

The 4x, 10x, 40x are the common dry objectives that come standard on Nikon preconfigured models like the Nikon Ei and the Nikon Si

The 100x oil immersion lens is the common standard oil immersion objective Nikon preconfigured models like the Nikon Ei and the Nikon Si

If digital magnifiers are outside the budget, or you only want a magnifying glass between 10-30x magnification, here are some tips on what to look for:

The strongest magnifying glasses for those with visual impairments are Video Magnifiers, also known as Electronic Magnifiers, or CCTV magnifying glasses. These are much more powerful than the strongest magnifying glasses with lights, and can go up to 50x in magnification. What’s more, the view display on a video magnifier is much larger than the surface area of a magnifying glass lens.

If you’ve ever had a strong magnifying glass, you may have been frustrated by the small lens! Digital magnifiers solve this problem. If you need magnification greater than 20x we would recommend a digital magnifier. They are higher budget, but our customers love them and say they wouldn’t cope without them. They can really help you to get your independence back and enable you to do all the tasks that you couldn’t do before.

The strongest magnifying glasses need a really, steeply curved piece of glass. To get the angles required the glass itself needs to be quite small, otherwise the entire unit would be so big it would be too heavy and unmanageable.

Traditional magnifying glasses have lenses made from glass. They work by using a curved piece of glass, which bounces the light around so as to make the image appear larger. The deeper the curve is cut in the glass, the stronger the magnification can be.

We're happy to exchange or refund the cost of items returned within 14 days of dispatch date  returned in resalable condition in the original packaging.

The 1x, 2x, 20x, 50x oil immersion, 60x and 60x Oil immersion objective lenses are available as add on options for all Nikon clinical microscopes.