Mike Klein wrote:
>
>         It so happens that I just purchased one of these Olympus
> water-immersion objectives, and tried the same z-resolution test (w/ water as
> immersion medium...) and obtained the exact same result as Jessica did.  We
> also obtained the same result using another objective (same model) that the rep
> brought.  Finally, an Olympus 60x 1.4 oil-immersion objective looks fine using
> the same test on the same equipment (Olympus IX-70, Biorad Radiance).  I've not
> tried doing a wide-field psf measurement.
>

Does anyone on the list have a BioRad Radiance 2000 coupled to an
upright olympus scope with ICS optics? If so, I am wondering what
results they get from the z-resolution test with the mirrored slide.
This is of great interest because I am now aware of at least 4 IX-70
systems that show this behavior.

--aryeh
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