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If Olympus 300 is versatile enough for your needs you can get very sharp images with it. You should only check if the objective gets sufficiently filled with the laser.  They have different fiberoptics couplers, and not all of them give you the beam expansion sufficient for objectives with a wide back aperture.
 
Michael Model
 
 

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Subject: Reasons to buy Zeiss?


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Hi, our group is considering buying a confocal microscope. We don't need super fancy stuff, like >4 channels, spectral capability, etc. Someone recommends Zeiss to me. I used to use Olympus product. After talking with Zeiss sales representatives, I found their price is way higher than Olympus product. I know Zeiss is renowned for its quality. But other than that, what are the reasons that people would rather to pay more? 
 
Tim

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