Leica SP8 – Zoom Factor Calculator For Leica SP8 Confocal [1,2], according to Abbe [3] and Nyquist [4,5] Objective/NA10x/0.4 Oil20x/0.75 Oil/Dry40x/1.10 Water40x/1.30 Oil63x/1.20 Water63x/1.40 OilFormat (pixels)256x256512x5121024x10242048x20484096x40968192x8192Laser Excitation Wavelength488488 nmPinhole Size in Airy Disk Units 0.5 0.68 [6] 1.0 1.5 2HiddenZoom Factor = 2.43The minimum Zoom Factor for the SP8 = 0.75Z-Stack Step Size = 0.170µm Field of View = 76µm x 76µm, XY Pixel Size = 74nm x 74nm, Optical section = 754nmLateral Resolution = 139nm, Axial Resolution = 529nm 1 Pinhole Effect in Confocal Microscopes, 2 Pinhole Controls Optical Slicing, 3 The Abbe diffraction limit for a microscope, 4 Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem, 5 The Nyquist rate in Wide Field and Confocal Microscopy, 6 Detectability: A new criterion for evaluation of the confocal microscopeSubmit