With Axio Zoom. V16, Carl Zeiss has introduced a microscope which combines the advantages of stereomicroscopes such as zoom, working distance and larger object fields with higher aperture, contrast and imaging facilities from compound microscopes.
In comparable image fields, Axio Zoom.V16 offers a 2.5 times higher resolution than stereomicroscopes and combines a 16x zoom with a high numerical aperture of NA 0.25. Thus, this microscope does not only close a gap between stereo- and compound microscopes, it even broadens application possibilities in all known target groups.