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Since the invention of the microscope, optics have been optimized to match the performance of the human eye. The relationship between field of view (FOV), magnification and numerical aperture (NA) has changed little in the past decades, with magnification typically being given by 30-60x the numerical aperture. However, since the development of large FOV sCMOS cameras, the human eye is no longer the limiting factor it used to be. In order to push for a larger FOV while retaining high quality images, the Mesolens was engineered by Dr. Brad Amos and Prof. Gail McConnell of the University of Strathclyde. The Mesolens is a giant immersion objective that delivers 4x magnification with an NA of 0.47, allowing for capture of a huge 6 mm x 6 mm FOV and imaging of whole organisms. Read our new app note for more! https://lnkd.in/e7SM_Sw