The advantage of confocal light microscopy: capturing the light emitted by a single plane of a sample.

The new LSM 710 is the logical evolution of the successful LSM-Series from Carl Zeiss. The LSM 710 combines and surpasses the advantages and capabilities of all existing confocal systems. Working closely together with leading scientists worldwide, we have created an instrument that reflects the latest ideas and technological possibilities – an entire orchestra of innovations – that will accompany you in your research experiments.

Confocal microscopy systems have laid the groundwork for numerous scientific breakthroughs and have made possible a number of new methods for conducting research. A laser beam scans the specimen pixel by pixel and line by line. A pinhole conjugated to the focal plane obstructs the light emerging from objects outside that plane, so that only light from objects that are in focus can reach the detector. The pixel data gathered using this method are then assembled to form an image that represents an optical section of the specimen and is distinguished by high contrast and high resolution in the X, Y and Z planes. Several images generated by means of shifting the focal plane can be combined into a 3D image stack.