主题：Beat Olympus

Summary of Leica strengths
Competition animates the business. With the introduction of second product in the 16:1 zoom range Olympus will certainly help to develop this market. On our end we have to be ready with our products at the customer site - Seeing is believing. On some optical parameters they are slightly better on paper but the performance difference is marginal and not visible. Therefore being at the customer site with a product to demo will be the key factor to counteract the new offering.
Below is a summary of strengths you can use against Olympus. More details can be found in other sections of this document.
In order to give a better focus in the daily work against Olympus here are the main points to
focus on:
1. Optics SZX16: Beat Olympus on
a. Olympus Planapo objectives show strong color fringes – Although it claims APO correction the 1x and 2x objectives show strong color fringes. The color correction of the Leica MZ16 is much better in that respect and the user benefits of a much better image quality. This feature can also easily be tested with a resolution target.
2. Optics SZX10: Beat Olympus on
a. Higher numerical aperture with MZ9-5 and MZ12-5
b. Higher zoom range with MZ12-5
c. APO corrected optics using S8APO
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Field Number 22 eyepieces are plastic and eyecups are not bound to the eyepieces, making it easy to misplace them.
All Leica eyepieces are made of metal and the eyecups are fixed to the body of the eyepiece, ensuring that they will never get lost. For those labs that have multiple users some of whom are wearing glasses and some who are not, the Leica product is much nicer.