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Table 1. Summary of the routine confocal checks performed with different objective lenses.

	Performance test
Objective lens	Laser power	Laser stability	Axial resolution and colocalisation	Field illumination	Bead colocalisation	Point spread function (PSF)nbsp;	Lambda scan⁽¹⁾	XY galvos	XY stage	Z galvo stability⁽¹⁾
10×	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
20×			●	●	●	●			●
40×			●	●	●	●				●^*
63×			●	●	●	●				●^*
100×			●	●	●	●				●^*

* Z galvo stability is only tested with one of the high NA objectives.

⁽¹⁾ These measurements are only applicable to the Leica SP confocal systems SP1/SP2/SP5.