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Again thank you for the clarification, Scarodactyl.
I'll think about the possible risks and consider POL objectives only if I'll find no better alternative.

Many thanks to Scarodactyl and Apochronaut. I have read also elsewhere that Zeiss Jena objectives require specific eyepieces (e.g. Epiplan + KPL), but in my case the videocamera or photocamera sensor will be placed at the "tube distance" from the objective (I shan't use infinity corrected objectives...

Good afternoon, I would like to test a low-magnification microscope objective to take pictures in ordinary, incident light (foraminifera). On ebay I see that some objectives are marked as "Pol", so presumably they are made with the low-strain glass needed for use under polarized light. An example is...

I have some interest for microscopes, and I own a few, described here: http://www.cesarebrizio.it/Micro/Micro.html I developed a very simple and ccheap automation for a mechanical Z-stage, described here - it may help taking evenly distanced snapshots for focus stacking. http://www.cesarebrizio.it/A...