Ernst Leitz Wetzlar

Leitz, originally a optical manufacturer, has produced a number of Scanning Electron Microscopes over the years. Leitz is also known to the photography community as Leica, und which name the company sells high end still cameras which have also throughout the years, been adopted as 35mm stills camera for the light microscope.

List of Known Models

Leitz has produced only 4 models of Scanning Electron microscope to our current knowledge, though more models may have been created. The first Scanning Electron Microscope Leitz had produced is also notable for being a Combined Electron and Light Microscope which allowed the observation of a sample in both Light and Electron Illumination. These microscopes where produced in cooperation with the company Advanced Metal Research as well as Amray

Currently no performance specifications are known for these microscope, nor are exact dates of Manufaktur.

AMR

The Leitz AMR Microscope

The Leitz AMR was to our current knowledge the first Scanning Electron Microscope produced by Leitz. It featured the ability to observe a sample both under Electron Illumination as well as Light illumination by means of a modified Leitz Laborlux microscope. The electron optical column is a modified Amray 1200 scanning electron microscope, which was modified to allow simultaneous observation of the specimen under light and electron illumination, as well as Chemoluminiszenz.

The sample which is to be observed under both light and electron illumination could be no larger then 12mm

If the performance of this unit is identical to the Amray machine on which it is based, is currently not known.

AMR 1000 / AMR 1000A

The Leitz AMR 1000 Microscope

The AMR 1000 marks the second currently known microscope sold under the Leitz name. It appears to be a rebadged Amray 1000 scanning electron microscope.

AMR 1200

Not much is known about this microscope, it was mentioned in the paper "Leitz baut seit 125 Jahren Mikroskop".

AMR 1600

The Leitz AMR 1600 Microscope

The AMR 1600 is possibly a higher end machine sold at the same time as the AMR1000, though this is currently speculation as not many sources are currently known regarding the time at which it was sold.