Dear Enilza Espreafico
 
        I think that you are right when you say that the software is not all
in a confocal microscopy, but when you use a microscope like Zeiss, that has
a lot of bugs in the software and you have to live your job while your are
collecting a big number of optical sections, is drammatic.
After having worked a lot of years with Zeiss, now I am working with a
Line-Point Meridian that doesn't look too nice but has a very good and
bugfree software. This makes my job easier and faster.
 
 
        If you need more datails about Zeiss or Meridian confocal you can
contact me directly.
 
 
 
 
>Dear Hubbard,
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>>From your reply I can see that you are not very happy with Leica's new
>software package (operating in windows NT).  Is that right?  I am
>particularly very interested in bring up this discussion as we are about to
>make a decision on which confocal to buy.  Would you think that Leica's NT
>software is more limited than Zeiss, Biorad and Meridian's?  Do you actually
>have to complement your system with other software packages that you
>purchase specifically for colocalization analysis, tridimensional
>reconstruction, ion-imaging and quantitation etc, or there are just few bugs
>to be corrected?  I had the impression that the design of Leica's scan head
>would prevent problems, therefore, requiring less need for technical
>assistence.  Also, fiber optic delivering of the laser (including UV) as
>well as the addition of the opto-acustic controller of the laser intensity
>makes it quite attractive.  At your point of view these features wouldn't
>justify getting a Leica.  I mean is the software a serious drawn back of
>Leica comparing to other systems?
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>regards,
>
>Enilza Espreafico
>Department of Morphology
>Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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