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And then there is the cheap option.  In some situations we use cheap  
($800-1000) Firewire cameras and free (Micro-manager) or almost free  
(BTV-Pro/AstroDC) software for fluorescence imaging.  You don't need  
cooled if you can see the signal by eye through the eyepiece and that  
is nearly always the case.  You don't need fast if you are doing  
fixed samples.  Dave

Dr. David Knecht
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Co-head Flow Cytometry and Confocal Microscopy Facility
U-3125
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University of Connecticut
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On Jun 29, 2007, at 12:19 PM, B. Prabhakar Pandian wrote:

> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
> Pablo,
>         We have a cooled monochrome Cooke Sensicam QE (Cooke  
> Corporation) and a cooled color Retiga Exi (Qimaging) . We are very  
> happy with both of them.
> One thing you may want to keep in mind is that they are compatible  
> with other softwares for time lapse.
>
> -Prabhakar
>
> Pablo González-Melendi wrote:
>> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
>> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>>
>> Does anybody have experience on digital cameras for a fluorescence
>> microscope? What are the best on the market and which are the main
>> specifications to be taken into account before making the decision to
>> buy?
>> Cheers
>> Pablo
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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