Dear Confocal Folks,
        I am a new member of the confocal listserver group and am shopping
for a confocal system.  I am interested in getting a multi-photon system
to be installed in a new multi-user facility.  After reading some of the
archived messages I find that asking the question: "what is the best
system to buy" is open to a lot of personal preference from the users of a
given system.
        So along with asking what is the best system to buy, I have some
additional questions about the systems I have been considering, namely the
BioRad 1024, the Zeiss' 510, and the Leica TCS SP.

1. Does anyone have hands-on experience using the Leica TCS SP?
2. Has anyone done side-by-side comparisons of the 1024, 510 or the TCS
SP?
3. Has anyone used the Zeiss 510 or Leica TCS SP for multiphoton imaging?
4. What are some thoughts/opinions/comments on the pico-second LASER
pulses for multi-photon imaging used by Leica?
5. What are the disadvantages of using fiber optic coupling for the pulsed
LASER in multi-photon microscopy?
6. How has service from BioRad, Zeiss and Leica been in the Midwest, USA?

Any help and or comments will be much appreciated.

Thank you,
Sincerely,
Will Grever
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William E. Grever, Ph.D.
Children's Research Center of Michigan
Children's Hospital of Michigan
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Detroit, MI 48201

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