Dear Beat- What is the custom system you are putting together.  I am
putting together a new imaging facility, and like the idea of a
monochromator based system for flexibility.  I am also curious about the
CRI output tunable filter system.  Seems like you could assemble a system
where you could eliminate everything but the dichroic and with a broad one,
tune your excitation and emission interactively.  It sounds cool, but hard
to tell reality without trying it.  Anyway, I am interested in your
insights and what you are currently assembling as a system for people.  If
you ask what I want to do with it, I don't have a good answer yet.  This is
a new faciltiy, and I want as flexible technology as possible, since I
don't know exactly what will walk in the door.  I expect ratio imaging to
be an issue and standard fluorescence microscopy, but that is all I know at
this point.  Thanks- dave

>Sorry, that message should have gone to Aryeh only (seems like this
>kind of mistake happens to all of us from time to time). The "earlier
>message" you're referring to contains price quotations and I don't
>think that it would be appropriate to post this kind of
>information/advertising to the list. The systems I mentioned to Aryeh
>were using the fast-switching Sutter DG-4 illumination device. A
>proven combination is that with UIC's MetaSeries software and Roper's
>Micromax interline camera (or the new Quantix 57 for increased
>sensitivity). I also mentioned a considerably less expensive (but
>still faster) custom-made system that we could offer.
>
>Beat
>Life Imaging Services
>
>>Dear Beat- I did not get your "earlier message" regarding combined systems.
>>I looked at the one that Barbara mentioned but don't know of others.
>>Thanks- dave
>>
>>  >"Standard" turn-key ratio imaging systems are also available from
>>  >Zeiss, Perkin-Elmer (was EG&G Wallac was LSR), Hamamatsu, and
>>  >probably others. and then, basically any system that can control an
>>  >illumination device and a camera could be used. The systems I offered
>>  >you in my previous messages have the advantage of combining some of
>>  >the advantages of filter wheel-based approaches with those of
>>  >monochromator-based ones.
>>  >
>>  >Beat
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >>Many thanks to all who replied so quickly to my inquiry.
>>  >>
>>  >>I received pointers to system by Till Photonics, Universal Imaging, and
>>  >>Photon Technology.
>>  >>
>>  >>--aryeh
>>  >>--
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>>  >
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>>Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
>>University of Connecticut
>>75 N. Eagleville Rd.   U-125
>>Storrs, CT 06269
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University of Connecticut
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