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That looks really cool! Has anyone got one in their lab or at least tried one with their favourite tissue?

Rosemary White
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You can also get kit-based solutions from a lot of vendors.  Scientifica
and ThorLabs have some really nice little widefield systems at competitive
prices.  Scientifica has this tiny little modular hexagonal stack that
doesn't look like a microscope, but does a heck of a lot of widefield
imaging techniques.  If you can forgo eyepieces and live with seeing
everything on a monitor it might be an interesting (and cost effective) way
to go.

http://www.scientifica.uk.com/products/imic-digital-imaging-platform

Check it out, even if just to see the pictures.  It looks... different.

Craig


On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Chris Tully <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Martin,
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> I would suggest getting in touch with as many microscope sales reps and
> dealership owners as you can. Some dealers will buy up used microscopes
> when companies close or labs upgrade, and then resell them at a fraction of
> the new price. In my experience this is a word of mouth type business and
> not one that is easily found on the internet.  The one person who I know
> does this is based in Utah, USA and I have lost contact with him so I doubt
> that he will be much help.
>
> Good Luck,
>
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> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Martin Schattat <
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> > Dear List members,
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> > a few months ago I started my own plant cell biology lab in Halle
> (Saale),
> > Germany. I intend to do a microscopy based screen, which will probably
> > occupy the a lot of microscopy time on the institute microscope. Because
> I
> > don't want to cause inconvenience for my coworkers and for reasons of
> > imaging independence I am looking for a used wide field fluorescence
> > microscope. A standard wide field system like the Axioskop2 series of
> Zeiss
> > as upright or even inverted design is sufficient for my purpose. I have
> > some funding which I could use for purchasing and adapting it for my
> needs.
> >
> > Has some one a good idea where I could find a used wide field system? I
> am
> > also happy about any other suggestion regarding sources of used
> microscope
> > equipment.
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Dr. Martin Schattat
> > Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
> > Institutsbereich Pflanzenphysiologie
> > Weinbergweg 10, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
> >
> > Tel.:     +49 345 5526286
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