***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. ***** Dale, you can find my shot at explaining this in a powerpoint here: https://www.bioimaging.bmc.med.uni-muenchen.de/learn/materialdownload/index.html The one "Basics of Digital Imaging" contains slides on that, and on Poisson noise. As Craig pointed out, resolution makes not much sense without intensities. And thus noise. I do use Rayleigh criterion to explain this. I feel for Biologists, that makes kind of sense. Good Luck! Steffen Am 10.11.2020 um 13:51 schrieb Dale Moulding: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting. > ***** > > Hi all, > > I'm planning to make a short (15min) video on Nyquist sampling. I > wonder if I could call on the list's hive mind for a little advice on > any key points or resources I should include? > For example: > Resolution is not pixel size! > Airy disk, Abbe, Raleigh. > Camera vs Point scanning. > > Key resources: > http://zeiss-campus.magnet.fsu.edu/articles/basics/resolution.html > https://www.microscopyu.com/ > https://www.leica-microsystems.com/science-lab/science-lab-home/ > https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/index.html > > I'd be really grateful for any ideas. > > cheers > > Dale -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Steffen Dietzel, PD Dr. rer. nat Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Biomedical Center (BMC) Head of the Core Facility Bioimaging Großhaderner Straße 9 D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried Germany http://www.bioimaging.bmc.med.uni-muenchen.de