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G'day again,

I should be a little more specific, the spectral detector(s) of the
Olympus FV1000 is not filter based. However the FV1000 also has
conventional, non-spectral channels which are filter based.

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Stephen H. Cody

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From: Stephen Cody 
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Subject: Re: Olympus FV1000 versus Zeiss 510 Meta?

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G'day, 

Karl Garsha writes: 

>I'm not familiar with the FV 1000, but I'm assuming it is filter based.

The Olympus FV1000 is not filter based. It uses a grating like the Zeiss
Meta. It uses shutters for setting the bandwidth. I presume spectral
scanning is achieved by tilting the grating probably with a galvo. 

All the best
Stephen H. Cody

Microscopy Manager
Central Resource for Advanced Microscopy
Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research
PO Box 2008 Royal Melbourne Hospital
Parkville  Victoria    3050
Australia
Tel: 61 3 9341 3155    Fax: 61 3 9341 3104
email: [log in to unmask] 
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