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Re: pinhole diameters for Leica TCS 4D
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Christian Lohr <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 May 1998 18:03:14 +0200
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Indeed, the diameter is square. The measured values correspond to the side
of the square.
Christian



At 09:12 05.05.98 +1000, you wrote:
>>
>>Leica Laser Technology (Heidelberg) had checked our TCS 4D before delivery.
>> In our
>>system, a pinhole setting of 0 corresponds to a pinhole diameter of 20
>>microns, and a pinhole setting of 255 corresponds to a diameter of 623
>>microns. Between, the correlation is linear.
>>
>
>The pinhole in a Leica TCS4D is square.  Just out of curiosity, is
>this the equivalent circle diameter or the side of the square?
>
>                                                Guy Cox
>
>


Christian Lohr
Universitaet Kaiserslautern
Fachbereich Biologie
Abteilung Allgemeine Zoologie
Postfach 3049
D-67653 Kaiserslautern

Germany

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