Charles, what is the lux detectability level?  I am looking for a digital
camera as well, but am primarily interested in fluorescence microscopy.
What is your experience with the DP-10 in this area? To date, I have only
used the Optronics cooled CCD cameras.  Any other comments from the
listserve are appreciated.

Thank you,

-Guy

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Confocal Microscopy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Charles
> Fanghella
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 5:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: camera
>
>
> Katharina Braun;
>
> In response to your request for a digital camera to utilized to
> capture brain tissue sections consider the following:
> The Olympus DP-10 Digital Camera has 2.5 MegaPixels, LCD veiewing
> screen for "Live" focus, NTSC output, and images may be saved on
> either SmartMedia or Compact Flash cards. The main feature is
> that the camera body has a standard "C" Mount so that it can me
> assembled onto any microscope with a "C" Mount adapter.
> Hope this information is helpful.
>
>
> Charles Fanghella
> Olympus America Inc
> 1-800-645-8100 EXT 6495
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>
> >>> Katharina Braun <[log in to unmask]> 02/21/00
> 06:12AM >>>
> Dear cofocalists,
> I am looking for a digital camera which can be used to take pictures of
> stained brain tissue sections under the microscope. Recently someone
> from this list recommended the Nikon Coolpix 950, but it is not yet
> available for demos here in Germany so I cannot yet test it. One problem
> which I encountered when testing the previous 800 model was that it was
> not possible to get the microscopic images in focus, which was mainly
> due to the camera´s small monitor, which is not large enough to focus on
> microscopic specimens. Also the autofocus did not give real good quality
> images. So the question is, is it the same problem with the 950 model
> and if yes, how can I solve this. Or is there another, not too expensive
> camera which is better equipped for our purposes?
> Thanks for your advice,
> Katharina Braun
>