you should have received a "System performance booklet"
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Hi Christophe,

you should have received a "System performance booklet" (2 pages in a clear file) with your camera which has the values in it. My one quotes 15.6 e-/ADU for the mode you specify, although they do vary a little from camera to camera (or at least between generations of cameras).

cheers,
David


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Hi,

I'd like to evaluate the localization precision for single molecule
experiments. I need to convert the acquired signal into a number of
photons, using knowledge of the camera gain. Anyone would know what is the
typical gain (I mean the e-/ADU gain before taking into account the EM
gain) for an Andor Ixon 897 camera, using the 10 MHz readout and the gain
set to 1?

I'll try to ask Andor for my specific camera but that would be great to
have a number to try and see if my calculation is not too far off.

Thanks,

Christophe

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Christophe Leterrier
Researcher
Axonal Domains Architecture Team
CRN2M CNRS UMR 7286
Aix Marseille University, France