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>I like the Hamamatsu ORCA AG for fixed and live cell fluorescence 
>imaging.  Very briefly...For live cell fluorescence imaging you 
>want a cooled CCD camera that has high quantum efficiency (peak of 
>60% or more in the wavelengths you will be imaging) and low read 
>noise (8 electrons or less).  If you are doing high resolution work, 
>you want small pixels (7um or less is small enough for most of us). 
>The capacity to do binning is also very useful for live cell 
>imaging.  I strongly recommend you do some reading as well.  Take a 
>look at:  Spring (2000) BioTechniques Vol 21 (1):76.  There are also 
>good chapters on cameras in Digital Microscopy, 3rd Ed (Sluder & 
>Wolf, eds).  Appendix 3 in the 3rd edition of the "Confocal Bible" 
>(Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, Pawley, ed) is also a 
>great resource.  (Jim, haven't you made this available online?)
>
>Best, Jennifer


Hi all,

Yes, it can be found at:

http://www.springer.com/0-387-25921-X

Look under "Additional information" on the right and click the lower 
of the 2 articles.

Cheers,

Jim P.

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