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A transmitted fluorescence microscope! Wow, I thought those things went out in the 60s. A colleague of mine was blinded in one eye by one ... (but I guess not using a halogen lamp!) Can you get any useful image from it?
Looking at the current website, the microscopes seem to be rather routine widefield transmitted light systems, in regular and 'tropical' varieties. They say that they all have Köhler illumination, which many other cheap systems don't, and that may be why some UK amateurs like them. From the look of them I'd guess that they are made in China.
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As far as I can tell, it's "nothing more" than a transmitted
fluorescence microscope that doesn't use a mercury bulb. It depends
on the blue emission from a bright halogen bulb for things like DAPI.
There seems to be an amateur microscopy community in the UK that uses
G&S microscopes - someone in Old Blighty might have more information
(Keith?).
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>Just out of interest, can you tell us what it is / does?
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>Thanks to all who responded. I managed to run down some information
>on this beast, once I got past misspelling "Gillett".
>Looks like we've got a collector's item here - anyone want to buy it?
>It works, just not well enough for research anymore - I don't see it
>replacing our confocals.
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>>The name is, I think, Gillett and Sibert. The company behind it is
>>called Elcomatic, and their web site is http://www.elcomatic.co.uk/
>I'd
>>suggest you contact them. I can't see anything confocal or
>fluorescence
>>in their present product list but they may have some literature.
>>
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>>We have a Gillette and Sibert confluorescence microscope, but no
>>manual, nor anyone who knows anything about this 'scope.
>>Does anyone know about these, or have any information on them? I have
>>seached the confocal list archives to no avail.
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Phil
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