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Maybe you can use an office lamp with al clip?

 Tineke Vendrig, ing
technical engeneer optical microscopy
Delft University of Technology
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2011/10/23 Alessandro Esposito <[log in to unmask]>

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> Hi all,
>  a simple curiosity. How do you illuminate the stage of your confocal
> microscope to handle samples? We have two SP5s with boxes from Life
> Imaging Services. When we change samples we use battery-operated torches
> with or without clip... or using the halogen lamp of the microscope with
> the
> condenser arm tilted.
>
> I was wondering if you have suggestions to improve this aspect... I am
> almost
> tempted to use the Perspex box as a light guide for diffuse illumination,
> but it
> is probably going too far :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alessandro
>