There isn't any difference between widefield and confocal resolution in any normal fluorescence mode.   Do you really need an app to work out 0.61 lambda/NA?  And then to divide by 2.3 to get Nyquist?  If you are in multiphoton it's a little more complicated since root 2 (1.414) comes in, but you can just use the formula 0.43 lambda / NA.  

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Hi John, 

ResCalc is a nice app, but it seems to calculate res and nyquist for widefield microscopy only.  Am I wrong about that?  As it is I use the Nyquist calculator on the SVI site (no commercial interest) but I would love to have something off-line.  

Cheers, 


TIm Feinstein

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On Jan 15, 2012, at 10:40 AM, John Oreopoulos <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Adrian, there is a fairly good iPhone application that does some of the things you mentioned. It's called ResCalc.
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> John Oreopoulos
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> On 2012-01-15, at 1:03 AM, Adrian Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> On 14/01/2012, at 9:01 PM, Johannes Amon wrote:
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>>> of course I can't tell you any specifics but at the moment we are evaluating a native port to 
>>> android ICS 4.0. at the end it always comes down to budget so it would help immensely if 
>>> you'd order some confocals right now ^^
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>>> just joking, gonna keep you posted on this project
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>> I would love to find a decent resolution calculator that can be used on a smartphone/tablet (iOS preferably for me :)
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>> Add in various options for different digitisation approaches (PMT, cameras) with Nyquist shortcuts and it would be real winner…
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>> Regards,
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>> Adrian Smith
>> Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia