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Re: pinhole diameters for Leica TCS 4D
From:
Guy Cox <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Confocal Microscopy List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 5 May 1998 09:12:21 +1000
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>Leica Laser Technology (Heidelberg) had checked our TCS 4D before delivery.
> In our
>system, a pinhole setting of 0 corresponds to a pinhole diameter of 20
>microns, and a pinhole setting of 255 corresponds to a diameter of 623
>microns. Between, the correlation is linear.
>

The pinhole in a Leica TCS4D is square.  Just out of curiosity, is
this the equivalent circle diameter or the side of the square?

                                                Guy Cox

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