Dear Carol

We have an Optiscan F900 (an Australian invention) which has a very small
scanning head with an optical cable to the laser which sits on a shelf. Our
microscopes are set up side by  side so nothing has to be moved. Changing
the head takes one small allen key and time required is thirty seconds. A
further thirty seconds is required to tell the computer what microscope and
which objectives you are using. No realignments necessary.

My 2 cents worth

Deb
At 04:07 PM 8/17/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear  Readers,
>
>I was wondering if any of you have two microscopes, upright and
>inverted, with one of the new confocals and whether you actually
>switch the scan head from one to the other.  If so, how often do you
>switch and how much trouble is it really?  Would it be practical in a
>user facility and could an average user do it his/herself?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Carol
>
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Deborah Shapira
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