>Dear Barbara- I have been looking into this and Ludl has a much
>cheaper stabilized source. Any negative thoughts? Also, is there
>any real downside to buying a stabilizer as opposed to going with a
>Xenon bulb? My reading of the discussion is that you don't need
>anything fancy with Xenon in terms of power supply. Dave
>Steve,
>
>OptiQuip has new stabilized Hg light sources. Many years ago I was the
>East Coast microspectrophotometry specialist for Zeiss and used stabilized
>HBO's but they have been very expensive. OptiQuip has extensive experience
>in this area and makes lamp housings to fit most microscopes. If
>interested, contact: Mel Decker - [log in to unmask]
>
>Caveat: no vested interest.
>
>Best regards,
>Barbara Foster
>Microscopy/Microscopy Education
>125 Paridon Street, Suite 102
>Springfield, MA 01118
>PH: 413-746-6931 FX: 413-746-9311 Web: www.MME-Microscopy.com/education
>
>"Why didn't they teach us that sooner?" ... probably because no one
>thought to call MME about customized, on-site courses. Offered in all
>areas of microscopy, sample prep,and image analysis, they make an immediate
>impact on your productivity.
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>At 09:41 AM 2/28/01 +1100, Stephen Cody wrote:
>> >From my observations of using both types of light source, the Xenon seems
>>far more stable with time. You don't notice the fluctuations that you get
>>with Hg bulbs. This is important for quantification, such as dual excitation
>>ratio methods (eg. Fura-2).
>>
>>Stephen H. Cody,
>>Colon Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory,
>>Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research,
>>Post Office Royal Melbourne Hospital,
>>Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia.
>>
>>Tel: 61 3 9341 3155 Fax: 61 3 9341 3104
>>email: [log in to unmask]
>>www.ludwig.edu.au/confocal
>>
>>
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>>> From: Tom Phillips[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Reply To: Confocal Microscopy List
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 28 February 2001 2:08
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Xenon lamps
>>>
>>> All true but I believe one disadvantage is the peak illumination is
>>> less for some fluorochromes such as DAPI. We see a difference in our
>> > two systems that have Hg or Xe.
>> >
>> >
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