I use a Coolpix 990 and 950 hooked up to a surgical operating microscope.  I
would suggest the 950 as the images are a bit brighter.  It has something to
do with the chip design (same as the 995).  You can get a Coolpix 950 for
around $400 US.

Bill Watson DDS, MS, FAAOMP, MBA
Practice Limited to Endodontics
Clinical Assistant Professor
U of Missouri-Kansas City
College of Dentistry
241 North Hillside
Wichita, KS 67211  USA
316-681-1099

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Clements" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: Histology/Cytology Imaging


> I strongly suggest you take a look at some of the Nikon CoolPix camera
> setups.  You can pipe the images straight into any windows image
> processing/editing program via twain drivers.  The camera itself is about
> $1000 for the 990 model and there are many suppliers out-there offering
> couplers for different microscopes.
>
> I've not tried putting one together myself but cost-wise it is about the
> cheapest option I can think of.  There have been several postings related
> to this sort of setup in the past year or so that should be accessible in
> the archives.
>
> Ian
>
> Marion Link wrote:
>
> > Dear listmembers,
> >
> > I am new to this list and I have a question that is not strictly
> > confocal:
> > (A collegue of mine recommended this list as extremely helpful for all
> > sorts of microscopy questions)
> >
> > I need a cheap and as simple as possible imaging system consisting of:
> >
> > Color-Camera (CCD??, video??, still-camera??)
> > Frame grabber
> > Software
> >
> > I have no experience at all and basically want to aquire transmitted
> > light images for medical histology and cytology (mostly) and
> > fluorescence images (occasionally).
> > No moving objects.
> > The option of aquiring sequences or little movies would be nice but is
> > not essential.
> > There should be a possibility to write and save comments with the
> > images. I do not need much processing capability but a simple way to
> > store and archive the images. In an image data bank??
> >
> > I heard from my collegue that this topic was once discussed in this
> > list. How do I get the old messages?
> >
> > Are there commercial products for this purpose?
> > Could you recommend anything?
> > Please respond directly to my e-mail address:
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help.
> >
> > Marion
> >
> > Dr. Marion Link
> > Fachtieraerztin fuer Innere Medizin
> > Specialist Small Animal Internal Medicine
> > I. Medizinische Tierklinik der Universitaet Muenchen
> > Veterinaerstr. 13, D-80539 Muenchen, Germany
>