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Barry Burbach wrote:

> Some of us actually do fall into the 0-$500 range. We have built a system
> based on generic parts and written interesting software under Matlab. (we
> built 10 of them) You can download it any time you like at cshl.edu at
> Karel Svoboda's page.

Which is very interesting.  I've seen such claims before and
they don't seem to stand much scrutiny.  Where do you buy your
galvo mirrors under $500?  You cannot be using many PMTs either.
Lasers are obviously out of the question, but then Petran &
Hadravsky's first confocal did use the sun for illumination,
and at least that's free.  The resolution obtainable with
sub $500 objectives must also be questionable.

Oh, and I guess it must be a pirate copy of Matlab, too.

                                                    Guy



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