I guess I'd also like to say that the Olympus system, and the Zeiss, allow
for the addition of an additional laser of the user's choosing.  The Zeiss
system has always been this way, and its overall design is very well
thought-out.  Olympus has shown good forsight in this respect.  There was
some sort of limitation on that laser, and I can't recall exactly what,
but it was not a great problem as I recall.  I did not see the new Zeiss's
at this Cell meeting.
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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Anthony G Moss wrote:

> I like our BioRad and the suport has been quite good.  I saw the new
> Olympus instrument at Cell Biology and was very impressed; it's also
> pretty cheap, and includes a bunch of useful software including either
> surface or volume rendering (can't remember which) and pretty much the
> same functionsas COMOS in the BioRad system.  I felt it was a very nice
> package.  Not so automatic as the BioRad, but the adjustments were all
> very simple and right where you could reach them while you used it.  Good
> setup.  I don't know of any that are installed though.
>
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>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Martin Wessendorf wrote:
>
> > Dear confocalers--
> >
> > A friend is in the market for a confocal and has asked me which confocal is
> > best.  Price is not a huge consideration, but he's not in the range of a
> > 2-photon instrument.  Anyone compared the Big Three (Leica, Zeiss, Bio-Rad)
> > recently and want to stick out their neck with an opinion of their relative
> > strengths?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Martin Wessendorf, PhD
> > Univ Minnesota
> >
>