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Collin White

Camera for a CSU-10 confocal unit

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Hi all,
I have a CSU-10 spinning disc confocal unit and want to hook it to the
cheapest high res camera possible. Any ideas/opinions from all would be
appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
Collin

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Bill Miller-3

Re: Camera for a CSU-10 confocal unit

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Collin - the Lumenera Infinity 3-1 - see
http://www.electroimage.com/hiresdigcams1.htm - it is cooled and
uses the same CCD chip as much more expensive cooled cameras. If you
have any questions please contact me.

Best Regards - Bill Miller
ElectroImage
860-672-0068

At 03:34 PM 2/6/2008 -0800, you wrote:

>Search the CONFOCAL archive at
>http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
>Hi all,
>I have a CSU-10 spinning disc confocal unit and want to hook it to
>the cheapest high res camera possible. Any ideas/opinions from all
>would be appreciated.
>Thank you in advance!
>Collin
>
>--
>Collin White
>Research Scientist
>Manager, CEEH Analytical Cytology Lab
>University of Washington
>4225 Roosevelt Way NE #100
>DEOHS
>Seattle, WA 98105
>Ph 206-616-4982

Bill Miller-3

Re: Camera for a CSU-10 confocal unit

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OOOPS!! I hadn't intended to send this to the whole world!!! Sorry,
I'll be more cautious ..

At 06:53 AM 2/7/2008 -0500, you wrote:

>Search the CONFOCAL archive at
>http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
>Collin - the Lumenera Infinity 3-1 - see
>http://www.electroimage.com/hiresdigcams1.htm - it is cooled and
>uses the same CCD chip as much more expensive cooled cameras. If
>you have any questions please contact me.
>
>Best Regards - Bill Miller
>ElectroImage
>860-672-0068
>
>At 03:34 PM 2/6/2008 -0800, you wrote:
>>Search the CONFOCAL archive at
>>http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>>
>>Hi all,
>>I have a CSU-10 spinning disc confocal unit and want to hook it to
>>the cheapest high res camera possible. Any ideas/opinions from all
>>would be appreciated.
>>Thank you in advance!
>>Collin
>>
>>--
>>Collin White
>>Research Scientist
>>Manager, CEEH Analytical Cytology Lab
>>University of Washington
>>4225 Roosevelt Way NE #100
>>DEOHS
>>Seattle, WA 98105
>>Ph 206-616-4982

Guy Cox

Re: Camera for a CSU-10 confocal unit

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Hey, don't worry! This list IS open to commercial postings
and this information is useful - anyway, I'm glad you sent
it to the list even if it was accidental.

Guy

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OOOPS!! I hadn't intended to send this to the whole world!!! Sorry, I'll be more cautious ..

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Tim O'Brien Sr.

Re: Camera for a CSU-10 confocal unit

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Not sure if this point has been made, but we have a CSU-10, and I have a
cheap, cooled camera on it. I constantly wish I had a faster, more
sensitive camera on it. An EMCCD would be ideal. The confocal is fast
but not that much light comes through to your sample. So a cheap camera
(which will be slow) may ultimately be frustrating, and would not
capitalize on the speed of the spinning disk. An EMCCD (512 x 512) can
easily capture at 30 FPS with very good sensitivity, while a normal
camera, like a COOLSnap, etc, might be able to do 5 or 10 FPS. The
benefits increase for GFP in living cells, since high sensitivity means
less light is necessary and thus less photobleaching.

So I would maybe get a used camera for the time being, and save up for
an EMCCD for that application. (Which I am trying to do myself!)

Thanks,
Tim O'Brien
UNC Physics

Collin White wrote:

> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
> Hi all,
> I have a CSU-10 spinning disc confocal unit and want to hook it to the
> cheapest high res camera possible. Any ideas/opinions from all would
> be appreciated.
> Thank you in advance!
> Collin
>