Experinece with back-thinned sCMOS?

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Experinece with back-thinned sCMOS?

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I am shopping for a new camera and most likely will go with the 2x2k
4-transistor model (e.g. Flash 4.2+ or Zyla 4.2+ or PCO edge 4.2) because
of the speed and detection limit.
However,  for a less demanding applications I am intrigued by a back-
thinned sCMOS (at least the manufacturer claims that to be sCMOS), the
Dhyana 95  from Tucsen, which has 95% peak QE.
It has higher read noise (1.3e-), bigger pixels, slower frame rate and other
limitations, but if you had a chance to work with the camera, I would love
to know how it performs for general/low light fluorescence microscopy ...    

Thanks in advance.

Stan Vitha

Microscopy and Imaging Center
Texas A&M University
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Re: Experinece with back-thinned sCMOS?

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I haven't tried this particular camera but I have had great success working
with a number of Tucsen's other cameras.  Good company!

Loralei
Chrysalis Innovations
On May 11, 2016 3:17 PM, "Stanislav Vitha" <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy
> Post images on http://www.imgur.com and include the link in your posting.
> *****
>
> I am shopping for a new camera and most likely will go with the 2x2k
> 4-transistor model (e.g. Flash 4.2+ or Zyla 4.2+ or PCO edge 4.2) because
> of the speed and detection limit.
> However,  for a less demanding applications I am intrigued by a back-
> thinned sCMOS (at least the manufacturer claims that to be sCMOS), the
> Dhyana 95  from Tucsen, which has 95% peak QE.
> It has higher read noise (1.3e-), bigger pixels, slower frame rate and
> other
> limitations, but if you had a chance to work with the camera, I would love
> to know how it performs for general/low light fluorescence microscopy ...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Stan Vitha
>
> Microscopy and Imaging Center
> Texas A&M University
>