Nikon A1R
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Hello All,
We are considering the purchase of a Nikon A1R for our core microscopy facility. We have had an in-house demonstration and are familiar with the system in general, but would like to get some feedback from others. Comments from anyone who has had a system installed in his or her laboratory would be greatly appreciated. Michael Hendrickson Assistant Manager W.M. Keck Laboratory for Biological Imaging University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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We are evaluating it and it plays well. There is an excellent SNR and
we are working on non linear excitation, successfully. All the best AD DO NOT MISS www.ebsa2009.org Il giorno 14/dic/08, alle ore 07:44, Michael Hendrickson ha scritto: > Hello All, > > We are considering the purchase of a Nikon A1R for our core microscopy > facility. We have had an in-house demonstration and are familiar with > the system in general, but would like to get some feedback from > others. Comments from anyone who has had a system installed in his or > her laboratory would be greatly appreciated. > > Michael Hendrickson > Assistant Manager > W.M. Keck Laboratory for Biological Imaging > University of Wisconsin-Madison ---------------------------------------------------- "Water slowly flowed under the sky" (Cesare Pavese) ----------------------------------------------------- Alberto Diaspro, LAMBS IFOM IEO -MicroSCoBio, NBT-IIT, IBF-CNR Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy - fax +39-010314218 - tel +39 0103536426/309; URLs: www.lambs.it; Win in Science! ...link to http://www.ebsa2009.org ---------------------------------------------- |
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We installed an A1 with resonant scanner, point scanner and spectral detector a few months
ago. We will also get the VAAS detector sometime after Christmas, which will be exciting to evaluate. So far we are very pleased with performance as well as the service we get from Nikon. The only drawback is that the software, Elements, is a little premature and is upgraded constantly. On the other hand, Nikon are very responsive to suggestions and seem to integrate suggestions in new versions of Elements. There are some technical limitations, for example you cannot do spectral detection in resonant mode. We will have to see if that is something that will be added in the software or not. Overall though, without any commercial interests, I think the A1 is definitely worth looking into and if it meets your needs it would probably be one of the most powerful systems on the market that you can get. Björn Tyrberg Imaging core faculty advisor Burnham Institute, Orlando, FL |
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They did an A1R demo at our facility last month; it looked like a good system. They admitted up front that the software is 'in progress' so if you run out and buy one now don't expect complete functionality. As mentioned though, they are receptive to feature requests so if you do buy an A1R you can suggest your own desired features to them.
Craig On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Bjorn Tyrberg <[hidden email]> wrote: We installed an A1 with resonant scanner, point scanner and spectral detector a few months |
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We've had one for about a month now, and our users like it a lot. As others have mentioned, the software is a work in progress and a bit slow at the moment (this is supposed to be better in the newest machines running 64bit Vista) - but the image quality is excellent!
-- Jennifer Waters, Ph.D. Director, Nikon Imaging Center at Harvard Medical School |
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Dear Jennifer
Two questions: how is the image quality of the Nikon c1Si relative to the Nikon A1. What parameters enter into you conclusions with this image quality comparison ? Thanks I need a good way to evaluate confocal microscopes. bob Robert M. Zucker, PhD U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory. Reproductive Toxicology Division Telephone: 919-541-1585 Fax: 919-541-4017 e-mail: [hidden email] Mail address: USEPA,ORD,NHEERL,RTD Developmental Biology Branch ( MD 67) Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711 Shipping address: 2525 E.NC Highway 54 Durham, NC, 27713 |------------> | From: | |------------> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Jennifer Waters <[hidden email]> | >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | To: | |------------> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |[hidden email] | >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Date: | |------------> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |12/23/2008 04:12 PM | >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Subject: | |------------> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Re: Nikon A1R | >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| We've had one for about a month now, and our users like it a lot. As others have mentioned, the software is a work in progress and a bit slow at the moment (this is supposed to be better in the newest machines running 64bit Vista) - but the image quality is excellent! -- Jennifer Waters, Ph.D. Director, Nikon Imaging Center at Harvard Medical School |
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