Uniblitz Shutter for Olympus Microscope IX81

[Katherina Garcia Garcia]

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Hello:

We want to buy a new transmitted light shutter for our DeltaVision system. As far as I know there is only one distributor of Uniblitz shutters in Europe:  BFI Optilas. We did the order in August and we are still waiting for the shutter.

Do you know another way/company I could contact to buy this kind of shutter?

Thanks in advance,
Have a nice weekend!

Kathy


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Katherina García García
Técnico de Microscopía y Citometría
Tlf. 954977432
[hidden email]
Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Universidad Pablo Olavide
Ctra. Utrera km1
41013 Sevilla
España

[Johannes Helm]

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Dear Kathy,

we have exactly the same problem!

There IS no other way to buy from Vincent Associates (i.e. Uniblitz)
unless you buy directly from them and then they demand that you pay in
advance.
However, at least here in Norway, it is illegal that any state
organization would pre-pay anything. Neither am I, as a state employed
person, allowed to pay using my own private credit card (i.e., of course I
could do it, but would not get any refunding from my employer then).

Consequence: You are STUCK and have to wait for a long time because
neither bfi nor Vincent will make a deal unless the deal has a certain
minimum financial volume.

In other words, you have to wait until bfi has a sufficient number of
orders of Vincent products to place a sufficiently large order at
Vincent's.

Should your competitor, while you are waiting, manage to do the
revolutionary experiments you wanted to do during the time you are
waiting, then your competitor will get the Nobel prize, and not you.
Please, don't bother about it. That's life!

"Sit down, wait, and be patient!"

So, it seems, they say.

Best wishes,

Johannes

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> Hello:
>
> We want to buy a new transmitted light shutter for our DeltaVision system.
> As far as I know there is only one distributor of Uniblitz shutters in
> Europe:  BFI Optilas. We did the order in August and we are still waiting
> for the shutter.
>
> Do you know another way/company I could contact to buy this kind of
> shutter?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Have a nice weekend!
>
> Kathy
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
> Katherina García García
> Técnico de Microscopía y Citometría
> Tlf. 954977432
> [hidden email]
> Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo
> Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
> Universidad Pablo Olavide
> Ctra. Utrera km1
> 41013 Sevilla
> España
>

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University of Oslo
Institute of Basic Medical Science
Department of Anatomy
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NO-0317 Oslo

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[Julio Vazquez]

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Hi Kathy,

Perhaps you could try asking Applied Precision (Europe):

http://www.appliedprecision.com/sales/deltavisionsales.asp


Also, if you happen to have an HQ camera with a shutter in front of  
it, you could swap it and use it for transmitted light. My  
understanding is that the Photometrics HQ camera does not need a  
shutter.



--
Julio Vazquez
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, USA


http://www.fhcrc.org/



On Oct 29, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Katherina Garcia Garcia wrote:

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>
> Hello:
>
> We want to buy a new transmitted light shutter for our DeltaVision  
> system. As far as I know there is only one distributor of Uniblitz  
> shutters in Europe:  BFI Optilas. We did the order in August and we  
> are still waiting for the shutter.
>
> Do you know another way/company I could contact to buy this kind of  
> shutter?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Have a nice weekend!
>
> Kathy
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------
> Katherina García García
> Técnico de Microscopía y Citometría
> Tlf. 954977432
> [hidden email]
> Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo
> Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
> Universidad Pablo Olavide
> Ctra. Utrera km1
> 41013 Sevilla
> España

[Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell)]

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Am I being naive in thinking that someone in Europe can order items from the
US, such as a shutter?

Julio is correct about the camera.  I have removed the shutter from in front
of our HQ on the Deltavision.

Cheers,
c

Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX [phone]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julio Vazquez" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Uniblitz Shutter for Olympus Microscope IX81


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Hi Kathy,

Perhaps you could try asking Applied Precision (Europe):

http://www.appliedprecision.com/sales/deltavisionsales.asp


Also, if you happen to have an HQ camera with a shutter in front of
it, you could swap it and use it for transmitted light. My
understanding is that the Photometrics HQ camera does not need a
shutter.



--
Julio Vazquez
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, USA


http://www.fhcrc.org/



On Oct 29, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Katherina Garcia Garcia wrote:

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> *****
>
> Hello:
>
> We want to buy a new transmitted light shutter for our DeltaVision
> system. As far as I know there is only one distributor of Uniblitz
> shutters in Europe:  BFI Optilas. We did the order in August and we  are
> still waiting for the shutter.
>
> Do you know another way/company I could contact to buy this kind of
> shutter?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Have a nice weekend!
>
> Kathy
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------
> Katherina García García
> Técnico de Microscopía y Citometría
> Tlf. 954977432
> [hidden email]
> Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo
> Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
> Universidad Pablo Olavide
> Ctra. Utrera km1
> 41013 Sevilla
> España

[Johannes Helm]

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That is a good - and, unfortunately, not at all trivial - question, Carl.
The answer, in this case, is that Vincent have CE labelled some of their
products so that they can be sold to Europe. However, Vincent will NOT
sell ANY of their non-CE-products to Europe. Consequently, we can, e.g.,
not purchase the controller units that control up to three shutters.
"CE" labelling appears to be a major issue and I know of some companies,
who rather do not sell anything to Europe than go through the
"CE-procedure".

Best wishes,
Johannes

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> Am I being naive in thinking that someone in Europe can order items from
> the
> US, such as a shutter?
>
> Julio is correct about the camera.  I have removed the shutter from in
> front
> of our HQ on the Deltavision.
>
> Cheers,
> c
>
> Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
> Molecular and Cellular Biology
> University of Arizona
> 520-954-7053
> FAX [phone]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julio Vazquez" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 9:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Uniblitz Shutter for Olympus Microscope IX81
>
>
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> Hi Kathy,
>
> Perhaps you could try asking Applied Precision (Europe):
>
> http://www.appliedprecision.com/sales/deltavisionsales.asp
>
>
> Also, if you happen to have an HQ camera with a shutter in front of
> it, you could swap it and use it for transmitted light. My
> understanding is that the Photometrics HQ camera does not need a
> shutter.
>
>
>
> --
> Julio Vazquez
> Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
> Seattle, USA
>
>
> http://www.fhcrc.org/
>
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Katherina Garcia Garcia wrote:
>
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>> Hello:
>>
>> We want to buy a new transmitted light shutter for our DeltaVision
>> system. As far as I know there is only one distributor of Uniblitz
>> shutters in Europe:  BFI Optilas. We did the order in August and we  are
>> still waiting for the shutter.
>>
>> Do you know another way/company I could contact to buy this kind of
>> shutter?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Have a nice weekend!
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------------
>> Katherina García García
>> Técnico de Microscopía y Citometría
>> Tlf. 954977432
>> [hidden email]
>> Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo
>> Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
>> Universidad Pablo Olavide
>> Ctra. Utrera km1
>> 41013 Sevilla
>> España
>