Re: stage motorization

Posted by leoncio vergara on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/stage-motorization-tp4455148p4459364.html

I don't think there is any reason for a motorized stage to be more stable than a regular one... if you are not considering multipoint or tiling, maybe you could do without one....
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From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Cameron Nowell [[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: stage motorization

Hi Charles,

A motorised stage can also be used to create montage/tile scans of larger areas. This can give some pretty impressive resultsbut can take a long time to capture (e.g 4x4 fields of view with 30 slices is 16 normal Z series captures).


Cheers


Cam


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From: Confocal Microscopy List on behalf of Charles Stevens
Sent: Tue 26/01/2010 3:56 AM
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Subject: stage motorization



Dear List,

   We're planning to set up an inverted confocal microscope for live cell imaging. I'd appreciate any opinions on using manual vs x-y motorized stage. Is the motorized stage more stabile during long-term experiments? Does it facilitate/is it necessary for any experiments besides multi-point time-lapse imaging?
   Thanks for your comments!

  Charles