EMCCD Camera

Posted by B. Prabhakar Pandian on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/looking-for-a-second-hand-2-photon-upright-microscope-tp6197119p6197756.html

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Hello All,
                    We are in the process of purchasing a EMCCD camera
for our microscope to look at very low levels of fluorescence. In this
context, we evaluated the following cameras

1. Photometrics Evolve 512

2. Andor iXon X3  DU897.

Both of them performed similarly though the Andor had less background
noise. However, the Andor does not have an on/off switch and the fan
stays on unless we shut down the computer. So the question to all the
folks who have used Andor before is that have you had issues with this
kind of system.

Any feedback will be great for us to make a decision.

Thanks,

-Prabhakar