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Hi Loralei,
Thanks for the information. Could you please
clarify with some details as to your reason on the superiority of the
camera. We had couple of issues with the Evolve.
1. The main controller wires run off the front of the camera and there
is very high probability that because of this mode, the wires can go
bad in the long run.
2. Andor had a much higher signal/noise ratio for our samples of about
10nM.
3. In Windows 7, the Firewire used by Evolve has the last preference in
priority.
I would love to hear your comments on your usage.
Thanks,
-Prabhakar
On 3/22/2011 5:16 PM, Loralei Dewe wrote:
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> Hi Prabhakar,
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> I have used both these cameras and in my opinion, the Evolve is a much
> superior camera with the photoelectron info readout ability and plug and
> play format with no need for a framegrabber at all that to me there is no
> question. Plus the Evolve self calibrates so it is set up for your
> system once it has been connected. I love this camera!!
>
> Loralei
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> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:26 PM, B. Prabhakar Pandian<
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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
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