Re: Rejected posting to CONFOCALMICROSCOPY@LISTS.UMN.EDU

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If the beam path is ok then you do not have uneven illumination.
Or the other way round: Uneven illumination is a perfect sign that the beam path is not ok (but a service technician should be able to fix it).

Cheers Arne


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> Yes, at least Olymus  claims everything with the optical path is ok.
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> Hanna
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> 2011/10/6 tineke vendrig <[hidden email]>:
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> > Have you optimised you microscope ?? Kohler illumination and so on..??
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> > Tineke Vendrig, ing
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> > Delft University of Technology
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> > 2011/10/6 Hanna Sas Nowosielska <[hidden email]>
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> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> For a couple of months we are struggling with a serious problem with
> >> the field illumination in our Olympus Scan^R Scanning station. The
> >> image of the specimen, when observed on the computer screen is much
> >> darker on one side than on the other. We thought it is the lamp but
> >> the lamp is new at properly inserted. Then we tried calibrating the
> >> optic fiber, but it didn't help at all. Our third guess was the
> >> filters.We checked all of the filters  -  the coating has lots of
> >> small dark spots with biggest concentration of the spots in the
> >> middle of the filters, but I am concerned if that can  produce uneven
> >> illumination of the field so that only one part (let say left corner)
> >> is underilluminated? So, I turn to you and your experience: did may
> >> anyone have the similar problem? Do you have any suggestion what can
> >> be the cause of the problem?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Hanna
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> >> Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology Faculty of Biology and
> >> Environmental Protection University of Silesia Jagiellonska Str. 28
> >> 40-032 Katowice
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> > Tineke Vendrig, ing
> > technical engeneer optical microscopy
> > Delft University of Technology
> > Bionano Science
> > Kavli Institute of Nanoscience
> > Lorentzweg 1
> > 2628LJ Delft
> > room F185
> > Tel: +31 27 89299
> > Fax:+31 15 2781202
> > email: [hidden email]
> > mobile phone: 06-34241412
> >
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> Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology Faculty of Biology and
> Environmental Protection University of Silesia Jagiellonska Str. 28
> 40-032 Katowice
> Poland