Re: Training manual for Nikon confocal

Posted by Arvydas Matiukas on
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Hi Christian,
 
I think that some people (sales related?) misinterpreted the issue
that I brought up. Training (and training manual) for confocal is like the safe driving
course provided to beginner (student) driver by driving schools.
Car manufacturers do not provide this service or training materials. On the other hand,
I by no ways mean that this lowers the value/quality of C2 confocal or NIS software .
Actually in many respects it is better than other older confocals in our Core (no commercial interest!).
 
Thanks to the combined effort of Nikon representatives and Core Managers I was offered
3 simple manuals for training/beginner users (two for C2, and one for A1 confocal).
They are OK but still to my opinion lack introduction to confocal, and review of basic
imaging applications (which I am planing to add in the future).
 
If somebody is interested in the above training manuals please contact
your local Nikon representative or me directly.
 
Thanks for everybody who kindly helped with the manuals,
Arvydas

>>> Christian <[hidden email]> 9/21/2012 11:06 AM >>>
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Arvydas,

I believe you hit the problem on the head.  There is no training manual for the Elements software specifically for the confocals.  I have been able to find a few basic Elements manuals by searching for .pdf online, but I believe those are being hosted by non-Nikon people.

Good luck, if you do find anything, please share the information.

Christian


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Subject: Training manual for Nikon confocal
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Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 10:40 AM

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Dear list,

please advise where to find simple and short (<30-40 pages)
user training manual for Nikon confocal. Our system is C2 but
I guess C1 or A1 would be good as long as it runs on NIS Elements
v4.0 software.

There were several good manuals available on the web for the good
old LSM510 machine. However, I was not able to find anything similar
for Nikon C2 confocal. I like the structure of LSM510 manual so much
that I even consider modifying myself all the LSM510 workflows to be
relevant to the C2 confocal.

Any advise and/or suggestion are very welcome.

Thanks,
Arvydas


Arvydas Matiukas, Ph.D.
Director of Confocal&Two-Photon Core
Department of Pharmacology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
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