Dear Steve, I don't get any money from Nikon for this, but I strongly recommend the new Nikon Coolpix 990 for this purpose. The camera is cheap (ca. US$ 1500.-), easy to use, and has many professional features. If you have a PC with a frame grabber or a video tape recorder, you can also use it to produce videos. Although it is by far not as sensitive as our Hamamatsu, it is sufficiently sensitive for the average FITC or GFP, as well as PE or Texas Red application. I bought the camera together with an Eclipse microscope, but in a jiffy I can attach it to the Diaphot. What you need is a c-mount and the Coolpix adaptor lens (about US$ 800.-) I should add that I also tested the latest Olympus and Kodak consumer cameras. An important drawback of the coolpix is that since we have the camera, everybody comes up to me and wants to take it home over the weekend for barbecue parties and thelike :-) If you are interested in sample pics, let me know. cheers, brn On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 00:00:22 -0500, Steve Mullen wrote: > >Dear colleagues, > >Our lab is interested in purchasing a digital camera for our older Nikon >Diaphot inverted scopes. We use them for visual and fluorescence >microscopy. It would be nice to have an interface to a zip drive or direct >computer connection. Also, if there is a camers that could be removed from >the scope and used as a stand alone digital camera (like a normal 35mm SLR) >that would be ideal. I am just wondering if anyone out there has experience >with such a setup and can recommend models or accessories. > > >Thanks in advance. > >Steve > >Steven F. Mullen >Graduate Fellow/Research Assistant >Purdue University >Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences >Cryobiology Laboratory >Lynn Hall, G242 >West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1398 >Phone: 765-494-0336 >Fax: 765-496-1108 >mullensf@vet.purdue.edu >
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