Photodocumentation

[Duncan Clark]

In article: <1994Nov5.022503.960 at cs.cornell.edu>  stefan at sickkids.on.ca writes:
> 
> Our lab is considering to buy a photodocumentation system to record
> gels exposed by UV and visible light. As most of you are probably
> aware of, the price range is between $4,000 to $25,000.
>    I would appreciate if people familiar with any of these systems
> could comment on their performances, such as quality of photographs
> maintainance cost how user friendly they are and finally the cost 
> of their system. Furthermore of special interest to me is to hear from
> some labs which have been able to assemble their own systems.
> Apparently these are considerably less costly, but performance 
> and quality can differ.

My homemade system cost about $1500 and is identical to that published 
I think in June 93 Biotechniques. For my purposes it is fine. 
Sensitivity could be improved with a better camera or by integration of 
several frames. My only problem to date has been blown printer 
thermal head after about a year of use. 

Duncan
   
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