Martin Chalfie wrote:
>> I'm finally tired of waiting for pictures to be developed and am thinking of
> getting a digital camera for our Axiophot. What experiences have people had
> with these cameras and which cameras are the best to get? I'd appreciate
> approximates prices, if you know them. Thanks.
>> Marty Chalfie
>mc21 at columbia.edu
I have personal experience with two high resolution digital camera
systems:
For fluorescence photography we use an Apogee cooled ccd camera (-15 C
is adequate for this use) with the Kodak KAF1600 detector. Fast,
sensitive and low noise 12-bit images. Apogee has a variety of cameras
with different chips depending on requirements for cost, resolution,
sensitivity, bit depth, etc. http://www.apogee-ccd.com/
For brightfield microscopy we use a Kodak Megaplus 1.4 camera. This is
an 8 bit camera from which our image analyzer (Quantimet 600) grabs 1K x
1K images. Newer cameras are available:
http://www.masdkodak.com/mplusmtrx.html
You may need an output device. We use a Kodak Colorease thermal printer;
newer models are available that are faster. Unlike some "popularly
priced" inkjets we have tried, color reproduction and photographic look
were very good on the first try.
http://www.kodak.com/cgi-bin/webCatalog.pl?section=Share&category=Continuous-Tone+Color+Printers
R. McCleary
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