Re: Cooled CCD cameras - Recommendations?

On 29 Nov 2005 00:27:45 -0800, "justbeats" <steve_beats@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>> The un-cooled cameras will take excellent pix with just ambient light.
>
>That's an interesting point...
>
>What effect does "ambient" light have on resolution compared to (say)
>Kohler illumination? Similar to darkfield or oblique illumination I
>guess?
>
> Cheers
> Beats

The issue here is that the camera can make a "decent" image using only
room light rather than formal illumination. It will auto color
correct. With dry 40X and lower mag objectives, the results are good.
Certainly, using a condenser is better than ambient light. The point
is/was to show how sensitive the camera is. There is no suggestion
that using this camera would eliminate a condenser.



Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com
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