Re: Moving from Used to New...

I did not know that Olympus is selling out their stuff so cheaply.

I believe that the E600 with phase sells roughly for the same amount as the
BX-51. The condenser alone costs more than $600, the phase lenses (Plan
Achros only) are over 2k and the frame with trinoc is over 5,2k. How could
he possible make this for 7k? I assume he also needs to pay CA taxes. After
all, he ends up paying at least 9k for a complete system.

Forget the PlanFluor lenses at this budget. The 40x alone is over $900. The
phase version sells for more than $1100.

Gregor

"Gary G" <see.signature@bottom> wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:59:29 GMT, "GTO" <gregor_o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Don:

This is the type of information I was looking for. Thank you.

Here are my two cents:

1) You do not need a research grade frame. Forget the BX-51 with FLUOR
lenses. Especially new, that one is beyond your budget.


The BX-51 with UPlanFL objectives is well within his budget. He could
likely also get phase. Fluorescence is not in the picture.

gg


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


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