Re: [ccp4bb] Off Topic: Stereo Microscope Recommendations

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Hey Scott,
I personally can only recommend motic. You get a stereo miscroscope with video camera/usb/svideo for way under $2k. We bought them with a lot of (mainly useless) aceessories for $1800/ea from VWR. They are not as sturdy/comfy as leicas (my favourite if money doesn't matter) but excellent image quality (that is /looking/ through the eipieces) vor the video I tend to not use any lighting at all (well, except the ambient lab lighting), otherwise they seem to be overexposed.
Pros: price; image quality; camera
cons: no indirect light (heat); image capture only on windows and mac, no linux
sumary: works well, worth every penny - if money matters go for it

hth,

Jens
You might also want to search the archives, this topic has come a few times within the last two years.
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From: Scott Pegan
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Starting a new lab and looking for an inexpensive stereo microscope to
support my crystallography. Any thoughts or recommendations? Would like
for it to have a way to take a photo of the crystals either through an
eyepiece or dedicated camera port. As any new lab, a cheap option won't be
bad.
Scott

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Scott D. Pegan, Ph.D.
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Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Denver

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