Hello Matt, The condition you mention is called "par-centration". Newer, high quality microscopes and objectives should be par-centered within a few percent,...
Frank. I am pretty sure the dark noise is about the same for all CCD sensors. You get bit twice on low light once from the nature of low light and then from...
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HI Aaron, Thanks for posting this. This generated a few questions in my mind: 1. how close is the coolpix lens to the periplan lens? 2. Does the coolpix lens...
In message <1104540322.969.194.camel@localhost>, Frank Jahnke <jahnke@...> writes ... Hi Frank, First, I have never done fluorescence work (I'm into...
Gordon, I think it was you who mentioned some time back about a unusual Leitz 63x you were using. I just acquired a Leitz 170/.17 63x 0.85 w/ internal iris,...
Hi Steve, To answer your questions in order.... 1. How close is the coolpix lens to the periplan lens? The lens system in the CP5000 is different from the...
David, Thanks for the extended, and very helpful, commentary on dSLRs. I have indeed followed your discussion about your Canon earlier, but having all of this...
Gordon, While the cooling you suggest should work, I have neither liquid nitrogen or CO2 available at the moment. I have no other need for them, and I'm not...
I n.a. of he lens is great enough to be a bit too larger for the Leitz low n.a. darkfield condenser so you can focus in bright field and stop down to...
David, Comments interspersed. ... Hmmm. I understand your experiment, and it makes sense. I'm afraid I can't give you this estimate at the moment -- I've...
How very odd. I do believe I originated a new message from my computer, pasted in the email address from another message, and composed the new message. I've...
Just one comment: the earlier CoolPix can produce a raw file (presumably of NEF format) as well. It is not a standard on-screen option, but is available...
Hi, The older Raw files for the CP990 etc are TIFF format. Aaron ... series ... The ... angle ... cameras. ... It ... controls ... vignetting? ... is ... ...
With all due respect, Aaron, the raw files are not of TIFF format. The file sizes are substantially different, and they do need processing to get any sort of...
... I have one of the earlier to mid-production 990s (it cost about $900 at the time, new). I would like to know how to get RAW format, and how to get these...
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Don, The raw mode can be enabled by setting the camera identification string to "DIAG RAW". I use XPhoto to control the camera; this is a front end to...
Don Williams has graciously arranged for me to try gmail to get around my repeated problems receiving this group. There may be a few bumps as I change over,...
Don, While it is bad practice to reply to one's own message, let me break protocol for a moment. It had been a while since I looked at the page in mentioned...
OK lets not play word games. I have both the CP990 and the CP5000 in my hands now. The resolution designations for the CP990 files are Basic, Normal, Fine, and...
I am not into microscopes as are the people on this forum, I will be using the one I have as a tool, as an indictor of what is in the blood, the darkfield...
... OK, watching from the sidelines here, but a question then: presuming for a moment there is no way to save the RAW data, how do I save the TIFF data? I...
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Jan 2, 2005 1:58 am
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Aaron, Please see my replies to Don in this thread. The RAW format is not available from the standard camera menus, and must be accessed by other means. Frank...
Hi Don, The firmware and software upgrdes are availble on the Nikon website. http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?goingto=dtc_home Locate your model and then...
Hi Don, The TIFF format is only availble for the Manual mode settings ie. M, A or S modes. The P mode which is the all automatic (point and shoot) setting...