Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alexy, >I guess I will begin with a short story. I'm a molecular biologist with an interest in optical microscopy. In June I had the >chance to take the Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole. This course is fantastic, and teaches a lot in a short space of time. It's great to be able to learn this stuff so intensively. >(yes, I realize that the camera and microscopy organizations have fissioned) -- all provide numerous technical staff and >millions of bucks worth of their latest-greatest diffraction-limited, 80%-quantum-efficiency, sample-movement-with-10 nm->accuracy toys. The thing that always amazes me is that consumer-level optical equipment is now almost equal scientific equipment in many aspects. Apart from the Leica Midland 75 / 2.4 Apo (which I now have one of !!!), I am yet to find a camera lens as well colour-corrected as most scientific equipment. That remains one of the challenges for the camera industry. Looking forward to seeing your BIG Paper paper in Cell. Mine was in the Journal of Natural History 35 663-777. Have fun here on the LUG, Marty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marty Deveney Department of Microbiology and Parasitology The University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 AUSTRALIA steam megaphone + 61 7 3365 6979 fax + 61 7 3365 4620 'Evasion is fine, mediocrity is mine, You're not average in any kind of way' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~