A while ago I was trying to be cheap, so we played around with it quite
a bit in the lab. After rediscovering some of the basics of
signal-to-noise and microscope transmission efficiency and that sort of
rot, I realised that the commercial systems may not be all that
ridiculously overpriced after all. Not if one wants to be able to say
something useful about really really small crystals -- the only ones
that really matter in the grand scheme of things (big ones are quick to
test; little ones must first be optimized = money+time).
But maybe I was just being incompetent. Happens.
phx.
On 15/09/2011 20:50, Andrew Purkiss-Trew wrote:
Quoting "Harman, Christine"<christine.har...@fda.hhs.gov>:
Hi All,
I was curious if any of you have tried or even know if it is
possible to adapt a stereoscope (in my case an Olympus SZX10 model)
so as to view protein crystals with UV illumination. Basically, I
want a cheap manual version of what a Rock UV Imager does. I know
this is probably a crazy dream. However, I would greatly appreciate
any comments, advice or experience any of you may have.
Molecular Dimension do such an adaptor which fits to existing microscopes.
See
<http://www.moleculardimensions.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=121&cat=X%2DtaLight%3Csup%3E%99%3C%2Fsup%3E+100+%2D+UV+for+Microscope+>
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