Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] Hello (again)
From: Marty Deveney <freakscene@weirdness.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:13:28 +1000

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


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The University of Queensland
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