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Re: OT - Using film or flatbed scanners for microscope slide scanning

Posted by Gabriel Landini on Oct 25, 2007; 10:35pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/FFT-along-line-in-image-tp3698130p3698136.html

On Thursday 25 October 2007, Nicholas Verge wrote:
> For my purposes i dont need magnifaction beyond the equivalent of a that
> provided by a x10 microscope objective as the mineral grains in my rocks
> samples are quite coarse.  I need to obtain nice evenly illuminated sharp
> images of the entire thinsection if possible.

I have no idea of costs, but the advantage of a microscope is that you can
change magnifications on the fly, add filters, use different cameras, and
illumination settings.
If you never used a scanner before, be aware that you may be disappointed by
the lack of visual feedback between inserting a slide and seeing what has
been scanned. You will not be able to do lapse imaging nor do average capture
to reduce random noise.

Before buying make sure that you have a demo to avoid disappointments.
Cheers,

G.