[OpenSPIM] what shutter would you recommend?

[Peter Gabriel Pitrone]

Picard sells one for around 250 - 300 EUR… (or exactly 285 USD :-P):

http://www.picard-industries.com/products.html#usb-shut <http://www.picard-industries.com/products.html#usb-shut>



Best Regards,
Pete

Peter Gabriel Pitrone - DipRMS TechRMS FRMS
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopist and Imaging Specialist
for Dr. Pavel Tomancak's research group at the
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Pfotenhauerstraße 108
01307 Dresden, Saxony
Germany


http://www.mpi-cbg.de/research/research-groups/pavel-tomancak.html &
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> On Feb 8, 2016, at 6:29 PM, Anthony, Neil <nantho2 at EMORY.EDU> wrote:
> 
> Hi Monika
> 
> I haven't looked into the details, but thought this kind of thing would be super low cost, and fun too:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Laser-Shutter/
> With some thinking you might even be able to control it using the TTL (I believe 3V) from a serial LPT port if you have one.
> 
> Neil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openspim-bounces at openspim.org [mailto:openspim-bounces at openspim.org] On Behalf Of Monika Pawlowska
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 6:36 AM
> To: openspim at openspim.org
> Subject: [OpenSPIM] what shutter would you recommend?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using an argon laser that only has a manual shutter, and so I'm having problems with photobleaching. Could anybody recommend a low-cost shutter that I could use to reduce bleaching in between stacks?
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Dr Monika Pawłowska
> Nencki Institute
> 02-093 Warsaw
> Pasteura 3
> Poland
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