[3dem] scanner problems

[Steven Ludtke]

We have been using the Nikon Supercoolscan 8000-9000's now for several  
years, though honestly we don't use much
film any more. Still several of our recent high resolution structures  
were produced using images from this scanner.
We have a page indicating the holder modifications we made:

http://blake.bcm.tmc.edu/emanwiki/Instruments/NikonScanner
http://blake.bcm.tmc.edu/emanwiki/EMAN1/FAQ/e2scannereval_results

Bob Glaeser also did a bunch of independent testing on this scanner as  
did Richard Henderson. For single particle work
they are very good.

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Steven Ludtke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Co-Director National Center For Macromolecular Imaging
Dept of Biochemistry and Mol. Biol.
Baylor College of Medicine
sludtke at bcm.edu
stevel at alumni.caltech.edu
http://ncmi.bcm.edu/~stevel



On Apr 22, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Sarah Butcher wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we have a zeiss scanner, and unfortunately the upper glass was smashed
> today, just as we have 500 negatives to scan urgently.. Can anybody  
> help
> with details of the glass composition if we try to get a replacement  
> made
> locally? Or do you have a glass that you are not using (and would  
> like to
> ship to us if we pay the costs). I suspect that the replacement from  
> Zeiss
> will be horrendously expensive and slow.
>
> So the second part of my question is, as often see on this mailing  
> list,
> what is the current recommended best scanner to buy as a replacement?
>
> If we get really desperate, anybody volunteer to have a visitor from  
> our
> lab to do some scanning, or to scan for us?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Sarah
>
>
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