Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone has used or owns a X-light V3 spinning disk? They are very competitively priced against the Andor Dragonfly and Yokogawa W1 but I’m a little skeptical. I’d love to hear experiences and opinions.

Answering my own question from above, I got a chance to see an x-light V3 in action and I’ll share my thoughts on it here. I also tried out a Leica Thunder system and I’ll start a new thread about that. The x-light I saw was attached to a Nikon TiE body being run by VisiView. This system had the LD…

Yes, since V3 is so new I think there are not many units out yet. I’ve tested out a few other fast confocal options including the Andor Dragonfly, Yokogawa W1 and Nikon A1R HD25. I’m hoping to see a demo of the V3 soon and then can report back myself here. The A1R was surprisingly good for a point …

Hi Andrew, my two cents: I’ve seen the crest v3 in action. It performed to my expectations and seems to be a fairly good instrument. I haven’t done extensive comparisons with other spinning disks though. From my point of view the advantage of the V3 is its price considering is just the core spinning…

Hi Alvaro, Thanks for that feedback. Nice to hear that the V3 performs as expected. One follow up question: when you used the V3 did you run it on microManager or something like Visiview? You’re completely right about the advantage on the price. On the other end of the spectrum, I tried out the Ze…

Andrew, What sample did you prepare for the Zeiss Lattice-SIM? Leica introduced their new Thunder Imager to me as a cheaper alternative. Starts up from 150,000. We have not tested it yet, But maybe you want to demo it for individual lab purchase. We are a core lab, I’m going to look into the Lattic…

Hi Meatball, I’m actually demoing a Thunder imager next week. I’m a little hesitant as it it seems to just be a widefield system with image processing. I’d be happy to be proven wrong though and can let you know my experience. I did a couple of things on the lattice-SIM: timelapse imaging of SiR-H…

Great to know! Thanks! That’s also what I thought when they told me how the Thunder works. Looking forward to hear from your experience! [image001.jpg]

I would be very interested in your perspective after testing the Thunder, as that was my first impression too. Though there was a certain lack of much specific information (that I could find) on their website.

Thank you for the update! Going to read your other post.

Thanks for the info. We’ve got the V2 LFOV with a Celesta, and with the disk in, it’s a total light hog. I think that I’ve got power output measurements from the objective kicking around somewhere, comparing widefield vs. confocal mode. I’ll share them when I can lay hands on them.

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Chaowei September 24, 2019, 5:56pm 2

Following! We are in the process of purchasing a spinning disk! All three models are in are consideration. Not very familiar with the X-light v3.

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