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Which Imaging System is Right for Your Lab?

Digital Imaging Overview

Apprentice
 

Economical Digital Imaging Solutions

These entry-level systems combine high resolution color digital cameras and inexpensive photographic hoods for documenting agarose and PAGE gels. Auto Connect USB hook-up makes them compatible with PCs and Mac. Optional 5-inch monitor and FOTO/Printer is available.

Express
 

Entry-Level CCD Systems

Live images and greater sensitivity provided by CCD-based cameras make these hood-mount gel documentation systems a step up from their Apprentice counterparts. Combine with your computer to acquire, print and store digital images. Great for labs that want to break away from a shared system.

ImageTech

Stand-Alone Simplicity

The space-saving FOTO/Analyst ImageTech lets you capture digital gel images without the need for a separate computer, keyboard, and mouse. Controlled by an intuitive touchscreen interface, the ImageTech makes it easy for new users to acquire, save, and transfer files in seconds.

Investigator Eclipse

The Standard in
FOTODYNE Imaging Systems

These popular gel documentation workstations feature our space-saving FOTO/Eclipse benchtop darkroom with simple manual zoom lens and filter selection. Several camera and transilluminator options. Computer required.

Investigator/FX®

Upgradable Fluorescent
and Visible Imaging

The flexible FOTO/FX benchtop dark room makes this our most customizable imaging workstation. Choose system features based on your needs - camera specifications, manual or motorized zoom lens, transilluminator size, illumination wavelengths, and more. The Investigator/FX can easily be upgraded with a cooled camera for chemiluminescent blots. Computer required.

Luminary/FX®

Flexible Chemiluminescent, Fluorescent, and Visible Imaging

Top-of-the-line cooled CCD camera workstations for digital documentation of chemiluminescent and fluorescent western blots, gels, petri plates, microassay plates and more. Each workstation features the flexible FOTO/FX benchtop dark room, transilluminator and filters. Optional RGB lighting available for fluorescent multiplexing. Computer required..

"One-button controls are easy to use; low-tech to document all gels."
—MarcJan Gubbels, Chestnut Hill, MA (MiniVisionary)