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BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Photonics has released the ImagEM X2, a new electron multiplying (EM) CCD camera with even faster speed than previous ImagEM cameras. The ImagEM X2, a completely redesigned camera featuring a back-thinned EM-CCD sensor, offers maximum speed and precision performance for low-light imaging. The ImagEM X2 makes superfast exposures possible and has the sensitivity to provide visually pleasing and quantitatively meaningful images...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Photonics has released the ORCA-Flash4.0 V2, a 4-megapixel scientific CMOS camera that offers unrivaled flexibility across a wide range of microscopy applications. The ORCA-Flash4.0 V2 has many new features such as two scan speeds, a readout mode for light sheet microscopy, and USB 3.0 and Camera Link interfaces. Camera users have the option of running the ORCA-Flash4.0 V2 in a blazing fast scan mode or a virtually noiseless...

HAMAMATSU, Japan, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. has announced the release of the NanoZoomer-XR, the newest addition to the NanoZoomer product line for whole-slide scanning. The new NanoZoomer-XR minimizes workload and slide scanning time by automatically and continuously scanning up to 320 slides over two times faster than the NanoZoomer HT and RS scanners. It converts a 15 mm x 15 mm area on a glass slide into a 1.1-gigapixel color image in as little as 30...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu's NanoZoomer whole-slide scanners help make Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's (CSHL) Mouse Brain Architecture Project a success by imaging thousands of mouse brain tissue slices. The Mouse Brain Architecture Project is an ongoing endeavor to map neural connectivity in the mouse brain using a systematic, high-throughput process. This process involves labeling a mouse brain region with suitable neuronal tracers, followed by tissue...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Corporation announces that its NanoZoomer product line, which was previously distributed through third-party dealers, will now be available through the company exclusively. Effective April 1, 2012, the company is responsible for the sales, marketing, and technical and application support of the NanoZoomer product line for new customers throughout North America. Existing customers with active service contracts should continue...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the new ORCA-Flash4.0 scientific CMOS camera. Featuring exceptional quantum efficiency and low noise, the ORCA-Flash4.0 delivers better signal-to-noise characteristics than EM-CCDs, cooled CCDs, and first-generation scientific CMOS cameras. The ORCA-Flash4.0's high sensitivity means extreme versatility. Now one camera covers a wide range of imaging needs--including super resolution microscopy, TIRF...

Sydor Instruments, a custom diagnostics solution provider, was named to the INC 5000 list for the second year. Demand for improved testing for applications like ballistics, molecular imaging and LIDAR has fueled Sydor Instruments' growth this year, resulting in this award and their recent facilities expansion. (PRWEB) October 08, 2011 For the second year in a row, Sydor Instruments has been named to INC 5000’s list of the nation’s fastest-growing private firms, ranked at...

Sydor Instruments has expanded testing, design and manufacturing capabilities to support demand for new products like the ROSS 1000 streak camera and ballistics imaging system. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) September 14, 2011 Sydor Instruments has completed the move of its headquarters this month, to expand its testing, design and manufacturing capabilities. The new facility, located at 291 Millstead Way in Rochester, NY, offers 16,000 square feet for design, production, and testing of its custom...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Photonics introduces a new streak camera series for UV to near-infrared measurements of extremely fast light phenomena. The C10910 series simultaneously delivers intensity vs. time vs. position (or wavelength) information with single-photon sensitivity and temporal resolution down to 1 ps. With such capabilities, these streak cameras are suitable for measuring fast fluorescence lifetimes, response times of quantum devices, electron...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced the new Quantaurus series of compact instruments for measuring the properties of photoluminescent materials. The new Quantaurus-Tau measures fluorescence lifetimes as short as 100 picoseconds, while the Quantaurus-QY measures quantum yields faster and more easily than the traditional relative measurement method. The combination of these two instruments enables a comprehensive characterization of...