Video Tutorials

Andor Benchtop Confocal BC43 - Tutorials

Below is the complete set of video tutorials for BC43 split into hardware and software sections. Each video has a title, a brief description and the duration of the corresponding video.

Hardware

Overview of BC43: Overview and Switching on-off Software (3 min 19s)

Sample Holder (1min 57s)

Sample Navigation (3mins 38s)

Add and Cleaning Oil (5mins 2s)

Taking your first Image (4mins 56s)

Using SuperResolution(2mins 29s)

Creating a SuperResolution Protocol (2m17s)

Getting the best from Super Resolution (3min 47s)

Rooting the objective heater cable - How to root the objective heater cable (3 min)

Software

The Preferences tab - See where to save data images & other options (2 min)

Image Acquisition Tools: The Remote Panel (7mins 4s)

The Image Viewer Panel - Overview of image viewer panel tools and options to visualize the acquired data (15 min)

Image acquisition: Overview of Protocol Creation - Quick overview of the protocol manager options (4 min)

Image acquisition: Combine DPC with Confocal or Widefield - Combine transmitted light with Fluorescence (confocal or Widefield) (2 min)

Image acquisition: Acquire a Time Series Protocol - How to acquire a time series (3 min)

Image acquisition: Acquire a Z stack - How to acquire a Z stack using either the start and stop option or the set centre option (4 min)

Image acquisition: Acquire a Z scan (in Widefield) add Deconvolution - See how to acquire a Z scan in widefield mode and activate deconvolution in the protocol (2 min)

Image acquisition: combine Time-Series with Z-scan - Quickly see how to combine Z and time in a single acquisition (2 min)

Image acquisition: Acquire a Multi-Position protocol - How to acquire multiple positions (7 min)

Image acquisition: Combine Multi Position with Z (Z centre) - How to acquire multiple positions with Z. The Z scan is set by setting the centre of the image (5 min)

Image acquisition: Combine Multi Position with Z (Start -End) - How to acquire multiple positions with Z. The Z scan is set by setting the Start and Stop (7 min)

Image acquisition: Acquire a Montage (set perimeter) - How to acquire a montage by defining 2 points that set the perimeter of the image (2 min)

Image acquisition: Acquire a Montage (set tiles) - How to acquire a montage by setting the number of tiles around the chosen centre of the montage (4 min)

Image acquisition: Acquire a Multi-Well Protocol - How to image a Multi-Well plate (6 min)

Image acquisition: Open or import a protocol - How to re-use previously created protocols (1 min)

Image Processing Options- Deconvolution and Stitching - Overview of Options in Deconvolution and stitching (10 min)