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RE: [OM] Re: OT Endoscopes/Digital

Subject: RE: [OM] Re: OT Endoscopes/Digital
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 11:52:38 -0600
A Company called Zarf Enterprises makes adapters for digital cameras and
other custom applications.

http://www.zarfenterprises.com/catalog.html

These can also be found on EBAY under

http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category11813/index.html

Happy Hunting.

/jnm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dr. Oben Candemir
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 5:22 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Re: OT Endoscopes/Digital
>
>
> Olympus endoscopes are exclusively used at the Eye and Ear hospital in
> Melbourne where I work. All the microscopes we use in the pathology
> department are Olympus also. I have thought of taking photographs of
> pathology slides to include in a book.. does anyone have a microscope
> adapter for OM cameras they don't use... or know is available somewhere?
>
>
>
> At 05:01 PM Thursday 24/05/2001, you wrote:
> >Doggre@xxxxxxx writes:
> >
> ><< Now if we can just persuade Olympus Corp. to at least
> continue to produce
> >a
> >  quality line of SLRs that take our beloved Zuikos.  The
> marketing dept. may
> >  be directing the course of the company's efforts at the
> present time.  But
> >if
> >  enough folks (not just list members) express an interest, they MAY just
> >  surprise us all and respond.
> > >>
> >I just got a chance to wander round the med conference,
> "Digestive Disease
> >Week" exhibit floor in Atlanta.  Olympus was represented with a vengence.
> >They had three huge booths altogether and must have had 30+
> salesmen. I went
> >and asked what the percentage sales of fibre endoscopes was
> versus electronic
> >ccd/digital. They said about 80 0igital. The one hold out area was some
> >smaller diameter units which are still only available as
> optical.  I asked
> >about what OM adapters were still available for the optical
> units but nobody
> >really knew, and I was reffered to my local sales rep!  They
> even had some
> >digital cameras on display but no OM's.  Fuji and Pentax also
> had booths but
> >these were quite small in comparison. It would be interesting
> knowing what
> >percentage of Olympus's business is medical? It seemed pretty
> clear they are
> >still the leader in this area. It is also pretty clear having
> OM's available
> >is of no value as the scopes are going all digital.
> >
> >  I am still on the look out for a cheap endoscope adapter so
> that I can use
> >my old solid scope on my OM. Anybody have an unwanted adapter?
> >
> >Some of the newer style endoscopes are quite interesting: They are making
> >zoom lens units as well as binocular units. It is fascinating
> seeing just how
> >small these electro-optic units are, since they must fit
> everything in the
> >tip of the scope and share the space with lumens for manipulators,flush
> >tubes,light fibres etc.
> >
> >                   Regards,
> >                  Tim Hughes
> >                 >>Hi100@xxxxxxx<<
> >
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