Re: [ccp4bb] detectors on home sources

[Boaz Shaanan]

One of the main things (if not THE main thing) to worry about when investing in such expensive equipment is long-time reliability and quality of service in your place. Nothing is more frustrating than seeing your wonderful and expensive equipment standing idle for long periods because of lack of service. This may mean quite often taking compromises and going perhaps not for the front-line state-of-art piece of equipment but rather for the sturdy, hard-working equipment. It worked for us very well. My 2p advice.               Boaz     Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D.                                         Dept. of Life Sciences                                      Ben-Gurion University of the Negev                          Beer-Sheva 84105                                            Israel                                                                                                                  E-mail: bshaa...@bgu.ac.il Phone: 972-8-647-2220  Skype: boaz.shaanan                  Fax:   972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710                          From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of Fareed Aboul-Ela [faboul...@zewailcity.edu.eg] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:00 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] detectors on home sources I'm involved in advising my institute on an X-ray home source for a core facility.  The vendors are offering some new configurations. Whatever the claimed advantages/disadvantages, I'm hesitant to make a decision without consulting someone with direct experience with them.  In particular, has anyone had any experience with using the "photon100" CMOS detector being offered by Bruker, or the "pilatus 200K" detector being offered by Rigaku?  I'd also appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with the latest Bruker microfocus rotating anode generator (called the Turbo or TXS)? Many thanks for sharing your experiences. Fareed Aboul-ela Associate Professor Zewail University Zewail City of Science and Technology Giza, Egypt faboul...@zewailcity.edu.eg