1. High resolution imaging: The CD7 is equipped with high-resolution cameras and advanced optics, allowing it to produce detailed and high-quality images.
2. Flexible modular design: The CD7 has a modular design that enables users to easily reconfigure the system to meet their changing needs and requirements.
3. Advanced automation options: The CD7 offers advanced automation options, including automated stage positioning, focus, and lighting, which can save time and increase accuracy for repetitive tasks.
4. Multichannel imaging: The CD7 is capable of multichannel imaging, allowing users to acquire and analyze multiple signals from a single sample, such as fluorescence, brightfield, and darkfield signals.
5. Software tools: The CD7 comes with powerful software tools for image analysis and interpretation, including image processing, quantification, and visualization tools.

The CD7 is designed for automated time-lapse imaging of live samples in multi-well plates. It features a CO2 and temperature control system to maintain optimal conditions for live samples, as well as a pipette port for adding reagents during experiments. The system is compatible with a wide range of sample carriers, including simple slides and 96-well plates. Using the ZEN Blue software, users can calibrate the system to their sample carrier, set specific imaging positions and parameters, and create a focus strategy that will maintain focus during longer time-lapse experiments. The Definite Focus 2 technology helps the CD7 detect and correct for any thermal or mechanical drift over time. The objectives on the CD7 have longer working distances, making them ideal for imaging a variety of multi-well plates. The system also offers a range of tube lenses to adjust the field of view.

One benefit of using the CD7 is the possibility of water immersion which can lead to:

1. Improved imaging quality: Water immersion can improve the quality of the images by reducing refractive index mismatches between the sample and the air, leading to higher contrast and sharper images.
2. Enhanced imaging of live samples: Water immersion can help to maintain the hydration and vitality of live samples during imaging, leading to improved imaging of live samples.
3. Increased working distance: The water-immersion objective lenses have a longer working distance compared to traditional air-immersion objectives, allowing for more clearance between the objective lens and the sample.
4. Greater flexibility: The CD7 Water Immersion version can be used with a variety of sample types, including multi-well plates, slides, and petri dishes.

By providing improved imaging quality and increased flexibility, the CD7 water immersion is well-suited for applications such as live cell imaging, developmental biology, and other applications that require imaging of samples in a hydrated environment.

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