Article on LAS-3000 by Dr. John Pizzonia

Fujifilm's Life Science LAS-3000 delivers unsurpassed multi-modality imaging capability for applications in chemiluminescence, fluorescence and brightfield imaging.

At the core of the LAS-3000 is Fujifilm’s new Super CCD technology. The octagonal-shaped pixels are situated on 45-degree angle creating a "honeycomb" pattern similar to the layout of optical sensing neuron of the human eye. This results in increased sensitivity, improved signal-to-noise and a much wider dynamic range. The 3.2 million pixels are laid out on a 1 inch chip resulting in well sizes capable of producing true 16 bit depth image data. The LAS-3000 uses a Peltier system to cool the Super CCD to -30°C, and provides ultra high binning states to maximize sensitivity. Coupled with a F0.85 FUJINON lens, the LAS-000 is one of the fastest systems for chemiluminescence on the market today.

For fluorescence applications UV trans-illumination, LED (UV, blue, green, and red) driven epi-illumination, and a broad range of pass band emission filters allows the system to tackle both traditional gel documentation needs as well as more sophisticated dual label western blotting applications. Finally, Fujifilm’s ImageReader and MultiGauge software applications provide full feature platforms for capture and analysis of the highest quality digital images.