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Introduction

The two types of electronic detector available with the IDS are the Image Photon Counting System (IPCS), and a range of Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs). If you are reading this manual you have already decided that the CCD is best suited for your particular observation. The Observer's Guide has a thorough discussion comparing both types of electronic detector available with the IDS (CCD and IPCS); see also Gemini 21. We will include here the relevant conclusions for a CCD user. The CCD is described in Sections 2.2 and 2.3. (If you are interested in the IPCS, see the ``IPCS Cook Book'' and the ``IDS + IPCS'' Manual, currently in preparation).