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Appendix B
Camera Controls
This table explains how to use each of the camera controls, which are used during manual inspections.
See
on page 60 for more information.
Control
Imaging Methods
Description
Live Image Button
●
Visible
●
UV
●
FRAP
SONICC
Turns the Live Image on and off.
The longer you keep a single drop under a live image, the more
you subject your sample to heat, so we recommend turning the
live image off when not actively inspecting wells.
In SONICC, the first image will be mistimed, but can be reset by
turning Live Image OFF and then ON again.
Exposure
●
Visible
●
UV
●
Fluorescence
●
FRAP
SONICC
The Exposure field populates with the amount of time in
milliseconds that the camera’s shutter remains open when
capturing an image, which determines the amount of light
allowed to fall on the camera's sensor affecting the image's
brightness.
Click
Auto
to run the auto exposure algorithm (see
on page 66 for more information).
Binning and Image Size
●
Visible
●
UV
●
Fluorescence
●
FRAP
SONICC
Binning
and
Image Size
information is displayed so you can see
the exact size of your image, in pixels. For MFI images, the image
size will be affected by the zoom control and image cropping on
the camera.
Options depend on the camera you purchased.
By default, binning exposure compensation is enabled for all
Visible images and disabled for all UV images for both PointGrey
and PixeLINK camera types. If you would like to disable binning
exposure compensation, please contact
