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If you have a little to no motion, increasing the number of frames or time will improve your
signal to noise ratio (for static images the signal to noise ratio will improve by approximately
the square root of the number of frames averaged).
Black and White level adjust
Use these values to change limits of the video spectrum. In the full color spectrum 0 represents
black and 255 represents white. If this range is reduced everything below the set black level will
appear black and everything above the set white level will appear white.
None:
No black or white level adjust
Auto:
Image minimum is set to black / maximum set to white
Manual:
Set minimums (black) and maximum (white) to desired level.
Flash Settings
This function is useful to prevent photo bleaching or heating of your sample. With this option
the illuminator is typically turned off or very low prior the snap-shot.
Do not strobe:
Illuminator will not change when snapshot is taken.
Strobe illuminator:
Illuminator settings will change when snapshot is taken. Selecting
LED Settings button opens the LED Pulse Durations dialog box,
where the snap-shot illuminator settings can be selected. After
the snap-shot is complete the illuminator will switch back to the
original settings.
a:
b:
c:
d:
Black and white level adjust example. a: No adjustment; b: black 50 /
white 200; c: black 100 / white 150; d: black 150 / white 150
