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MotionBLITZ Cube User Manual Ver. 1.8.0 30
Please make sure the camera is connected correctly. If a link is not established by
clicking on the reconnect button, read more in chapter “7, Troubleshooting”.
4.2.1 Gain
The gain may be adjusted with the 4 option buttons. You may increase the gain up to 8
(or 4 for Cube3/4/5). But please note: the quality of the image decreases the more you
increase the gain.
4.2.2 Black level
With the black level parameter (controlled with slider or text field) you may adjust the
camera’s image sensor base black level. The base black level must be set to a value
between 0 and 255. Setting to the correct value, the sensor will deliver the pixel value 0
(which means totally black) for a complete black image.
If the value is too small, the sensor will deliver a pixel value above 0 (which means
gray).
If the value is too big, the sensor will deliver a pixel value 0 (totally black) for images,
that are gray and not completely black.
The whitebalance form (for color cameras) or the histogram form (for monochrome
cameras) is a good tool for adjusting the black level:
In live mode, close the lens of the camera for getting a completely black image, adjust
the black level until the black line in the whitebalance or the histogram touches the
“min” border of the chart.
4.2.3 Low Light Mode
In low light mode the camera's exposure-time is extended up to 1023 milliseconds in
order to increase it's sensitivity. This mode is good for setting up the frame size and the
focus in live-mode. Select your exposure-time with the slider "shutter time" or input it
directly in the appropriate number-field. Low light mode will be automatically finished if
a recording is started.
4.2.4 Enable Sync in
With “Sync in” enabled it is possible to synchronize a MotionBLITZ Cube with other
MotionBLITZ Cube cameras.
- Connect the Sync out of your MotionBLITZ Cube master camera to the slave
cameras,
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connect the ground of the master camera with the ground of the slave cameras,
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select a frame rate for the slave cameras, that is slightly above the master cam-
eras framerate. Thus the slave cameras will be synchronized with the master
camera.