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Nikon DS Camera Control Unit DS-L3 is a device to photograph or play pictures with a Nikon DS camera head or DS
cooled camera head connected.
The live picture displayed on the touch panel LCD monitor can be captured and saved as a still image in a storage media
device such as a compact flash (CF) card or USB drive. You can replay captured images, add annotations, or make an
additional measurement on the screen.
This device is equipped with a microscope control function allowing the user to control the motorized equipment of a Nikon
microscope or to detect and display the status of the microscope on the screen.
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Support of various DS camera heads
Nikon DS camera head DS-Fi2/DS-Fi1/DS-Vi1 or DS cooled camera head DS-Qi1Mc/DS-Fi1c/DS-Ri1 can be connected
to this device. The connected DS camera head is automatically recognized and appropriate settings items are displayed
depending on its resolution and the presence of cooling mechanism.
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Built-in touch panel LCD monitor
This device is equipped with 8.4-inch touch panel LCD monitor enabling on-screen operation for viewing and taking live
pictures, replaying captured images, and configuring camera and microscope settings. The operation can be made by a
stylus or a commercially available USB mouse. Its user-friendly button-based interface provides access to various DS-L3
functions.
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Support for CF cards and USB memory sticks
Captured images can be saved in a CF card and a USB memory stick. You can save an image in a specified storage
media and a folder.
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Output to an external monitor
Images can be output to any commercially available XGA or SXGA external monitor. The device supports the DDC
(Display Data Channel) interface, enabling itself to automatically identify the video signal of any display that supports the
same standard.
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Consecutive capture with interval timer
Multiple images can be automatically captured at intervals by specifying the number of pictures and the interval length.
This function allows you to observe how the subject changes or to photograph a subject consecutively with different
photographing conditions.
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Annotations to images
You can add grid, cross scale, or other scales, or annotations by text, line, or marker. Images can be captured with
annotations added.
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Brief measurement on the screen
Distance, angle and circumference of a circle can be measured briefly by operation on the screen.
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PC connection
A PC can be connected to DS-L3 by the USB interface. You can use DS-L3 as a removable medium of the PC, or by
installing a specialized PC application (NIS-Elements), you can load images to the PC and edit them.
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Direct printing
With a PictBridge-compatible printer connected to DS-L3 through the USB interface, you can print images directly from
DS-L3.
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Networking
By connecting DS-L3 to your PC network, you can retrieve DS-L3 pictures to a PC or transfer pictures from DS-L3 to a
PC.
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Microscope control
This device is equipped with a microscope control function allowing you to connect a Nikon microscope and to control its
motorized equipment from the screen, or to detect and display the status of the microscope on the screen. Refer to a
separate volume of this manual, “Microscope Operation” for details.
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