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Filter Wheel
The Orion MXLCD features a
manual six position color filter wheel
(Figure 6).
Choose from five colored filters (Red,
Yellow, Dark-Green, Light-Green,
Blue) or clear.
The filters can aid to increase con-
trast and detail of various specimens.
Objective Lenses
The Orion MXLCD features three
manually selectable objective lenses
of 4X, 10X and 40X
(Figure 7).
Different magnifications can be
accomplished by selecting between
one of the three objective lenses.
Select desired objective lens by rotat-
ing objective head until lens directly
above specimen and lens clicks
into place.
The camera is comparable to a 10x eyepiece therefore the following magnifica-
tions can be achieved:
Camera
Objective Lens
Digital Zoom (4X)
Magnification
10X
4X
NO
40X
10X
4X
YES
160X
10X
10X
NO
100X
10X
10X
YES
400X
10X
40X
NO
400X
10X
40X
YES
1600X
Initially select the lowest power eyepiece (4X labeled with a red ring).
This lowest magnification setting will produce the widest field of view and display
the brightest image.
Viewing with the lowest magnification will aid in the positioning of the specimen
prior to viewing at higher magnifications and also help to ensure that the objec-
tive lenses are not positioned too near the slide to prevent accidental breaking of
slide if the objectives come into con-
tact with slide when focusing.
Care must be taken when both han-
dling glass slides and the position
of the objective lenses relative to
the slide when focusing or changing
objective lenses.
Focusing
Use the focus knob on the side of the
MXLCD to bring the image to focus
(
Figure 8).
Care must be taken to avoid an objective lens from coming into contact with the
slide when focusing.
If object unable to reach focus try raising the specimen using a blank slide
placed underneath the specimen or by selecting a different objective lens.
Camera
The Orion MXLCD features a 5 MegaPixel camera that can be used to capture
high resolution images and movies to the SD-Card.
The bottom right of screen will display the current Digital Magnification and also
the current Camera Exposure value.
Press
UP and DOWN to adjust Camera Exposure value.
The default value is 0.0.
Press
LEFT and RIGHT to adjust Digital Magnification value.
The default value is 1.0.
Experiment with the top and bottom illuminators, brightness dial, color filter
wheel and the camera exposure in order to fully control the illumination of speci-
men.
Viewing images and Movies
Press
ESC button to proceed to Picture View screen in order to view files stored
on the SD-Card.
Use navigation buttons to select image files to view (
Figure 3).
Press
OK button to view in Full Screen.
Select
MENU button to bring up drop down menu.
Select “File Protect” to Lock or Unlock files for editing
Figure 6.
Filter wheel.
Figure 8.
Focus Knob.
Figure 7.
Objective lenses.
Manual
filter
wheel
