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Further Information
You can turn off
Auto Exposure
, which is very useful for many applications. When this function is
activated, exposure time (exposure) and sensitivity (gain) are set automatically. For dark field
microscopy, we recommend switching off the automatic exposure.
If you need/prefer a grey scale image instead of a color one (for some applications it makes sense),
then you need to adjust the color intensity (saturation) to the smallest value (controller far left) in
the menu.
Please note that (in contrast to USB operation with a PC), the camera cannot obtain
date and time
information
from the PC in HDMI mode - saving files with a current date and time information is
therefore only in USB mode possible.
This camera has been also designed for applications that require long exposure times (down to the
seconds range!) like fluorescence microscopy. To obtain an image with a high frame rate, as is
required in most bright and dark field applications, we recommend the following procedure when
setting the parameters:
1. Make sure that Auto Exposure is
not
activated
2. Set a low exposure time (less than 20 msec)
3. Adjust the Gain from zero to a high value to lighten the image
On the other hand, if you have a very long exposure time of e.g. 200 msec with a correspondingly
weak gain set, the camera can deliver up to 5 frames / sec, since the production of every single frame
takes 200 msec.
Summary of Contents for XCAM01
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