Software products
AxioVision (LE)
is the free imaging software available from Carl Zeiss. The
program is installed in the manner described in the section “Installing configuration
program and AxioVision LE” on the “Operation with PC connection and software”
tab.
AxioVision (full version)
is the standard software available from Carl Zeiss for
image acquisition, analysis, processing and archiving.
Acquiring your first image
The steps below describe the process for acquiring a simple image. You can access
the online help for each function using the F1 function key.
1
Start the AxioVision software (LE or full version).
2
If you have several cameras connected to the system, select the desired camera
in the
Acquisition menu | Select Camera
.
3
Switch the microscope’s light path to the phototube.
4
In order to display the camera’s live image, click on the
Live button
(or the F3
key).
5
To adjust the camera and the
live image display
, click on the Properties button.
Enter the desired settings on the
Display, Adjust, Frame
and
General property
pages
.
–
Set the exposure time:
Adjust
property page,
Measure
button
–
Focus the camera image
–
Select the frame
–
Select the appropriate scaling for the objective:
Pixel
drop-down list
6
Acquire a single image using the
Snap
button.
7
To adjust the image subsequently, click on the
Properties
button and then on
the
Display
property page.
–
Adjust the image individually:
Brightness
and
Contrast
sliders
–
Set brightness and contrast automatically:
Min/Max
button
–
Undo changes:
Linear
button
–
Show scale bars in the image:
Scale bar
button
–
Generating annotations:
Draw in annotations
button
–
Adjust live image size:
Navigator
button
8
Save the image (ZVI image format) using the
Save
button or export the image
to an image format of your choice via the
File menu | Export
.
Note:
The AxioCam ERc 5s differs from other AxioCam cameras from Carl Zeiss on account of a
number of functions. For example, the AxioCam ERc 5s already works with a color profile
in the live image. This means that it is no longer necessary to perform an adjustment to
the gamma value of the monitor.
Additional software modules
Amongst the wide range of AxioVision software modules (LE and full version), the
following are particularly useful for the AxioCam ERc 5s:
AxioVision software
AxioVision software
Module
Description
HDR Imaging
Extends the camera’s dynamic range. By acquiring a series of exposures
and merging the individual images to form one image it is possible to
achieve finer brightness gradations in the resulting image and a wider
contrast range.
Interactive
Measurement
Collection of measurement tools for analyzing images directly within
AxioVision. The results are displayed in tabular form or can be embedded
in special report templates.
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