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While acquiring images the
Interface Status Indicator
will change from GREEN to RED indicating that user input is
disabled at this time. The
Interface Status Indicator
will return to GREEN when the application is ready for more input.
Images can also be acquired continuously by pressing the
Continuous Capture
button located to the right of the
Image
Upload Progress Bar
. The application will continuously acquire images now, pausing for the specified time between
captures. The
Interface Status Indicator
will change to YELLOW in between captures to indicated that camera settings
(such as exposure) can be changed.
6.4 Resolution Control
Pressing the desired resolution button on the top of the screen can change the resolution of the image uploaded to the
PC. Resolutions can be set to ¼, ½ or full resolution. The lower the resolution the quicker the image can be uploaded to
the PC.
NOTE: The camera will always save full resolution images to it’s internal storage. The resolution controls only modify the
size of the image uploaded to the PC.
6.5 Focus Control
The internal focus control dialog can be displayed by pressing the
Focus
button at the top right of the application window.
The Focus Dialog is shown below:
The
Focus Indicator,
the sliding scale on the left of the dialog, shows where the focus is set in it’s range of motion.
There are 5 buttons on this dialog.
The
Focus Search
button attempts to find the current optimal focus. Pressing this button causes the camera to search
it's entire focus range for the image that has the focus in the center of the image. A progress bar will appear while the
camera is searching for focus.
It is possible that the camera can not determine a reasonable focus. Too dark a scene or a poor scene at the center of an
image can cause this. An example of a poor scene is a blank wall or a bare sandy sea floor where there is little contrast.
