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RT
Camera
Information:
RT Monochrome - Fixed monochromatic mode (no color
capability)
RT
Color - Fixed
color filter with clear mode
RT
Slider - Slide
mounted color filter for selection of color or monochrome
mode.
 CCD
Information:
Kodak KAI - 2092, with protective cover glass removed
Optical
Resolution:
1520 x 1080, 7.4 micron square pixels
1,641,600 pixels per color plane
4,924,800 pixels measured per RGB image
Image
Area:
11.1mm x 7.9mm
Digitization:
Pixel by Pixel digitization in camera head at CCD
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Bit
Depth:
24 or 36 bit color
8 or 12 bit monochrome
Binning
Modes:
2x2, 3x3, 4x4
File Sizes:
8 bit monochrome = 1.64 MB
12 bit monochrome = 2.46 MB
24 bit RGB Color = 4.92 MB
36 bit RGB Color = 7.38 MB
Pixel Readout Rate:
Image capture: 6 MHz / 12 bit
Live image: 36 MHz, (Dual channel 18 MHz / 8 bit)
Image Capture Time:
RGB: ~6.5 sec.
Monochrome: ~1.5 sec.
(Brightfield image and P II 400 MHz)
Live
Image Frame Rates:
(computer, video card and sample brightness dependent)
Monochrome, 1520 x 1080 resolution: 8.5 frames/sec.
Monochrome, 760 x 540 resolution: 19 frames/sec.
Color, 380 x 270 resolution: 12 frames/sec.
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CCD
Cooling:
37 degrees differential from room temperature (-12 degrees C @
25 degrees C room temperature
Temperature
stability:
+/- 1 degree C per 8-hr. period
Dark current
0.15 e/p/s @ -12 degrees C (typical)
Full Scale Charge:
40,000 e (nominal); 35,000 e (minimum)
Signal to Noise Ratio: 60 dB
Dynamic
range: 60 dB
Anti-blooming
factor:
300 times (nominal); 100 times (minimum)
Exposure:
Automatic or manual, 1ms-536s per color
Lens Mount:
(optical couplers available for almost all microscopes)
RT Monochrome - C mount
RT
Color - Nikon
"F" mount
RT
Slider - Nikon
"F" mount
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 Camera
Window:
RT
Monochrome -
UBK7 glass with 320-900nm AR coating
RT
Color - BK7
glass with 430-690nm AR coating
RT
Slider - UBK7
glass with 320-900nm AR coating
Computer
Interface Card supplied:
PCI Bus Card
External shutter control:
BNC, TTL level output for shuttering fluorescence illuminators
Power
requirements:
Voltage configurable to 100V, 120V, 220V or 240V 50/60MHz
Mechanical specifications:
Camera head: 127mm x 127mm x 132mm, 1400g
Power supply: 127mm x 140mm x 330mm, 5500g
Certification:
CE, FCC Class A
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Computer
Requirements:
PC: Pentium 166 or greater, Windows 95/98/NT, and
minimum 64 MB of ram (256 MB recommended)
Mac: Power PC with PCI Bus, Mac OS 7.6 or greater, and
minimum 64 MB of ram (256 MB recommended)
Video Card: Support of 24 bit RGB at desired monitor
resolution
Software Features:
Basic Mode & Advanced Mode
Live image window, image capture window, auto exposure, auto
white balance, image setups, sequential imaging, zoom and pan
window.
24/36 bit color or 8/12 bit monochrome image editing; undo
last, resize, rotate, flip and crop. Adjust in RGB, HSL or HSV
for hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, gamma, histogram
and auto bright-dark stretch.
Sharpen, smooth, un-sharpen mask, noise filter, match color,
convert to gray scale, make negative, combine images, change
bit depth, merge images, flat field adjust and dark frame
objects.
Annotate with text, graphics and calibration mark. Measure
length, perimeter, area and angle. Attach memos.
Database, report generation, multiple-image layout print
dialog. (not currently available for MacOS)
File
formats supported:
TIFF, TIFF-JPEG, TIFF-Packed, JPEG, BMP, PICT
Drivers:
Twain for Windows 95/98/NT, included
AppleEvent
for Mac (allows Twain-like functionality for all Mac imaging
applications, including those like NIH Image, that don't
support Twain), included.
Native drivers available 2- for Axiovision,
C-Imaging, Image Pro, IP-Labs, Metamorph, Northern Eclipse and
Optimas
2-
(4th Quarter
1999)
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