Specifications
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 - 2000, with protective cover glass removed
Optical Resolution:
1600 x 1200, 7.4 micron square pixels
1,920,000 pixels per color plane
5,760,000 pixels measured per RGB image
Image Area:
11.1mm x 7.9mm
Digitization:
Pixel by Pixel digitization incamera head at CCD
Bit Depth:
24 or 36 bit color
8 or 12 bit monochromeBinning Modes:
2x2, 3x3, 4x4
File Sizes:
8 bit monochrome = 1.92 MB
12 bit monochrome = 2.88 MB
24 bit RGB Color = 5.76 MB
36 bit RGB Color = 8.64 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, 1600 x 1200 resolution: 8.5 frames/sec.
Monochrome, 800 x 680 resolution: 19 frames/sec.
Color, 533 x 400 resolution: 12 frames/sec.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 mountRT Color - Nikon "F" mount
RT Slider - Nikon "F" mount
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 illuminatorsPower requirements:
Voltage configurable to 100V, 120V, 220V or 240V 50/60 Hz
Mechanical specifications:
Camera head: 127mm x 127mm x 132mm, 1400g
Power supply: 127mm x 140mm x 330mm, 5500g
Certification:
CE, FCC Class A
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, includedAppleEvent for Mac (allows Twain-like functionality for all Mac imaging applications, including those like NIH Image, that don't support Twain), included.