Olympus America Inc.
Scientific Equipment Group
3500 Corporate Pkwy.
Center Valley, PA, 18034
Website: http://www.olympusamerica.com/microscopes
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Cooled Monochrome CCD
DP30 cooled monochrome CCD camera, offered for low-light microscope imaging applications, provides full-resolution live preview, vibration-free performance, and 12-bit low noise images. Developed for fluorescence microscopy applications, the camera's live preview rate facilitates focusing (15 frames per second at 1360 × 1024 pixels for 8-bit images) while minimizing specimen exposure to excitation light. Three user-selectable CCD sensitivities allow user images to be collected over a range of wavelengths, from visible to near-infrared light. Low noise levels are achieved with Peltier cooling and a photoelectric transfer circuit, regulated to 5 degrees Celsius. Optional background subtraction feature reduces noise resulting from dark current effects due to long exposures. Since the cooling system has no fan, it generates neither vibration nor sound. Software includes an image management interface so the user can drag and drop stored images displayed as thumbnails for viewing. In addition, a six-channel image merging function allows fluorescence and DIC combinations to be pseudo-colored and merged into one multi-color image. Image files can be recorded in multiple formats — as a single image, a sequence of time-lapse images, AVI, or MPEG-1.
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