PixeLINK Capture Standard Edition (SE) software, for use with microscopes and PixeLINK digital cameras, provides live preview of image data from the computer, full control of camera and image capture settings, and image calibration and measurement to quantify image features. User-defined presets rapidly change camera settings and measurement calibrations as microscope objectives are changed. An image database archives and stores images and measurement data. Image adjustment, enhancement and arithmetic features are also provided, as well as a thumbnail preview of captured images.