Leica DFC Series Manuel utilisateur

Leica DFC

Cameras

Image Acquisition

Leica DFC Cameras Image Acquisition

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Part Number: 12730019

Date: September 2006

Issue: 4

Software Version: 6

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Table of Contents

Symbols 9

Introduction 10

DFC Twain Overall Design 11

General Controls 15

Control Panel 15

Image Acquisition 16

Auto White Balance 16

Exposure 17

Gain 18

Color Saturation (Color cameras) 18

Pseudo Color (Mono cameras) 19

Histogram 19

Selecting the Active Camera 25

Managing Configurations 26

Captured Image Controls 29

Resolution 30

White Balance 30

Shading Correction 32

Color Depth 36

Image Type 37

Pseudo RGB 38

Scaling 39

Sharpen 40

Crop to ROI 41

Live Image Controls 43

Resolution 43

Mode 45

Over / Under Exposure 46

Find Focus 47

Zoom Focus 48

Spot Exposure 49

Check Color 50

Apply Shading Correction 52

Live Sharpening 52

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Extra Controls 53

Always live 53

Flip Horizontal / Flip Vertical 53

Color Circle Always Visible 54

Close after acquire 54

About 55

Hidden Service Controls 56

Color Calibration 56

High Sensitivity Binning 58

Show All Resolutions 59

Show Frame Rates 59

Crosshair Indicator 60

Separate Gain Values (visible with IC 3D camera only) 60

Chip Size 61

Cooling 61

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Symbols

Warning

This symbol denotes information that must be read and

observed. Failure to do so may lead to malfunction of,

or damage to, the equipment

Useful Information

This symbol indicates additional information or

explanation.

Action

This symbol within the text indicates that certain

actions must be carried out.

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Introduction

Leica DFC Cameras are controlled by Leica DFC Twain

camera software. Leica DFC Twain supports image

acquisition under Leica LAS, Leica IM and Leica QWin

and image editors such as Imaging ®, Photoshop ®

and Paint Shop Pro ®.

The information provided in this Leica DFC Camera

Acquisition Manual is subject to change without

notification and does not present Leica Microsystems

(Switzerland) Ltd with any binding commitments. The

software described here is a licensed product, and may

be used only in accordance with the conditions as

defined in the license agreement.

Information about DC180 – 480 and DC500 cameras can

be found in the Leica DC Manual.

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DFC Twain Overall Design

Layout The Leica DFC Twain user interface looks similar to the

screenshot below.

The camera Control Panel is on the left, and the camera

Live Image is on the right.

The active camera name appears in the DFC Twain title

bar at the top.

The Control Panel handles all the operations of the

camera. Some controls are also available within the

Live Image area.

The basic camera functions are contained in the upper

section of the control panel. These include controls for

exposure, color, contrast and image acquisition. The

live image histograms, showing the light intensity

across the live image, are also displayed here.

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In the lower section of the control panel, detailed

parameters of the live and captured images including

size, color, cropping, shading, sharpening and focusing

can be controlled.

Control Panel

Structure

The individual functions of DFC Twain are accessible as

branch entries in a tree structure. The main branches

(Captured Image, Live Image, Extra) are opened/closed

by left-clicking or double-clicking “+” or ”–“.

Control Panel branches collapsed

Captured Image branch expanded

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