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Features & Functionality
3.4.1.1 - Points to consider when using FT Mode
• Inthismode,therearenokeepcleansbetweenimagesduringanaccumulationorkineticsseriesastheyare
not necessary
• Thismodegivesthefastestwaytocontinuallytakeimages;however,theminimumexposuretimeisrestricted
to the time taken to read-out the image from the Storage area.
• Theaccumulationcycletimeandthekineticcycletimearefullydependentontheexposuretimeandhence
cannot be set via software.
• InexternaltriggermodetherearenokeepcleansandtheExternaltriggerstartsthe“readout”phase.The
exposure time is the time between external triggers and hence the user cannot set the exposure or cycle times.
However, the user can dene the amount of time between the external trigger event occurring and the readout
starting. This can be useful in those situations where the TTL trigger occurs before the light event you are trying
to capture. This effectively moves the exposure window in time but the exposure time is still the period between
trigger events.
• Thereisnoneedforamechanicalshutter.Theexposuretimeislong,comparedtothetimerequiredtoshiftthe
image into the Storage area and therefore image streaking will be insignicant.