Lumenera Scientific Infinity Camera
User’s Manual Release 3.3
Page iv Copyright 2004
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 THE LUMENERA SCIENTIFIC INFINITY CAMERA FAMILY .................................................. 1
GETTING STARTED .................................................................................................................. 2
2.1 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 2
2.1.1 System Requirements...............................................................................................2
2.1.2 Installation Procedure............................................................................................. 3
2.2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ....................................................................................................... 4
2.3 INSTALLED SOFTWARE ..................................................................................................... 4
2.4 THE INFINITY CAMERA..................................................................................................... 5
USING THE CAMERA................................................................................................................6
3.1 INFINITY CAPTURE ........................................................................................................... 6
3.2 LAUNCHING THE APPLICATION ........................................................................................ 6
3.2.1 Main Window .......................................................................................................... 6
3.3 SELECTING IMAGE SIZE .................................................................................................... 7
3.3.1 Image Preview Size ................................................................................................. 7
3.3.2 Capture Resolution.................................................................................................. 8
3.4 IMAGE OPTIMIZATION ...................................................................................................... 8
3.4.1 Exposure..................................................................................................................8
3.4.2 Gain.........................................................................................................................9
3.4.3 Selecting the Light Source.......................................................................................9
3.4.4 White Balance Target............................................................................................10
3.4.5 White Balance .......................................................................................................11
3.4.6 Hue and Saturation ............................................................................................... 13
3.4.7 Contrast / Brightness / Gamma.............................................................................14
3.5 C
APTURING AN IMAGE ................................................................................................... 15
3.5.1 Capture Image.......................................................................................................15
3.6 OTHER OPTIONS ............................................................................................................. 16
3.6.1 Light Source Frequency ........................................................................................ 16
3.6.2 Preview Quality.....................................................................................................16
3.6.3 Preview Zoom Level ..............................................................................................17
3.6.4 Generate Flat Field Correction ............................................................................ 17
3.6.5 Enable Flat Field Correction................................................................................17
3.6.6 Image Flipping ......................................................................................................17
3.6.7 Multiple Image Averaging..................................................................................... 17
3.6.8 Preview Histogram................................................................................................ 18
3.6.9 Highlight Saturated Pixels .................................................................................... 18
3.6.10 Load Overlay Bitmap ............................................................................................ 18
3.6.11 Load Alpha Blending Bitmap ................................................................................18
3.6.12 Load Settings / Save Settings / Save Settings As ...................................................19
3.7 USING INFINITY CAMERAS WITH TWAIN ...................................................................... 20