User manual LEICA IC80 HD

[. . . ] Leica IC80 HD Manual Table of Contents Leica IC80 HD Introduction EffectiveDisplayedSection StandardDeliveryandOptionalAccessories Installation AssemblingtheCamera ConnectingtotheWindowsPC LimitationsinPCMode UsinganAdditionalHDMIMonitorinPCMode Stand-alone Kit Application, StandardDelivery, Requirements CablesandTerminals InformationaboutSDMemoryCards CapturingImageswithoutaComputer Viewingimagesandmovieswithoutacomputer AdjustingtheWhiteBalance Remotecontrol RemoteControl:ChangingtheBattery AnalogVideoDisplaywithoutaComputer The Camera Menu CallinguptheCameraMenu COLOR(AutomaticWhiteBalance) COLOR(ManualWhiteBalance) EXPOSURE RESOLUTION SETUPCAM(CameraSettings) SETUPUSER(User-definedSettings) PredefinedIlluminationScenarios Care and Maintenance CareandMaintenance 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Specifications Leica IC80HD DimensionalDrawings 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 39 41 Leica IC80 HD Manual 2 General Instructions Safety Concept Before using your Leica IC80 HD for the first time, pleasereadthe"SafetyConcept"brochure includedwithyourinstrument. Itcontainsadditionalinformationonhandlingandcare. Use in clean rooms TheLeicaIC80HDcanbeusedincleanrooms withoutanyproblems. Cleaning Donotuseanyunsuitablecleaningagents, chemicalsortechniquesforcleaning. Servicing Repairs may only be carried out by Leica Microsystems-trained service technicians. Only original Leica Microsystems spare partsmaybeused. [. . . ] The image resolution on the attached HDMI or television screen is limited to theliveimageresolutioninsidetheLASEZsoftware. DuetotechnicallimitationsitisnotpossibletoprovideaHD-readyorFull-HDliveimage stream to the attached screen. In order to see the higher resolution on the attached screen, pleaseusethecamerainstandalonemode(see page17) Connecting the HDMI monitor 1. Connect the HDMI cable provided to the LeicaIC80HD. ConnecttheHDMIcabletotheHDMItelevisionormonitor. Leica IC80 HD Manual 16 Stand-alone Kit Leica IC80 HD Manual 17 Application, Standard Delivery, Requirements Intended use The stand-alone kit for the Leica IC80 HD extendsthepossibilitiesofthecamerasothatit canbeusedevenwithoutacomputer. The remote control provided enables access tothemenusofthecamera, sothatacomputer is no longer required for brightness, white balanceandothersettings. Becausethecameraisnolongerconnected to the computer, the power pack mustbeusedforthepowersupply. Thepower pack is part of the standard delivery of the stand-alonekit. If you accidentally insert the cardthewrongwayaround, thiscoulddamage thecamera. Leica IC80 HD Manual 20 Capturing Images without a Computer Before capturing the image, ensure that enough memory is available on the SD card and that write protection has not beenactivated. IftheSDmemorycardisfullor protected, theLEDoftheLeicaIC80HDremains red, andyoucannotacquireanymoreimages. If you want to use the stand-alone kit, thecameramustnotsimultaneouslybe connected to a computer. If it is, you cannot saveanyimagestotheSDcard. Inthehighestresolution, asingleimage takesupapprox. 1. 3megabytesofstorage spaceontheSDcard. Thismeansthatpergigabyteofcapacity, youcansaveover700images. Capturing images 1. InserttheSDmemorycardintothesloton thesideofthecamerauntilyouhearitclick intoposition. 3. Brieflypresstheredimagecapturebutton on the side of the camera to acquire an image. TheLEDofthecameraisilluminatedingreen. Thecameraisnowreadytosaveimagestothe SDmemorycard. You hear a signal tone as confirmation. While theimageisacquired, thecameraLEDflashes greenandtheword"Capturing"flashesonthe monitor. After the image acquisition is complete, presstheSDmemorycardintothestorage spacesothatitpopsout. You can now transfer the images to your computer using a corresponding SD memory cardreader. Leica IC80 HD Manual 21 Viewing images and movies without a computer The Leica IC80 HD shows images und movieclipsdirectlyonanHDmonitor. 007/0109 IC800007. MP4 007/0109 IC800007. MP4 Thumbnailview up/down/left/rightselectthumbnail OK:Showimageinfullscreenorplayback movieclip up/downnextimage/previous image OKPlaymovieclip left/rightfastforward/rewind Toreturntoliveviewpressanybuttonon thecameraorpressthekey1, 2or9onthe remotecontrol(seepage24). Thumbnail view Playback / fullscreen view Leica IC80 HD Manual 22 Adjusting the White Balance The white balance ensures that the specimenisshowninneutralcolors. We recommendcarryingoutanewwhitebalance adjustmentwheneveryouchangetheilluminationtypeorcolortemperature. Thisisparticularlynecessaryifyouareworkingwithhalogen light that can be switched from yellow (low intensity)toblue(highintensity). You can carry out the white balance usingthecamera'sownmenuorviathe cameratrigger. The white balance of the camera is factorysettoautomaticallyprovideoptimumresultswhenusedinconjunctionwitha LeicaLEDilluminator. Manual white balance Themanualwhitebalanceisdescribedon page30. Positionagraychartunderthemicroscope sothattheentireimagefieldisfilledin. 2. Press the trigger and hold it down for 5 seconds. The camera now carries out an automaticwhitebalance. Leica IC80 HD Manual 23 Remote control For triggering the camera, the optional footswitch can be used instead of the remotecontrol. Theremotecontroldoesnotworkifthe cameraisconnectedtoacomputer. 1 2 3 4 1. 9. Start video recording Stop video recording Save still image to SD card Stop / continue freeze image Playback mode Show / hide information box Arrow keys for navigation OK / confirm Call up the camera menu 5 6 7 8 9 Leica IC80 HD Manual 24 Remote Control: Changing the Battery Checking the battery Ifyouarenotsurewhethertheremotecontrolis workingcorrectly, testthefunctionasfollows: 1. [. . . ] MOVIE RES (resolution of videos) Indicates the resolution of the captured videos if the Leica IC80HDisnotconnectedtoacomputer. Theresolutionof720×480pixels cannotbechanged. QUALITY (of the image capture) A higher image quality can slow down the image capture process. Two qualitylevelsareavailableforselection:"NORMAL"and"HIGH". SHARPNESS (internal camera sharpness) Definetheamountofsharpeningtobeappliedtotheimage. COLOR EXPOSURE RESOLUTION SETUP CAM SETUP USER LIVE RES IMG RES MOVIE RES QUALITY SHARPNESS 1280X1080 2048X1536 720X480 HIGH HIGH Main menu Submenu The "RESOLUTION" menu enables you to define the resolution fortheliveimageonthecomputer, stillimagecaptureandvideo captureindividually. Thisprovidesoptimumresultsineverysituation. LIVE RES (resolution of the live image) Defines the resolution of the live image. The following resolutions are available: FordirectconnectionoftheLeicaIC80HDtoamonitorortelevision: 1280×720or1920×1080(16:9aspectratio). [. . . ]