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Camera
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Color Acquisition Method | Color Tradeoffs | Appropriate Applications | Deconvolution? Fluorescence Microscopy? |
VayTek Rating 10 is best |
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QImaging
MicroPublisher 3.3 MicroPublisher 5.0 both color |
Bayer color (RGB primary color mosaic filters on chip). Bayer color sensor reads 2 fields/frame, reading out odd then even pixels. 30-bit color, available cooled and non-cool | 2 fields w same exposure times but not simultaneously. Time difference between 2 field readouts 105ms 8-bit, 210ms 10-bit. Sensor designed for still images. | Publication of high res still color images in brightfield and fluorescence clinical, life science and animation w video-like, full field of view frame rates up to 30fps. | yes and yes Click here for more infon on cameras for deconvolution |
none yet |
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QImaging
Intensified Retiga |
monochrome camera. RGB color filter (F-mount interface); GaAs photocathode Extended Blue option, 350-900nm; Standard Gen III 475-900nm | Requires 18mm Gen III image intensifier w high-speed intensifier gate control for nanosecond exposures, blue | Offers high sensitivity for low-light, fluorescent imaging and detection of single photon events. Good for high-speed imaging, stop action imaging | low excitation, chemiluminescence bioluminescence, single molecule fluorescence, flow | none yet |
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QImaging
Retiga 2000R Series (New) |
Color Bayer Mosaic, 12 bit. Camera available in mono and color, cooled and non-cooled; RGB color filter for mono cameras (F-mount interface) | $2,500 for RGB liquid crystal color filter module. Optional IR cutoff filter available. Requires export license (ITAR). | brightfield, phase-contrast, darkfield; live cell; pathology, histology, cytology, FISH, calcium, DNA, metallurigical, semiconductor, forensic | yes, fluorescence imaging in life science and industrial applications | none yet |
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QImaging
Retiga EXi Series color or mono "Fast" or standard |
Bayer Mosaic non-cool, or cool color. RGB color filter for mono cameras (F-mount), IR filter available for mono | 13 watt requirement for cooled, color, external power supply may be required in addition to standard Firewire | enhanced visible and IR QE, including green fluorescent protein (GFP), see apps listed above for 2000R. | quantitative, ultra low light, NIR bright, darkfield, industrial | none yet |
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QImaging
Retiga 1300i |
Available in color cooled and color non-cooled models. 1300i is compatible w Retiga 1300R line. | Bayer Mosaic CCD is high speed, low cost, C-mount. 4096 gray levels. | calcium, fluorescence, pathology, cytology, forensics, biology, metallurgy, genetics, geology, pharmaceutical, quality, low light, brightfield, high speed, industrial | yes/yes Click here for info on cameras for deconvolution |
9.5 |
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QImaging
QICAM and QICAM-IR infrared mono |
Bayer Mosaic for QICAM, available in mono "Fast" and Color "Fast, both cooled, plus mono "Fast" not cooled. "IR" version mono only. | limited to 12 bit, QICAM-IR has no color filter option | high-res, infrared and visible-range scientific and industrial imagined, spectral range extends to 1000nm in IR gegion. Frame rates up to 120 fps w bin and ROI. | QICAM-IR best for real-time, low-light infrared imaging | none yet |
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QImaging
PMI-4201class1 PMI-4202 class2 PMI-4201 class3 |
removable RGB color filter available for all mono cameras Class 1, 2, or 3 CCD. $12,000 deposit required for Class 1, $6,000 Class 2, $5,000 Class 3, non-refundable. | 4096 gray levels, optional $2,500 for RGB liquid crystal color filter module. Optional IR cutoff filter available. |
Industrial inspection, automated, high resolution for quantitative imaging , 4.2 million pixels. Wide field of view for inspection. | Specialty Apps, linear, stable digital data at fast read-out, gamma = 1, programmable gain | none yet |
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Color Acquisition Method | Color Tradeoffs | Appropriate Applications | Deconvolution? Fluorescence Microscopy? |
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Cooke PixelFly
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?Camera available in mono or color. Optional integration with liquid crystal filter? | ?? | Brightfield/DIC, fluorescence, gel documentation, machine vision, spray, live cell (GFP/BFP), spectroscopy, ballistics, particle image velocimetry, FLIM, medical X-ray, lowlight, particle tracking | ?yes/yes? Click here for more information on cameras for deconvolution |
none yet |
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Cooke SensiCam
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Bayer filter and algorithm that calculates RGB values of each pixel (matrix of 4x4 pixels). Digitized via 12-bit A/D, then assigned RGB value. 36-bit image file. Available in VGA or SVGA, mono or color. | Monitor can only show 8-bits per color, so user can only see 24-bits at a given time. User has 36-bit data and can choose which 24-bits are seen at a given time. | most fluorescent imaging; general imaging; QE suitable for calcium imaging, deconvolution, laser induced fluorescence, industrial inspection | yes/yes Click here for more information on cameras for deconvolution |
9.0 |
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PixelLINK
PL-A641 mono PL-A642 color |
color: RGB Bayer with microlenses | ? | Microscopy; Medical and biometric imaging; Video conferencing; Surveillance and security; Photo ID | ? | none yet |
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Optronics
MagnaFire SP QuantiFire mono MicroFire mono or color MacroFire color |
SP "Color Merge" permits user-selectable image file overlays for imaging w external cubes, filters, custom mono-, bi-, or tri-chromatic imaging; Quanti is mono; Micro is color; Macro is color or mono | Dichroic filters faster than acousto-optical filters. Color requires 3 images and merge process. Mechanical filter wheel introduces vibrations. | SP for general scienftific. Micro for fluorescent, brightfield color; Macro for fluorescent, brightfield color or mono; Quanti for quantitative specimen analysis in extreme low-light, fluorescence or NIR | see Next Page SP ok for bright, non-bleaching specimens; SP has "Turbo Image Gain" to reduce exposure duration |
4.5 fluor. 8.5 bright; SP not yet rated |
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Hamamatsu
C9100-02 C9100-12 |
Monochrome camera | N/A | Intracellular ion imaging, real time observation of circulating blood cells, fast tracking of small particles, single molecule observation at photon level, high speed fluorescence cell tomography | yes/yes Click here for more information on cameras for deconvolution |
none yet |
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Hamamatsu
Orca II ERG Orca II ER Orca-AG |
Monochrome cameras | N/A | most fluorescent imaging, GFP, DNA Ploidy analysis, Red and Near infrared, Motility, inspection, X-ray scintillator readout, calcium, deconvolution, pathology | yes/yes | none yet |
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Hamamatsu
C7780-10 |
3 chip CCD with RGB prism. 36 bit color images in a single exposure, but w independent exposure times for each R, G, and B CCD. Cooled to 0C. | ? | Color digital time-lapse, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, histology, pathology, cytology | yes/yes | none yet |
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Color Acquisition Method | Color Tradeoffs | Appropriate Applications | Deconvolution? Fluorescence Microscopy? |
VayTek Rating 10 is best |
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Diagnostics Spot RT Mono
RT Color RT Color Slider Insight |
3 shot RGB liquid crystal filter controlled/powered by camera. Insight, Bayer Mosaic w high speed color interpolation for real time color imaging. | Still specimens needed for 3 shot acquisition. Insight, Bayer Mask CCD offers less color resolution than 3 shot cameras | Brightfield, general imaging, DIC, standard fluorescence, histology, pathology. Insight, as above plus very bright fluorescence | yes, yes | none yet |
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DVC Co.
1412AM 1412AC 1412-MS 1412 Intensicam |
DVC-1412AC is color, available w LVDS, CameraLink or Firewire interface. RGB color via on-sensor Bayer filter pattern. 1412-MS can be supplied w RGB optical filter sets, w custom sets, or Qdot filters. | ? | Intensicam good for Single Molecule tracking, fast decaying fluorescence. All 1412 cameras good for drug discovery, fluorescence microscopy, quantum dots, chemiluminescence, cell biology, inspection | yes, yes | none yet |
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Dage
300 not cooled 300T cooled |
N/A | N/A | brightfield imaging, pathology and histology, general imaging | see comments/ ok for bright, non-bleaching |
4.5 fluor. 8.5 bright |
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Dage
330 not cooled 330T cooled |
color 30 fps and comes from a masked chip, Bayer filter | very fast at 30 fps, but Bayer filter results in lower quality | brightfield imaging, pathology and histology, general imaging | see comments/ ok for bright, non-bleaching |
4.5 fluor. 8.5 bright |
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Dage
Series 70 |
color 30 fps and comes from a masked chip, Bayer filter | very fast at 30 fps, but Bayer filter results in lower quality | digital analysis, quantitative measuring, medical imaging requiring a small, lightweight sensing head | ?Click here for more information on cameras for deconvolution | none yet |
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Camera
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Color Acquisition Method | Color Tradeoffs | Appropriate Applications | Deconvolution? Fluorescence Microscopy? |
VayTek Rating 10 is best |
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Roper
Cascade 512F |
? | ? | low-light level, single-molecule fluorescence, live-cell | yes/yes | none yet |
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Roper
Sensys |
monochrome camera, add CRI filter to get color | CRI filter slower than Bayer on dichroics, but gives high quality color images | most fluorescent/ deconvolution; very good w red dyes; too slow for rapid acquisition | yes/yes | 7.5 |
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Roper
Quantix |
monochrome camera, add CRI filter to get color | CRI filter slower than Bayer on dichroics, but gives high quality color images | most fluorescent/ deconvolution; very good w red dyes | yes/yes | 8.5 |
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Roper
CoolSNAPfx CoolSNAPcf mono or color |
Color mask: RGB Bayer mosaic filter | CRI filter slower than Bayer on dichroics, but gives high quality color images | most fluorescent, general, calcium; cf ideal for high-res microscopy and inspection, deconvolution | yes/yes Click here for infon on cameras for deconvolution |
8.0 |
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Roper
CoolSNAPHQ CoolSNAP ES mono |
? ES is monochrome |
? | ES is for low-light scientific and industrial applications, near infrared, live-cell imaging | ? | none yet |
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Roper Princeton
Micromax 1300Y and 1300Y HS |
monochrome camera, add CRI filter to get color | CRI filter slower than Bayer on dichroics, but gives high quality color images | most fluorescent imaging; general imaging, deconvolution | yes/yes | 7.5 |
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Color Acquisition Method | Color Tradeoffs | Appropriate Applications | Deconvolution? Fluorescence Microscopy? |
VayTek Rating 10 is best |
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Nikon
Coolpix 995 |
256 element matrix metering and white balance for exposure quality and color balance | ?? ISO 100 equivalent; 200, 400, 800, Auto; can be controlled in any exposure mode | ? | ??Click here for infon on cameras for deconvolution | ? |
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Nikon
DXM 1200 |
? | ? | Photomicrogaphic | ? | ? |
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Zeiss AxioCam
MR med res HR high res |
MR ccd w or w/o RGB color mask, MRc Bayer color filter mask, or BG 40 IR blocking filter; HR patented "Co Site Sampling" RGB, 36 bit color | N/A for MRmono Proprietary Co Site Sampling requires use of AxioVision software |
MR biology, medicine, materials analysis. HR all microscopy and macroscopy applications, biomedicine, materials analysis, quality-assurance, fluorescence imaging. |
??Click here for infon on cameras for deconvolution | none yet |
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Sony DXC-S500
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RGB primary color filter | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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