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Camera Hamamatsu C7780-10
Approx Price (list) ?? 
Analog/Digital cooled digital color 
Chip Type 3 chip CCD w RGB prism, same chip as in ER 
Chip Grades/ Big Depth 12, 10, 8 bit x 3 channels parallel = 36 bit color 
Transfer Mode progressive scan interline 
Transfer Speed 16 MHz clock rate, up to 49.2 Hz w binning 
Chip/Pixel Size 6.45x6.45µm, effective area 8.67mmx6.6mm, 2/3" 
Number of Pixels 1344x1024
4.13 million pixels 
Shutter Type external control RS-232 full remote for all camera function 
Shutter Speed/ Settable Delay 128µs-10s 
Separate Controller Required? yes 
External Shutter Toggle yes 
Well Depth 18,000e- 
Read Noise or Signal to Noise 13e- rms 
Dark Current (Centigrade) 0.5 e/p/s 
Spectral Response see graph 
Mount Type lens mount 2/3" bayonet, flange back 48mm 
Cooled/Cooling Process Peltier cooling with air radiation 
Coolest Temp/ User Settable? 0C at 20C ambient 
# Connectors on Housing 1: 1 for power and digital data readout 
Power Input consumes 77VA; 100 / 117 / 220 / 240V, 50/60 Hz 
Size/Weight
Data Transfer Plug Type RS-232C 
Data Transfer Connector/Cord RS-232C 
Frame Grabber Type PC-DIG; Phoenix 66M version 
Computer Compatible
Subregions Available? yes 
Gain/Binning Control? 1x1 to 8x8 bin, 9.1 Hz to 49.2 Hz 
Precapture Delay ? RS-232C rull remote for all camera functions 
Integration Time Increment
Programmable EPROM?
Software mfg supplied? AquaCosmos, Photo-shop plug-in, Image Pro Plus plug-in, sample software 
Image Pro?/ IP lab? Image Pro yes 
Twain?
SDK available
Color Acquisition Method 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 Tradeoffs
Appropriate Applications Color digital time-lapse, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, histology, pathology, cytology 
Deconvolution? Fluorescence Microscopy? yes/yes 
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