Microscopy
workstation with Canon EOS 350D
If you want to capture images with
highest image quality connect your microscope system or macroscope
system with a USB cable to your computer. The images will be displayed
on the high-resolution computer screen with the full resolution of a
digital reflex camera immediately after pressing the shutter release.
By doing so you can capture high-quality microscope images and
macroscope images in just some seconds. If your image does not fulfil
your requirements, e.g., due to wrong illumination, focus level or
image frame, just press the shutter release again. Since you will be
able to immediately review the image quality you can save a lot of time
you would otherwise spent on retaking entire image sequences. With the
usual technique the image data is stored on the storage medium of your
digital camera, such as, e.g., CF, MMC Card etc. Usually it is
difficult to
judge the image quality on the small built-in screen. Using an external
video monitor does not solve this problem either. By sticking to the
NTSC or PAL video standard camera manufacturers are forced to reduce
the image quality considerably. Conversion of the original digital
image information to an analogous video signal also leads to a
considerable reduction in image quality. Due to simultaneous image
transfer via the USB interface the image data is no longer stored on
the memory card, i.e. that the memory card does not even need to be
removed at all. Accordingly, the number of pictures you can store only
depends on the size of your computer hard disk.
The Canon EOS 350D comes with all
necessary devices:
- USB cable
- ZoomBrowserEX
- Canon Utilities EOS Capture
If you want to connect your digital
camera to your computer set the connection on “Connect to PC” in the
Setup menu.
The ZoomBrowserEX included in the delivery is a practical image viewer
and complements the EOS 350 by adding a lot of functions. First connect
your digital camera to the USB cable and to the computer. If the camera
is switched on a pop-up window with the following message will be
displayed:
Choose the long-distance shot window and click on “Remote Shooting
function”.
Now select the folder where you wish to
store the images.
Now the capture window is displayed. After pressing the shutter release
the picture is displayed in the ZoomBrowserEX.
To avoid fuzziness we recommend to use the remote-control release.
Software version tested by us:
ID50
