Leica DC500

Overview

The Leica DC500 digital camera system allow versatile use of all modern microscopic procedures in research, development, medicine, science and industry. Leica DC500 digital cameras, with 12 million real pixels and a color depth of 42 bits RGB, take difficult pictures of objects in extremely poor light, e.g. with weak fluorescence.

Key Features

• Real 12 megapixel resolution and real 42 bit RGB color representation by means of microscanning
• 4 Shot Mode of 1030 x 1300 pixels (1.3 megapixel) to 3090 x 3600 pixels (12 megapixels)
• Perfect picture and color quality with minimum noise even in very low fluorescence
• Precise reproduction of extremely fine details and color nuances in highlights and shadows
• No color fringing, moiré effect or blooming
• High dynamic range allows reproduction of extremely dark and bright parts of picture
• Exposure times from 1/4000 second to several minutes
• 5 binning stages to increase transmission rate
• Rapid online picture for convenient monitoring of picture composition
• Reference standard for exact reproduction of colour standard
• TWAIN Plug-In with convenient live image display and processing functions
• Simple and rapid integration of picture data in graphics programs and picture management systems
• Rapid data transfer via Standard FireWire IEEE 1394 interface
• Simple adaptation to any microscope
• Compatible with picture management software Leica Image Manager and analysis software Leica QWin

With the Leica DC500, the demanding user can now use the full resolution of a top-quality research microscope for work involving digital documentation and analysis. The most modern camera and software technologies, such as microscanning, multishot, cooled Progressive Scan CCD Sensor, Binning, Shading and much more, ensure excellent detail and picture quality in real color without interference through noise, moiré effect, blooming or color fringing.

Beside convenient operation, the camera's control program also allows the processing, analysis and archiving of digital pictures. Together with the modular picture management software Leica Image Manager and the analysis software Leica Qwin, the advantages of digital technology can be used in numerous applications in scientific photography and microscopy, and handled more efficiently and economically.