The dual-sensor DP80 combines colour images with sensitive detection in a range of life science applications.
Olympus has released the DP80, a microscopy camera for both colour documentation and fluorescent detection.
Combining a colour and monochrome chip within the same housing, the DP80 provides high resolution brightfield imaging alongside sensitive photon detection.
With versatile functionality, the control software permits rapid and automatic exchange between the chips, without switching camera or optical path.
Furthermore, the DP80 has the capacity to overlay images from the two sensors with an accurate pixel-to-pixel correspondence, presenting significant opportunities for joint colour and fluorescent imaging.
This feature provides assurance in both research and clinical environments, for example when combining histological staining with fluorescent dyes on the same sample.
With a maximum resolution of 12.5 mega pixels, the colour sensor produces images rich in detail and clarity.
Technologies like “Fine Detail Processing” and the real-time Olympus colour profiles are borrowed directly from Olympus’ flagship colour camera, the DP73.
The 1.4 mega pixel monochrome sensor is optimised for highly sensitive photon detection, catching emission from a wide range of dyes, from DAPI to Cy-7.
Exposure times of up to 60 seconds allow the imaging of very faint signals typical of delicate and live samples. Both sensor chips benefit from an in-built Peltier cooling system, producing images with impressive signal-to-noise ratio, ideal for the complex and detailed imaging requirements in life science.
With a top speed of 57 frames per second the DP80 can follow rapid cellular events when required, while ensuring smooth focus and panning on the sample in everyday operations.
Designed to meet the variable demands of a shared work-place, the DP80 seamlessly shifts between imaging chips in only 3 seconds.
This is quickly managed either automatically or at the click of an icon on the Olympus cellSens imaging software, which integrates all the camera functions and makes them easily available through its customisable user interface.
The switching mechanism guarantees correct alignment between the two sensors and does not need re-calibration from the user. Images taken with the two chips can then be directly superimposed with single pixel precision to open up a wide array of new applications.
By combining two imaging chips within the same housing, the DP80 holds significant advantages, eliminating the economical burden and mechanical inaccuracies of separate cameras using an optical path switch.
Features overview:
- 12.5 Megapixel capture for fine image detail
- Piezo-driven motor switching between colour and monochrome sensors
- Intuitive, easy-to-use cellSens software, with a combine colour and monochrome image tool, for image acquisition, analysis and management
- 15 frames per second live display at full frame resolution 1360 x 1024 (1x1)
- Peltier cooled to 10° C below ambient
- 12-bit color depth for superb color fidelity & 14-bit monochrome for high dynamic range
- 2x2 & 4x4 binning for increased sensitivity and preview frame rate
- Time-lapse acquisition option, save as an AVI or MPEG-1 movie
- 2 Autofocus aids for easy focusing
- Scale bar, annotation, and time/date labeling
- Shading correction
- Photo-bleaching correction for widefield colour fluorescence
