Carl Zeiss launches monochrome (AxioCam MRm) and colour (AxioCam MRc) digital microscope cameras to complement the AxioCam, aiming them at the materials analysis sector
Both microscope cameras have been designed to meet a wide variety of customer requirements - with a cost/benefit ratio never achieved before.
The 'blue camera', which attained international fame as a high-resolution 'high-end' configuration for all applications in light microscopy shortly after its launch in 1999, has become a byword for optimum image quality, not least in the demanding field of materials microscopy.
The performance features of the new AxioCam MR models are impressive.
The 12-bit digitisation is performed directly in the camera head and permits an image and colour quantity far beyond the possibilities of standard video cameras.
Furthermore, the AxioCam MR provides a large number of resolvable brightness graduations and - a unique feature in this price category - a 36-bit colour depth.
In addition, the long, variable exposure times of the AxioCam MR are not provided by standard video cameras at all, and only partially by other digital cameras in this price segment.
The new AxioCam MR is the ideal solution for all standard tasks in materials research, materials analysis, metallography, quality assurance and the semiconductor industry. It is ideal for such applications in particle size analysis, layer thickness measurements, the determination of surface and grain borders, and in structural analysis, and looks to become the camera of choice to meet the rapidly increasing demands of quality assurance, defect analysis and image documentation.
The camera set already contains the computer interface and special operation software which permits simple image capture, control and processing.
The photographic conditions can be reproduced quickly and easily, making the configuration ideal for routine applications.
Its compact dimensions and ease of operation make the need for a power unit and external controller unnecessary: tangled cables are a thing of the past.
A single 5m cable is sufficient for data and energy supply.
In addition to its extremely favourable cost/benefit ratio, a further and decisive benefit of the AxioCam MR is its ideal adaptation to the time tested microscope technology from Carl Zeiss.
Microscopy and digital imaging form a single, elaborate system which will impress all users with its versatility, application range, high performance and ease of use.
