Perfect colour, cooled digital imaging

Scientists engaged in the imaging of histological and cytological specimens use a combination of normal brightfield and fluorescence illumination on their microscope.

The difficulty is that very few digital cameras provide live, high resolution colour images as well as enhanced sensitivity cooled chip fluorescence imaging and are therefore optimised for both purposes.

The result is the inconvenience and expense of switching between two types of cameras.

For instance, it isn't always practical nor possible to take a fluorescence image of a specimen and then combine that image with a colour brightfield picture of exactly the same location in order to obtain some context for the location of the fluorescent markers. This is just one example of where the new Colour CoolView camera from GT Vision Direct will make a difference.

This revolutionary digital Firewire camera includes a high resolution 3CCD sensor, real-time preview at full resolution and peltier cooling.

This means that microscope users can have a single camera for both fluorescence and normal brightfield imaging all for the same price as many single chip monochrome cooled cameras.

With its three CCDs, Colour CoolView provides perfect colour rendition at the highest possible resolution.

The cooling of the 3 CCD head is achieved in a special sealed unit that not only achieves noise reduction due to low temperature but also very 'quiet' electronic noise as the head is isolated from the rest of the camera's built-in image processing electronics.

"This camera is sure to be a popular choice among histochemists and cytogeneticists." says Ian Baldwin from GT Vision Direct ".

Taking digital pictures using a range of illumination techniques on a microscope has been quite a time consuming task, often with disappointing results.

Now scientists can effortlessly capture really great images regardless of the microscopy method deployed."