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Installing the camera driver using the setup program .................. 25
How to correct the driver entry in the device manager ... 29
Resetting the AxioCam MRc5 firmware ......................... 32
1.5
Notes on Maintenance .................................................................. 33
Camera Electronic ...................................................................... 33
Optical System ........................................................................... 33
Cleaning the Infra-red Barrier Filter ............................................. 33
Important Note on the Use of C-mount Objectives...................... 33
2
Image Acquisition with the AxioCam MRc5 ...................................... 34
2.1
General 34
2.2
Quick Guide to the First Image with AxioVision .............................. 35
The Workflow Standard ............................................................. 36
Step by step to the first image.................................................... 37
2.3
Adjust Property Page..................................................................... 42
Exposure.................................................................................... 43
Automatic exposure ...................................................... 44
White Balance............................................................................ 45
Color adjustment .......................................................... 46
Histogram.................................................................................. 46
2.4
Frame Property Page ..................................................................... 48
Camera Mode............................................................................ 48
Acquisition modes......................................................... 49
Binning......................................................................... 51
Resulting file size .......................................................... 51
Frame 52
2.5
General Property Page................................................................... 53
Digital Gain................................................................................ 53
Image Orientation ...................................................................... 54
Black Reference.......................................................................... 54
White Reference ........................................................................ 55
Shutter Control .......................................................................... 56
2.6
Practical Notes on Operation in AxioVision..................................... 57
Speed of the live image .............................................................. 57
Notes on optimum color reproduction in AxioVision.................... 58
2.7
Information for Displaying 12 Bit Images in AxioVision ................... 59
Recommended camera settings .................................................. 62
Recommended monitor settings ................................................. 62
2.8
Background Information................................................................ 63
