Microscope Couplers

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For your general digital cameraneeds, request our

SPOT Insight Brochure.

For your substage illuminatorneeds, request our

Transilluminating Bases Catalog.

For your boom stand needs,request our Stereo Microscope

Boom Stands Catalog.

MICROSCOPE COUPLERSF O R V I D E O , D I G I TA L & 35mm C A M E R A S

For your low light digital cameraneeds, request our

SPOT RT Brochure.

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COUPLER SERIES SELECTION GUIDE

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How To Choose:

Select your cameras image capture technology

Select video or high resolution digital

Information You Will Need:

Camera information:

1CCD, 3CCD or 35mm filmCCD sizeAnalog or DigitalCamera lens mount

Microscope information:

Brand, ModelAttachments

Select key features for your application

Go to page numbers indicated for more detail

Appendices1, 2& 3

Pages 34-39

Reference Appendices:

Field of View Diagrams M agnification Equations

Object Size Equations Parfocalization Instructions

1CCD

35mm FILM

ANALOG

(Video)

HR & HRP

DIPS

HRD & HRU

PA1

PAGES14-17 & 20-2

PAGES18-21

PAGES30-33

PAGES8-13

DIGITAL

3CCDIMAGE

CAPTURED BY:ANALOG (Video)

& DIGITALT45 & T60 PAGES

22-29

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Key Features:

High performance parfocal lens design at an economical price

Positions camera closer to microscope

Available in C-Mount and no-lens 1/2 ENG & Nikon F mounts

Designed for removable phototube microscopes

Key Features:

High performance lens system for high resolution digital cameras

Multi-coated lenses & twist style focus

Available in C and Nikon F mounts

Interchangeable bottom clam ps for nearly all microscope models allows use of one coupler tosupport multiple microscopes

Key Features: Designed specifically to eliminate color shading in three chip camera designs

Multi-coated lenses & twist style focus

Available in C, Sony 1/2 ENG and non-Sony 1/2 ENG lens mounts


Key Features:

Inexpensive and easy to use parfocal designs

Most popular microscope models accommodated

Interchangeable T-mount adapters allow most any 35mm camera to be mounted

Used for applications requiring greater than 1.0x magnification

CDC

Key Features:

Coated lenses & twist style focus Low to moderate price

Available in C and Nikon F mounts


Key Features:

High performance parfocal lens design at an economical price

Designed for consumer digital cameras

Largest selection of microscopes accomodating old and newPAGES

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Selected Consumer Digital Camera Couplers for Various Mi croscopes

Benefits of the Consumer Digital Camera System

High Quality

Produces crisp, flat field images with all

microscope objectives including apochromats,

plan fluorites, and achromats.

Economical

Priced up to 50% lower tha n majormanufacturers couplers.

Compact Design

Positions camera close to microscope for great er

stability, convenience a nd a esthetics.

Parfocal

Precise machining provides parfocality

between the microscope and the camera.

Wide Field of View

Use cameras zoom feature to set your

field of view.

Microscope Mounts

The largest selection a vailable.Camera Mounts

28mm x .75 pitch filter thread mount.

37mm x .75 pitch filter thread mount.*

43mm x .75 pitch filter thread mount.**Certain cameras may exhibit vignetting of image.

Note: Older microscopes that use compensating optics

may produce images with lateral chromatic abberat ion

and spherical abberations uncorrected (see Appendix 4).

Nikon Cool Pix Series Camera on a Nikon E200 Microscope

The System . . .

Camera Lens Mount

Choose f rom 28mm , 37mm * and 43mm *filter thread mounts.

Mi croscope Mount

CDC Couplers accommodate nearly any microscope model.

Couplers are ordered a s one catalog number specific for your

microscope (see selection guide on pages 6-7).

Field of View

The cameras zoom system allows you to set y our field of

view close in for detailed image capture or zoom wa y out

for overa ll morphology.

CDCXXNLFor ISO 38mm Phototubes

(Nikon & Leica)

CDCXX23

For 23.2mm Phototubes

CDCXX30For 30mm Phototubes

Selected Consumer Digital Camera Couplers for Various Mi croscopes

CDCXXHC

For Leica HC Tube

CDCXXBX

For Olympus BX/AXCDCXXBB

For Bausch & Lomb Stereozoom 6and Balplan Microzoom

CDCXXAD

For American Optical Diastar,

Microstar IV

CDCXXZNFor Zeiss Axio-2 Se

Computer Optimized Lens System

CD C C oupler systems are computer optimized and expertly

manufactured. All lenses are multicoated optical glass to

ensure crisp, flat field images on your camera.

CD C Series for Consumer D ital Cameras with Filter Thread Mounts

CONSUMER DIGITAL CAMERA COUPLERS /CDC SERIES

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D irect Image P rojection for C -Mount & B ayonet Mount C ameras

1CCD CAMERA COUPLERS /DIP SERIES

Selected Direct Im age Projection Couplers for C-Mount Camera s

Benefits of the Direct Image Projection System

High Quality

Produces crisp, flat field images with all

microscope objectives including apochromats,

plan fluorites, and achromats.

Economical

Price range 13%-250% lower than majormanufacturers couplers.

Low ProfilePositions camera CCD chip at the intermediate

image plane, closer to microscope for greater

stability, convenience, and aesthetics.

Parfocal

Precise machining provides parfocality

between t he microscope and the TV monitor

(see Appendix 4 on Parfocalizing) .

Wide Field of View

0.50x (for 1/2" CC D ) and 0.63x (for 2/3" CC D )

provide wider field of view on monitor.Camera Mounts

C-Mount, Nikon F-Mount, Sony 1/2" ENG Mount

and Non-Sony 1/2" ENG Mount.

Note: Older microscopes that use compensating optics

may produce images with lateral chromatic abbera tion

and spherical abberations uncorrected (see Appendix 4). 0.63x (D63BXC) to attach 2/3" CCD camera to Olympus BX

The System . . .

Camera Lens MountChoose from the large selection of C-mount and

F-mount models.

No Bottom Clamp

The D irect Image Pro jection couplers are ordered as one

part, specific for a range of microscopes. They do not

utilize B ottom Clamps as the HR video coupler series does.

Direct Ima ge Projection Concept

The camera C CD chip is positioned where the microscope

intermediate image is located. This provides a low profile,

stable and more compact system. The system is parfocal

with proper microscope set-up. See Appendix 4 about

Parfocalizing a microscope.

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D10BXC, D63BXC, D50BXC

For Olympus BX, AX & MX SeriesD10HCC, D63HCC, D50HCC

For Leica DMR, DMRD, DMLS, DMLB

D10NLC, D63NLC, D50NLCFor Nikon & Leica ISO 38mm Ports

Selected Direct Im age Projection Couplers for Nikon F-Mount Cameras

D10ZNC, D63ZNC, D50ZNC

For Zeiss Axiolab, Axioplan-2,Axiophot-2, Axiotech & New Standard

D10HCFFor Leica DMR, DMRD, DMLS, DMLB

D10NEF

For Nikon Eclipse, E400, E600 Series

D10E8FFor Nikon Eclipse, E800, E100 Series

D10BXF

For Olympus BX, AX & MX SeriesD10ZNF

For Zeiss Axiolab, AxioAxiophot-2, Axiotech & New

Direct Image Projection Lens System

For a wider f ield of view, a 0.50x (for 1/2" CC D ) and 0.63x

(for 2/3" CC D ) reduction lenses are ava ilable for all C-mount

versions of the Direct Ima ge Projection series. No -lens

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1CCD CAMERA COUPLERS /DIP SERIES

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How To Choose:

Select your cameras lens mount

Select your cameras CCD size

Select field of view (to visualize the different field of view sizesachieved with each magnification, see Appendix 2 on pages 36-37)

Go to page numbers indicated (once a magnification is selected,the specific catalog number for your microscope can be found inthe chart on pages 12-13)

Identifythe CCD

format size

1/2"4 .8mm x 6 .4mm

Kodak KAF0402M E

Sony ICX205

1"9 .6mm x 12.8mm

Kodak KAI2000

Kodak KAF3200E

Widest field of view

Smaller, magnifiedfield of view

0.5x

0.63x1.0x (no lens)





0.5x

0.63x1.0x (no lens)

0.63x

1.0x (no lens)

2/3"6 .6mm x 8 .8mm

Kodak KAF1402M ESony ICX285

Camera

Lens Mount

C-Mount

Nikon F

Bayonet Mount

Sony 1/2"ENG Bayonet

1/3"3 .6 m m x 4 .8 m m

Coupler Magnification

Non-Sony 1/2"ENG Bayonet

SPOTEnhanced

SP500

SPOT InsightSPOT RT-Mono

SPOTEnhanced

SP600

1.0x (no lens)

1.0x (no lens)

Choose desiredfield of view

(see Appendix 2 forfield of view diagrams)

Identify thmicroscop

pages 12-1order the c

number unddesired mag

tion column.

For widest field of viewsee T45 & T60pages 22-29

For widest field of viewsee T45 & T60pages 22-29

Selection G uide

SPOT RT-ColorSPOT RT-Slider

SPOT EnhancedSP640

For widest field of viewsee HRD & HRU

pages 18-211.0x (no lens)

1"9 .6mm x 12 .8mm

Kodak KAI2000Kodak KAF3200E

2/3"6 .6mm x 8 .8mm

Kodak KAF1402M E

1/2"4 .8mm x 6 .4mm

Kodak KAF0402M E

1.0x (no lens)Widest field of view

SPOT EnhancedSP540


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Monitor vs. E yepiece

APPENDIX 2 / FIELD OF VIEW

Field of View Diagram

In ea ch diagram, the circles represent

the field of view seen through the micro-

scope eyepieces. The rectangles represent

the image that will appear on the TV

monitor (or computer screen).

Ea ch circle corresponds to a certain

field number (FN) eyepiece. Eyepieces

with wider fields have larger field

numbers. The field number is usually

engraved on the e yepiece following the

magnif icatio n, as in WFK 10x/20.

In this example, FN= 20.

Choosing a Magnification

U sually the d esired field of view on

the monitor is that which most closely

corresponds to wha t is seen through the

microscope eyepiece. This is achieved

by selecting the lowest magnification

coupler recommended for a specific chip

size.

However, there are situations that

require a higher magnification coupler.

Specimens that a re blurred on the

monitor are better resolved at a higher

magnification by utilizing more pixels on

the monitor. This is especially useful

when using a 100x objective which is

usually the highest a vailable microscope

magnification. A higher magnification

coupler may also be useful when using a

non-flat field o bjective. This enables the

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1CCD C-Mount 1CCD C-Mount 3CCD B ayonet or C-MountD irect Image Projection Couplers HR /HR P Couplers T45 &T60 Couplers

1CCD C-Mount 1CCD C-Mount 3CCD B ayonet or C-MountD irect Image Projection Couplers HR /HRP Couplers T45 &T60 Couplers

1/3" CCD Cameras

1/2" CCD Cameras

1CCD C-Mount 1CCD C-Mount 3CCD B ayonet MountD irect Image Projection Couplers HR /HR P Couplers HRP100-ENG 23 Coupl

Kodak KAF-0402ME Kodak KAF-1402ME Kodak KAF-3200ESP OT E nha nced -SP 500 & SP 540 SP OT E nha nced -SP 600 & SP 640

Kodak KAI-2000/2001 Sony SonySPOT Insight, SPOT RT ICX205 ICX061, ICX085, IC

2/3" CCD Cameras

Digit al Cameras

user to image only the center (in focus)

portion of the image.

Ultrawide vs. Standard Field of View

What makes an HRU060 ultrawide

field coupler different from an HRD060

standard field coupler? It is the size of

the image the bottom lens captures. The

ultrawide design captures a 26mm

diameter image, whereas a standard

coupler captures a 19mm diameterimage. Capture and correction of this

larger field of view req uires larger and

more exotic (apochromat ic glass) lenses

making the HR U 060 ultrawide coupler

correspondingly more expensive.


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