Re: [micro-manager-general] not (yet) supported cameras in micro-manager - general question
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From: Karl B. <kar...@gm...> - 2017-12-12 16:10:15
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:28 AM André Lampe (FU Berlin) < al...@ze...> wrote: > Hi Geoff, Dan and everybody, > > I got the cam to run! > > For the cam I got, which is a E3CMOS Series C-mount USB3.0 CMOS Camera > E3CMOS02300KPA EP102300A, 2.3MegaPixel, Sony back illum. Chip it worked as > fallows: > There are two general drivers for all Toup Tek Cams from Nov 21st 2016, > one "DirectShow" and one TWAIN driver. Installing the TWAIN driver did not > help, MM 1.4 and 2.0 beta3 crashed on me when adding the cam, but I think > this is due to TWAIN not working (could not find the post again, talking > about this). Anyway, installing the latest DirctShow driver lets you use > the cam with openCVgrabber. only downside of this: I can not change > "resolution" in the device property manager. The cam has two settings, > 1920x1200 and 960x600 (for more FPS). The latter 960x600 is not an option > in the drop down there, so the cam is always set to 1920x1200. With that > setting I get the same fps as in ToupView, which is around 6-8 fps, way > lower than the promised 38fps, sadly. But I will play around with it some > more. > > Links to drivers: > > http://www.teleskop-austria.at/information/pdf/MicroQ_Driver-ToupTekToupcamDshowSetup.exe > > http://www.teleskop-austria.at/information/pdf/MicroQ_Driver-ToupTekToupcamTwainSetup.exe > > In any case: anyone tinkering around with hobbyist stuff feel free to > contact me. I would like to hear more about using MM not only in a > professional lab context. > > Cheers, André > > Am 10.12.2017 um 08:09 schrieb Geoff Pickford: > > Hi Dan and Andre, > > I have been successful in linking the AmScope MU503B with MM, and I can > now do a live Plot Profile on a live image so as to find the very best > focus point - as well as measure gray levels. However, as I pointed out in > my recent post, there is a problem with the embedded ImageJ Plot Profile as > there is not a 1:1 correspondence between the cursor position and graph > scale as soon as the ‘Y’ axis changes due to a change is focus etc. To > overcome this, I simply focus using Plot Profile, close the Plot Profile > window and re-start it again to achieve 1:1 correspondence, The cursor > then matches the plot “y” values. > > I would however like to find out how to fix this and also to link up a > Tuscsen ISH500 camera to MM. I will also try OpenCVgrabber. > > > Geoff Pickford > > > Pickford Resources Pty Ltd > PO Box 618, Wollongong, NSW, 2500 > Laboratory Fax: 02 4227 6673. Mobile: 0417 417 507 > > On 10 Dec 2017, at 6:44 AM, Roy G. Biv <roy...@gm...> wrote: > > I think that the AmScope cameras are rebranded Touptek cameras. At least a > few of the AmScope cameras are supposed to work together with micromanager. > I first wanted to use the Toupview software (or AmScopes rebranded version) > for horizontal line measurements but discovered that this wasn't possible > in live view. I have not tried MM yet. > > Dan > > Hi Dan, André, Geoff and everyone else, I am following this conversation closely. What would you recommend for <$500 CCD camera? Monochrome or Color but not CMOS. I think non scientific CMOS cameras are there just yet. Mainly for studying GFP in worms for a lab that I don't think needs to spend thousands to do this. Cheers Karl Karl Bellvé Biomedical Imaging Group Molecular Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School |