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Hugo A. M. Torres

camera control?

Dear Listmates,

I am looking for any firewire microscope cameras that work with
linux? My labmates were considering buying a Leica DFC420, which
costs a small fortune.

I was browsing the web and found a project called
"micro-manager" which
might be able control microscopes and cameras under linux and
uses
imageJ to acquire images:
http://www.micro-manager.org/overview.php

1) Anyone uses this plugin set with this particular Leica
Camera?

2) With what camera specifications besides price and resolution
should I be concerned about when choosing a device?

3) Any suggestions for good camera devices I should check?

Thanks

Hugo A. M. Torres

Justin Walker-3

Re: camera control?

Are there any particular reasons you are using Firewire? Prosilica has
a line of GigE cameras that they support for linux which provide even
higher bandwidth than firewire. They will also generally send you a
unit on a evaluation basis for a nominal security deposit. Regardless
of what camera you end up with, I suggest asking for a demo model since
few vendors support linux. Stay away from JAI/Pulnix - their linux
support is nonexistent and their cameras don't seem to conform to the
genicam/camlink standards so you can't use generic software.

Anyway, good luck!

- Justin Walker
University of Maryland

Hugo A. M. Torres wrote:

> Dear Listmates,
>
> I am looking for any firewire microscope cameras that work with
> linux? My labmates were considering buying a Leica DFC420, which
> costs a small fortune.
>
> I was browsing the web and found a project called
> "micro-manager" which
> might be able control microscopes and cameras under linux and
> uses
> imageJ to acquire images:
> http://www.micro-manager.org/overview.php
>
> 1) Anyone uses this plugin set with this particular Leica
> Camera?
>
> 2) With what camera specifications besides price and resolution
> should I be concerned about when choosing a device?
>
> 3) Any suggestions for good camera devices I should check?
>
> Thanks
>
> Hugo A. M. Torres
>
>
>

Gabriel Landini

Re: camera control?

On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Justin Walker wrote:
> Are there any particular reasons you are using Firewire? Prosilica has
> a line of GigE cameras that they support for linux which provide even
> higher bandwidth than firewire. They will also generally send you a
> unit on a evaluation basis for a nominal security deposit. Regardless
> of what camera you end up with, I suggest asking for a demo model since
> few vendors support linux. Stay away from JAI/Pulnix - their linux
> support is nonexistent and their cameras don't seem to conform to the
> genicam/camlink standards so you can't use generic software.

What software can one grab images with, using these GigE cameras?

Thanks

G.

Ruy

Re: camera control?

In reply to this post by Hugo A. M. Torres

You should talk to Nico Stuurman ([hidden email]) or Nenad Amodaj
about micro manager compatibility with this camera.

What I do know is that MM supports firewire cameras. Have a look in MM wiki
at http://valelab.ucsf.edu/~nico/MMwiki/index.php/Dc1394

Best

Ruy Jaeger

On 27/8/08 12:45 PM, "Hugo A. M. Torres" <[hidden email]> wrote:

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Professor
University of Sao Paulo Institute of Biomedical Sciences
   Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
   Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1524
Rooms 302 (Office and microscopy room) and 405 (Laboratory)
   Sao Paulo SP 05508-900
Phones: 55-11-30918454 (office), 30918034 (Lab) FAX 55-11-30917402
BRAZIL
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Joachim Wesner

Antwort: Re: camera control?

Hi,

there as with respect to Leica "FireWire" cameras I have to admit that
these cameras use the IEEE 1394
bus for data transmit, but are NOT DCAM compatible, so they will likely not
work with any third party
software (besides via Twain). (Firewire != DCAM!!) (I.e. it does not work
with the CMU software, so it also does not work
wit Matlab for ex.)

I do not know why the responsible "marketing department" came up with that
choice, but I´m a pretty embarrassed
as I´m forced to use foreign company´s cameras for some in house research
projects!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | GmbH mit Sitz in Wetzlar | Amtsgericht
Wetzlar HRB 2432
Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Traeger | Dr. Wolf-Otto Reuter | Dr. David Roy
Martyr | Colin Davis

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You should talk to Nico Stuurman ([hidden email]) or Nenad Amodaj
about micro manager compatibility with this camera.

What I do know is that MM supports firewire cameras. Have a look in MM
wiki
at http://valelab.ucsf.edu/~nico/MMwiki/index.php/Dc1394

Best

Ruy Jaeger

On 27/8/08 12:45 PM, "Hugo A. M. Torres" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Dr. Ruy G. Jaeger, DDS, MSD, PhD
Professor University of Sao Paulo Institute of Biomedical
Sciences   Department of Cell and Developmental
Biology   Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1524   Rooms 302
(Office and microscopy room) and 405
(Laboratory)     Sao Paulo SP 05508-900 Phones:
55-11-30918454 (office), 30918034 (Lab) FAX
55-11-30917402 BRAZIL website:
http://www.icb.usp.br/~rgjaeger/index.html
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