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Antwort: Re: camera control?

Posted by Joachim Wesner on Aug 29, 2008; 9:18am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/camera-control-tp3695249p3695251.html

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


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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:

> 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
>
>
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