Re: WDM driver and ImageJ?

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Sep 27, 2005; 8:10pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/WDM-driver-and-ImageJ-tp3704771p3704772.html

> my first post to this list, i hope i am not asking things
> that have been asked too often. Here is my problem: I would
> like to use ImageJ (on a Windows XP computer) together with
> a Lumenera camera (Lu 165). This is an 'industrial' version
> which is handy and small and comes with a very basic
> acquisition software and a Windows WDM - driver. There is
> also a 'scientific' version of the camera which comes with a
> TWAIN driver (and a more sophisticated software) but this
> type is bigger, heavier and costs much more - three criteria
> which make it very unfavorable for our lab. So my question
> is: Has anybody ever thought about interfacing ImageJ and
> WDM drivers (searching in the list with the keyword gives no
> results)? Or does anybody already use a Lumenera camera with
> ImageJ?

In theory, you can capture images from a camera with a WDM driver by
using the QuickTime_Capture plugin in conjunction with adaptor software
from vdig.com or AbstractPlane.

   http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/qt-capture.html
   http://www.vdig.com/WinVDIG/
   http://www.abstractplane.com.au/products/vdig.jsp

-wayne