http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/using-a-cheap-ccd-cam-to-capture-on-transilluminator-tp5003028p5003037.html
I got decent results with a transluminator and a 10 megapixel camera. I had
to use an LED soft transluminator to not capture artifacts from lighting.
> Hi everyone,
>
> this is probably a little bit off topic, but since this is the best
> audience of camera/imaging experts I know I will try to ask here...
> I was trying to use ImageJ to acquire images of my gels/plates that sits
> on transilluminator (both white light or UV) and I realized that when I try
> to do that a strange pattern of lines appears on the image. Initially I was
> thinking that the reason was that I was using a very cheap CCD (a 10 $
> webcam), but the same pattern appears if I take a picture with my phone
> camera. The pattern seems depending on the chip, because if I turn the
> camera it turns as well. Does any one have an explanation for this? More
> importantly there is a way around it.
> The idea is essentially to image directly on my computer without using a
> 10 K$ expensive gel doc
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Max
>
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