This camera is designed to provide

low light qualitative and quantitative 

fluorescence image capture together

in one unit. 

Applications range from high 

resolution color brightfield to low

light monochrome quantitative 

image capture.

Application

Quantitative and Qualitative modes in a single camera

Reduces dark noise for long exposure image capture

High-resolution for resolving fine detail

Facilitates live mode previews of low light specimens

High-speed imaging for real time viewing

Electronic shuttering eliminates mechanical shutter

shortcomings related to speed, wear, and vibration

Stable, high-speed interface for PC and Mac platforms

is over 50% faster than FirewireTM (IEEE 1394) 

Provides essential tools for modern microscopy and is

widely supported by 3rd party software companies for

high end applications as well as providing DLL with 

SDK for OEM Driver development

Mode changing slide ............................

CCD cooled to -26°C from an ambient 

temperature of 20°C (-46°C differential) ..

3 Shot color image capture, 1600 x 1200 

(6 Megapixel sampling) ........................

Programmable gain (1-16x) ....................

36 MHz live mode (dual channel 18MHz) ....

Interline progressive scan CCD ................

PCI Interface......................................

SPOTTM Software ..................................

Mac® & Windows® operating systems

Feature Benefit

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CCD information:

Kodak KAI-2001-M with cover glass

Monochrome progressive scan interline CCD

1600 x 1200, 7.4 μm square pixels 

11.8mm x 8.9mm active area

100x minimum anti-blooming

LCD electronic RGB color changing filter with IR filter

Cooling: 

–46°C differential from ambient via thermoelectric

cooler with fan cooled heat sink (-26°C from an

ambient of 20°C)

Digitization information:

Digitized pixel by pixel at CCD sensor

Live mode: 8 bit x 36 MHz (Dual channel 

8 bit x 18MHz)

Live image frame rate: 19 frames per second 

at full resolution

Capture mode: 12 bit x 6MHz (see chart for 

frame rate)

A/D Converter full scale set to 31,500 e (Gain=1)

Saved bit depths: 8, 12 or 16 bit BW, 24, 36 or 

48 bit RGB

Noise specifications:

R36. Read noise: 18-22 e rms

Dark noise: 0.05-0.06 e/p/s 

Exposure: 

40 microseconds to 71 minutes 

Captured and live mode automatic exposure

Captured and live mode manual exposure

Lens mount: Nikon F-mount

Sealing window: UBK7 w/ multilayer 

anti-reflection coating

Computer interface: PCI bus card

External shutter control: BNC TTL level

output w/ delay

Mechanical:

Tripod mount: 1/4 - 20 UNC

Power supply: 4.42" (112mm) x 5.25" 

(133mm) x 3.19" (81mm), 1.46 lbs. (0.66 kg)

Power supply: 5.66” (143.7mm) W x 7.81”

(198.3mm) D x 3.60” (91.5mm) H, 3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg.

Operating environment: 0 to 30°C ambient, 0-80%

relative humidity noncondensing

Power requirements: 85-264 VAC, 47-63 Hz

Certifications: CE, FCC Class A, EN60950

SPOT software features:

Color live mode viewing window & controls, 

auto-exposure live and capture modes, image 

capture window, predefined and custom image

setups, auto white balance, flat field correction,

image enhancement tools in three color spaces

(RGB, HSL, HSV), pan and zoom windows, 

customizable floating taskbar, spot metering, 

annotation, calibration mark, measurement tools,

sequential image capture and playback, exportable

image archiving database, report generator, macro

scripting, interactive print dialog, online help menu

File formats:

BMP, TIFF, TIFF-JPEG, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PICT, AVI

TIFF File sizes:

8 bit BW / 1.83MB 24 bit RGB / 5.49 MB 

12 bit BW / 2.75 MB 36 bit RGB / 8.24 MB 

16 bit BW / 3.66 MB 48 bit RGB / 10.99 MB 

Drivers included: 

Twain for supported Windows® operating systems

AppleEvent for supported Mac® operating systems

Native drivers for 3rd party software:

Call or visit our website (www.diaginc.com)

Minimum system requirements:

Full size PCI bus slot or PCI-MCA CardBus slot*

*-Requires MagmaTM Adapter (sold separately)

PC: Pentium 166 or greater w/ 

Windows 95, 98, 00, NT, ME, XP

Mac: Power PC, OS 8.6 - OS X

RAM: 64MB minimum, 256MB suggested

Video card: 24 bit RGB @ desired resolution

Items included: Camera head, PCI 

plug-in board, data cable, power supply cable,

power supply, power cord, SPOT software install 

CD (includes drivers), user guide, 2 year warranty

Mac® is a registered trademark of Apple Computers, Inc. 

Windows ® is a registered trademark of Microsoft

Catalog Number: RT740

*.04ms exposure, no post-processing, images saved

to RAM on 1.7 GHz P4 running Windows XP

Captured Frames per Second*

Data Sheet

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REGION OF INTEREST

Binning 1600 X 1200 512 X 512 256 X 256

1 x 1 2.4 10.1 25.3

2 x 2 5.1 20.1 33.4

3 x 3 7.8 25.1 49.9

4 x 4 10.1 33.4 50.4