SANTA BARBARA, CA - May, 2003 - Optronics®, a manufacturer of easy-to-use, high performance digital cameras for microscopy, announces an innovative and versatile quantitative mega pixel 2kx2k thermoelectrically cooled monochrome digital camera with a 500% increase in field of view .

QuantiFIRE T incorporates a patented thermoelectrically (Peltier) cooling system that develops noise free images with an exposure time of up to 20 minutes. Multiple binning modes facilitate the acquisition of high bit depth monochrome images for quantitative image analysis and a simple yet powerful color merge function delivers brilliant color fluorescent images from the most challenging sample preparatations.

Applications for the QuantiFIRE can include a wide range of analytical photomicrography techniques including: monochrome fluorescence, quantitative live cell imaging, FRET, FRAP, deconvolution and transmission electron microscopy

QuantiFIRE incorporates a 4-megapixel CCD measuring 21.4mm in diagonal with 2048 x 2048 pixels that are 7.4 x 7.4 microns square, with a 40,000 electron well depth; the optimal size for low-light photomicrography imaging applications where increased sensitivity and increased dynamic range are important. Other cameras utilize CCD's with smaller pixels that limit well depth, which will restrict dynamic range, resulting in less sensitivity and a decrease in the signal-to-noise ratio.

QuantiFIRE camera controls feature: electronic shutter control, manual and automatic white balance, white balance presets ROI with definable size, user settings files, 5-binning modes, 2-independent sub framing modes and a universal IEEE-1394 interface.

The QuantiFIRE incorporates it's own easy to use native application for camera control that runs within the included Optronics Exclusive PictureFrame 2.0 Ô imaging application. PictureFrame is a comprehensive image processing suite with measurement and annotation, scale bar, AVI file compliant time lapse imaging, automated image archiving and 6-position psuedo color image processing functionality.

QuantiFIRE offers an SDK, is Twain compliant and is compatible with many third party scientific imaging applications.

Optronics will distribute QuantiFIRE through its sales and marketing channel of highly qualified regional microscopy dealers and independent Value Added Resellers.

Imaging professionals interested in digital imaging for microscopy applications are encouraged to visit Optronics online: optronics.com

Contact:

Richard Crandall
Marketing Manager
Optronics | ImagingPlanet
866.478.4336 x. 3980.
rcrandall@imagingplanet.com
http://www.optronics.com
http://www.dvmr.com
175 Cremona Dr.
Goleta, CA 93117
866.478.4336

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