Starting parameters for capturing images with a ODCM camera

• Open ToupView™ (ScopePhoto™ ScopeTek™) and focus the specimen in the live capture window.
• Select Video Source Property from the Setup menu.
• White Balancetab
  • Hold a sheet of white paper under the microscope so that the light source is projected onto it. Click Auto White Balance. The colour temperature will be set to a neutral grey (~20%).
• Exposuretab
  • Tick Auto Exposure and click the Default button.
• Colourtab
  • Adjust the gamma, saturation, and contrast as desired.

Note: The white balance will not change unless the colour temperature is changed. This can occur when increasing the intensity of a light source, changing the bulb, or using a different microscope. Using the white paper method to achieve a neutral grey will adjust the white balance to different light sources/intensities.

Information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast_(vision)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_(photography)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_editing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction