VI Basic Operations

SETUP

 

 

 

 

1 Preparations Before Photographing

 

 

Log

If you select the check box labeled “with LOG.txt,” the function for attaching a log (comment statement) is enabled when you save an image. Writing information such as subject name, number, and objective magnification in a log may facilitate future confirmation.

You can write up to 100 characters to a log when saving an image to a card or server, or up to 32 characters when outputting to a printer.

Photographed data (including Nikon 80i/90i microscope data during photography) is also contained in a log.

•When you save an image in BMP format, the log is saved to a file named after the image, with the extension “txt” added.

•When you save an image in JPEG format, it is saved to a file named after the image with the extension “txt” added.

Further, it is embedded in the image file as Exif information.

•When you output an image directly to a printer, the log is printed as a comment.

NOTE: You can attach a log when saving an image even if you didn't select Log during initial settings. Select the Append check box for Log on the REC menu and enter a comment in the text box. Photographing information and your comments will be saved in text format when you save the image.

File Type

Set a file format, an image size, and a compression rate.

TYPE:

Select “JPEG” or “BMP” as the format in which you want to save a file.

SOURCE:

Select “s5M” or “s1.3M” as the source (photographing mode). The source

 

selected here is reflected in the image when you save it in a file or output

 

directly to a printer. Refer to “Outline Guide to Source (Photographing

 

Mode) Settings” for an overview of how to make a setting.

 

Furthermore, if you set the source to “s5M” and select “Auto change CCD

 

mode,” display mode is automatically changed according to the shutter

 

speed of the camera. For details on how to make this setting and for

 

operational instructions, refer to “Auto change CCD mode” at the end of

 

this chapter.

SIZE:

Select the size of an image from three choices available: “2560*1920,”

 

“1280*960,” or “640*480.”

JPEG Quality:

If you select JPEG for the file format, select a compression rate (picture

 

quality) here.

Fine:

Provides high picture quality but produces large images due to a low

 

compression rate.

Draft:

Provides low picture quality but small file sizes due to high compression

 

rates.

NOTE: You can also select the file format when saving an image from the REC menu.

For the relationship between image size and the size of image files, refer to the table shown below.

 

Picture quality, high

 

 

File size, small

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File Type

BMP

JPEG

JPEG

JPEG

 

JPEG

 

 

Fine

Normal

Basic

 

Draft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2560*1920

14MB

4MB

1.8MB

1.2MB

 

900KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1280*960

3.6MB

1.5MB

600KB

400KB

 

350KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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