C-mount
- Thread diameter
- 1″
- Threads per inch
- 32 TPI
- ANSI specification
- 1-32 UN 2A
- Focal distance
- 17.526 mm (0.6900 in)
Resources
The library.
Below you’ll find links to blogged tutorials, files for download and a host of other information: manuals, how-tos, free macros, and hard-to-find specs.
66links
4shelves
4presentations by Austin
Tutorials, Device Manuals & Test Utilities
Presentations by Austin 4
- Selecting the Best Camera (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Camera architecture & Microscopy” Presentation (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Quantitative Imaging Fundamentals” Presentation (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Image Analysis and Processing” Presentation (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
Manuals, FAQs & guides 10
- Nikon Intensilight FAQ’s (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Thanks to Nikon’s Ed Lieser for putting this together!austinblanco.com
- Epi-Fluorescence Filter Cube Tables (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Use these to figure out what wavelengths your filter cube uses.austinblanco.com
- Immersion Oil FAQ (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Perfect Focus and Immersion Oils (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Photonic Instruments (Now Andor) Mosaic Manual (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Photometrics DV-2 Manual (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Cairn OptoSplit 3 Manual (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Comprehensive guide to Serial Ports from Lava Technologies (opens lavalink.com in a new tab)This covers all the nuances about serial, like uarts, buffers, parity and so forth.lavalink.com
- InVivo Co2 200 Mixed Output Incubator Manual (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- InVivo Co2-300 Regulated Feedback Co2 and Incubator Manual (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
How-tos 13
- Official Nikon Elements AR 3.2 User Manual (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- How to Merge Multiple Channels in Elements D (can also be used for BR and AR) (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Nikon Elements How-To Bundle. (From Nikon ) (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- How to Save an Image for Display or Presentation (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Calculated Objective Calibrations in Elements (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Co-localization using Binary Thresholding (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Using the Elements FRET Module (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- How to test COMM port on a PC (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Saving ROI and Threshold overlays to a display image (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Whole Field Analysis using Elements (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Overlay Image Information in Image Pro Plus (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- TTL Device Control with Elements (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- TIRF Fiber coupler Flat to Angled or angled to flat conversion (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
Nikon Elements Downloads 16
- Current Nikon Elements release (opens 66.11.133.18 in a new tab)Download the most current release of Nikon Elements software.66.11.133.18
- NIS Settings Tool 32 Bit (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)For backup and import of all hardware and user settingsaustinblanco.com
- NIS Settings Tool 64 Bit (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)For backup and import of all hardware and user settingsaustinblanco.com
- Batch Export Macro (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Use to export batches of ND files. ***for 32 Bit OS Only!austinblanco.com
- Grid to ND generator (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Use to generate multipoint experiments from a user defined grid.austinblanco.com
- Well Plate Macro for Elements 3.1 (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
- Micropoint Driver (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)For 32 Bit OS Onlyaustinblanco.com
- Mosaic 2 Driver (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)For 32 Bit OS Onlyaustinblanco.com
- Elements 3.1 Installation Fix (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)This fixes the “App fails to launch” error found on 3.1 installs.austinblanco.com
- NIS Elements Free Viewer 3.1 (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Used to view nd2 and other files. ***32 Bit operating systems ONLY (But will run in compatibility mode :-))austinblanco.com
- NIS Elements Free Viewer for Mac OS. (opens nis-elements.com in a new tab)Yes they finally released one!nis-elements.com
- Lambda XL Start / Stop Driver (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Use to control the start or stop of the Lambda XL light source from Elements.austinblanco.com
- PIOSetup.zip (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)This enables access to Elements parallel port functions – it also includes a sample setup macro from Nikon.austinblanco.com
- Hasp Utilities (opens nisoftware.net in a new tab)Use to check or update your key.nisoftware.net
- DS-U3 Install Guide (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)This is a must-have reference for installing the DS-U3 Firewire controller.austinblanco.com
- Thesycon Installer for Ds-U3 Cameras (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Use for U3 firewire controllers only!austinblanco.com
Freeware Downloads 4
- ImageJ (opens rsbweb.nih.gov in a new tab)NIH Sponsored Image analysis softwarersbweb.nih.gov
- Fiji (opens pacific.mpi-cbg.de in a new tab)A distribution of ImageJ which includes several tools useful for life sciences researchpacific.mpi-cbg.de
- IR Fanview (opens irfanview.com in a new tab)A good overall (not science specific) image importer and editor, good for presentaiton imagesirfanview.com
- Picasa (opens picasa.google.com in a new tab)Image archiving and editing software from Google, not quantitative but good for presentation images.picasa.google.com
Miscellaneous Utilities for Device Control & Test 5
- Parmon (opens geekhideout.com in a new tab)This is a parallel port monitor and control tool. It’s easier to use than a multimeter!geekhideout.com
- Free Serial Port Monitor (opens serial-port-monitor.com in a new tab)Use this to see if your programs are communicating correctly with your devices.serial-port-monitor.com
- Startup Control Panel (opens mlin.net in a new tab)Use this to enable or disable boot processes which can cause problems with imaging software. ***Be careful with this as you can inadvertently turn off all sorts of important processes if you don’t know what you are doing.mlin.net
- SyncBack (opens download.cnet.com in a new tab)The freeware version is an excellent backup utility for backing up experimental data. Thanks to Del from UNR for introducing me to this great utility!download.cnet.com
- HI CHRIS THIS IS FOR YOU (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)austinblanco.com
Macros & Journals
Custom work
Custom macros for MetaMorph, NIS-Elements, Micro-Manager and ImageJ/FIJI.
- MetaMorph
- NIS-Elements
- Micro-Manager
- ImageJ / FIJI
Please contact me for more information!
Contact me →Free Supported Elements Macros 1
Other Free Elements Macros 4
“The code below is provided “as-is” and by downloading it you agree not to hold me liable for any damage caused to your system, or yourself. Use at your own risk!”
- ND2 XY exporter (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)This will take a timelapse+multipoint, or Z+multipoint file, and export each location into an AVI file.austinblanco.com
- ND File Size Calculator (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Use this to figure out how large your experiment file will be, before acquisition. ***Sizes are approximate.austinblanco.com
- Stage Search Macro (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)Scans a serpentine pattern around a start point to help find points of interest at high mag.austinblanco.com
- Sutter Lambda Workaround Macro for Elements 3.1 (opens austinblanco.com in a new tab)This will move your Sutter filter wheels and provide the ability to modify and create new optical configurations. This should only be needed for Build 587.austinblanco.com
Hard to Find Specifications
Hard-to-find device specifications, and links to the source where possible.
Camera pixel sizes
“Hey Nikon Marketing – this is a BASIC and REQUIRED spec. Why isn’t it on the product brochures???”
- DS-Fi1
- 3.4 µm
- DS-Qi1
- 6.45 µm
- DS-2M series (all types)
- 4.4 µm
- DS-Ri1 native
- 6.45 µm
- DS-Ri1 pixel shifting, max res
- 2.0 µm effective
CSU-X1 dichroic mirror
- Dimensions
- 15 × 13 × 0.5 mm
PC spec tiers
Subject to change. These do not include monitors!
- Standard PC
- Documentation, manual acquisition
- Performance PC
- Automated, motorized acquisition
- Shuttle PC
- Small form factor
Nikon Products 1
Manufacturer Data
Andor 1
ASI 4
- USB Support for Standard ASI Controllers (opens asiimaging.com in a new tab)asiimaging.com
- ASI Console Test Utility (opens asiimaging.com in a new tab)asiimaging.com
- High Speed Scanning Setup Guide (opens asiimaging.com in a new tab)asiimaging.com
- Synchronized Focus Sweep Setup (opens asiimaging.com in a new tab)asiimaging.com