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Ken-A-Vision Mfg. Co. Inc. Glossary of Terms used in Product Specification Sheets for Cameras and Microscopes 3/7

10 Flexible Flexible Neck (KAV) – includes the Video Flex, Vision Viewer and MVP lines of Ken-A-Vision cameras. Flexible Neck (by KAV) – includes

11 Fluorescent (light source for microscopes) – Source illuminator on some models of microscopes. At Ken-A-Vision fluorescence illumination is now

12 Halogen light (see Light sources) Hanover Bars – (see Video Standards-PAL) Head (Cameras) Ball and socket - literally a ball, which rotates

13 Tucked Reverse – In a compound microscope, the objectives are placed such that they are positioned back towards the arm of the microscope allowi

14 Kensington (lock and slot) - A Kensington Security Slot (also called a K-Slot or Kensington lock) is a small hole found in the base of Ken-A-Vis

15 Halogen – Incandescent bulb in which the filament is tungsten, but the gas filling the glass envelope is halogen (iodine or bromine generally).

16 Manual Focus – any operation where the user or operator must change the focal length by adjusting the coarse/fine adjust of a microscope, or rot

17 NiMH Batteries (Nickel Metal Hydride) - Ken-A-Vision batteries for cordless microscopes are specially made batteries of the NiMH type. Technic

18 Output – Video Resolutions Expressed in Pixels VGA - 640 X 480 SVGA - 800 X 600 XGA - 1024 X 768 SXGA+ - 1400 X 1050; 1280 X 960 also in some

19 Resolution (See Appendix A for more exhaustive detail on video resolution) Image Resolution - A measurement of the quality of a video image base

2 Abbe Condenser (see Condenser) Achromat Lens (see lens) Adapter – See Power Supply – note all digital-only cameras (microscope or flexible-neck

20 Stage Clips – Ken-A-Vision patented spring loaded clips provided as standard on all Ken-A-Vision microscopes. (Except ESH models) Stage Manipu

21 Video Standards - NTSC - is the analog television system in use in Canada, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, the United States and a few ot

22 (R-Y and B-Y) is stronger than that of green (G-Y). SECAM differs from the other color systems by the way the R-Y and B-Y signals are carried. F

23 Zoom - On a camera, to change the focal length to/from wide-angle and telephoto. In post-production, an editing filter that simulates the effect

24 APPENDIX A – Detailed descriptions of Microscope and Video Resolution Microscope Resolution Resolution is the ability to tell two points apart

25 All of this contributes to the final measure of resolution, what you see in terms of Venetian blinds, picket fences, or polka dot clothing. Reso

26 Loss of resolution Resolution may be lost by any one or combination of the following factors: 1. During capture of the picture information by th

27 The conglomeration of all those dots and dashes on all the scan lines equals the picture. Since the electron beam "paints" the screen

28 cannot make spots small enough, what should be individual closely spaced dots will be a continuous blur.. Published Resolution is for Black and

29 scan lines are drawn as follows: 240* odd lines of picture information, 22* black lines, 240* even lines of picture information, 23* black lines.

3 Blooming – This is an image artifact that can affect the quality of the image (Smear is another artifact – see below)). Blooming is an overflow

30 * Numbers marked with an asterisk are approximate. These numbers and also the exact location of the 525'th line may vary slightly depending

31 APPENDIX B – Detailed descriptions White Balance Parts of this Appendix are taken from the web site http://www.photoxels.com/tutorial_white-bala

32 Some Ken-A-Vision cameras also allow the user to adjust the White Balance using the Applied Vision Software This is accessed by clicking on the

4 Cable – KAV supplies various cables with its products. These include USB cables (usually 5 ft. - 1.5 m.), Composite (12 ft.- 3.6 m.), S-video (1

5 Planetary - Coaxial coarse and fine focusing, with planetary reduction gear system, is a more advanced version of the basic rack and pinion syst

6 RJ-45 – Plug and connector. Used by Ken-A-Vision only on the Ceiling DocCam II, it is the connectors on either end of the Cat. 5 cable provided

7 brightness or luminance of the picture. U and V between them carry the color information]. Usually the plug and jack are colored coded yellow.

8 CoreScope – The proper name of our T-1200 series of microscopes both non-digital and digital. These microscopes are designed primarily for use i

9 (Digital microscopes) by the user because the camera is at a different focal length then is the camera position. Discovery Scope Kit – An access