SPOT 4.1 Basic and Advanced Software Manual for SPOT Insight ...

Live Image Controls – Manual Exposure OptionsCh. 6 – Using Live ImagesWhen you have selected manual exposure in your image set-up, the Live Image Controls window willfeature the following options.TimeFrom the Live Image Controls window, you can enter aspecific exposure time or times for the image. When you usea specific exposure time, the camera skips the auto-exposuresequence (Computing Exposure) that takes place when youopen the Live Image window. This is very useful in caseswhere exposure times are lengthy, as with fluorescencesamples.To enter new exposure value(s) on the Live Image Controlswindow, follow these steps:1. Ensure that the Manual Exposure box for the currentimage setup is selected.2. Either use the selection arrows or type in a value in milliseconds for the exposure time.− The minimum exposure time is .04 millisecond.− The maximum exposure time is 536,000 milliseconds (536 seconds).Insight 3-Shot users can also use the Adjust option to modify the brightness of the image. Click on Adjustand enter an Adjustment Factor. The program then multiplies each exposure time by this factor. Thisoption allows you to make an image brighter or darker without changing the color balance. When using theAdjust RGB option, verify that the adjusted Exposure Times fall between 1 and 536,000 milliseconds.GainFrom the Live Image Controls window, you can enter the precise gain that the camera will use for an imagecapture. Use the drop-down list to select one of the five gain options: 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16. Note that thehighest gain option, 16, is not an option on the Image Setup window, which features only five gain levels,1, 2, 4, 8, and 16. While a gain of 16 is usually too grainy for captured images, it can be helpful inspeeding the display of dim images in live image mode.120 User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera