High-Performance Digital Microscope with Precision Measurement

The new VHX-1000 Digital Microscope from Keyence mixes high-performance digital microscopy with precision measurement. The VHX-1000 Series features a 16-bit imaging resolution that makes subtle color differences visible, and optimizes areas that are too dark or too bright to see. The brightness range has been increased from the previous 256 levels to 65,536 levels. Likewise, the 3CCD color clarity has increased from 16 million to over 2.8 trillion colors.

The VHX recognizes, in real time, which lens is mounted to the camera, as well as the current magnification by using a technology known as the DOUBLE'R automatic lens/zoom recognition system. Calibration adjustment is automatic with magnification changes.

The VHX-1000’s large depth-of-field is at least 20 times greater than conventional microscopes. Combined with an Accurate DFD (Depth from Defocus) function, the new VHX generates fully-focused images of virtually any sample. The compact 3CCD Camera includes a pixel-shift actuator, achieving sharp, ultra-high resolution images of up to 54 million pixels. A flicker-free progressive scan method and new graphics engine allows texture expression and color reproduction similar to observation with the naked eye. A wide selection of high-resolution, leading-edge RZ zoom lenses, with up to 5000x magnification, provides image quality with excellent chromatic aberration correction.

Targets can be freely observed with the camera/lens unit used either handheld or mounted in a multi-angle viewing stand that enables angular observation without changing the target position. Through simple mouse operations, the VHX-1000 performs real-time, on-screen measurement of the distance, radius, angle and area of the target. For larger targets that need to be observed or measured, the unit has the added capability of real-time stitching of 2D and 3D images up to 10,000 X 10,000 pixels thereby increasing the field of view up to 50 times.

VHX-1000 features include:

- 54 Megapixel 3CCD and Actuator
- Real-Time 2D/3D Image Stitching
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) Function
- Automatic Lens/Zoom Recognition Function DOUBLE'R
- 3-D Display Function
- Contrast Optimization
- High-Resolution RZ Lens
- Built-in 160 GB Hard Drive
- Built-in 24X CD-R/RW Drive
- Supporting LAN Connection/FTP Server.