New Petri Dish Imaging System Launched

Don Whitley Scientific Limited (DWS) has announced the launch of a new Petri dish imaging system which can be easily fitted inside a workstation. The system allows plates to be photographed during incubation without necessitating their removal from the workstation environment.

The Whitley Petrifoto System features a Canon compact digital camera with auto focus, a wide angle zoom lens and a 12.1 megapixel high resolution sensor, all designed to elicit good quality images from even the most amateur of photographers.

The unit is small enough to pass through a workstation airlock so that it can be moved in and out of the unit as it is required. The system has an innovative lighting system which consists of a 3D light box fitted with multiple daylight colour temperature LEDs for realistic colour rendition. The box has underside and side lighting which can be controlled independently.

The Whitley Petrifoto System is suitable for all agar and colony types. It comes with an SD memory card and is compatible with Eye-Fi wireless memory cards to allow automatic image transmission to an external PC or MAC.