BDAdigital

BioDocAnalyze with Digital Single Lens Reflex Colour Camera

BDAdigital provides state - of - the - art digital photography. Heart of the system is a digital single lens reflex camera with amazing high resolution and autofocus.

The camera is widely software - controlled and provides versatile functions for fast and easy image acquisition. A selection of pre - defined camera settings is available for different gel types and stainings. In addition, individual user profiles can be defined. The gel files can be reliably analysed by self - explanatory BDA software routines (For details please see section "BioDocAnalyze Analysis Software"). The high resolution images are particularly useful for the detection of close banded gels and for band quantification. The combination of the zoom lens with the high resolution of the sensor makes the system the ideal choice for acquisition of extra large gels.

Image acquisition software for control of

Acquisition mode (auto, manual)
Exposure time
Lens aperture
Automatic and manual focus
User definable profiles for camera settings
Colour and grey scales
Brightness
Contrast
Gamma correction
Gel rotation
Live preview
Inverting
Saturation monitoring
Loading and saving files (tif, jpg, Biometra specific BD1)
Printing
Darkhoods

The modular design offers the choice between the cost - effective BDAdigital compact with small darkhood or BDAdigital systems with the advanced darkhood BDA Box. The small darkhood of BDAdigital compact is placed on top of a UV transilluminator. Together with a UV converter plate BDAdigital is ready for documentation and analysis of fluorescent and coloured gels and blots.

Application of the BDA Box is the perfect choice for all users looking for a bright overhead white light and require features like a pullout transilluminator. For details of BDA Box please refer to section "BioDocAnalyze Darkhood".

Transilluminators
BDAdigital systems are equipped with a UV transilluminator out of the wide range of the UVstar line. The UV table for BDAdigital compact should always include a UV protection lid. In contrast the BDAdigital systems with BDA Box don't need a UV protection lid at the UV transiluminator as the BDA Box has its own UV protection shield.

Alternatively to a UV transilluminator a blue light table of the BLstar line with LED illumination can be used. Blue light illumination is applicable for fluorescent stains with an excitation range around 470 nm. With a BLstar table no bandpass filter in front of the camera is necessary. Therefore appropriate BDA sets and systems with addition "BL" are available.