Opus APOLLO Manuale utente
OPUS
INSTRUMENTS
OPUS
INSTRUMENTS
APOLLO
User Manual - Version 1.0
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Contents
Welcome to Apollo 4
What’s in the Box? 5
Assembling Apollo 6
The Opus Apollo Software 8
Installation 8
The Home Screen 8
The Image Area 9
Clearing the Image Area 9
The Home Position 9
Warm Up Time 9
Setting up for your Session 10
Positioning the Camera 10
Using the Calculator 12
Lighting 13
Lighting Stability 14
F/number 14
Focusing Apollo 15
Focus Mode in Opus Apollo 16
Checking Your Positioning 18
Using Diagonals 18
Spiral Capture 20
The Histogram 20
Checking Your Lighting 22
Dark Frames 22
Taking a Picture 23
Updating Display 24
Saving 24
Image Restore 24
Exposure Time 25
The Transit Screw 25
Futher Information 26
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Welcome to the Apollo camera for Infrared Reflectography
Apollo is the latest advancement in infrared reflectography.
Following in the footsteps of the world-renowned Osiris camera,
Apollo uses an internal scanning mechanism to capture high
resolution infrared reflectograms using a leading InGaAs area
sensor.
By following this guide, you’ll be ready to setup and use Apollo
to captureyour own high resolution infrared reflectograms in no
time.
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What’s in the Box?
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6
5
2
3
4
1. Apollo Camera Body
2. Allen Key for securing Focus Rods
3. Lens Assembly
4. Focus Rods
5. Power Supply
6. USB Cable
Not Shown:
7. Software CD
8. User Manual
9. Light Plug and spares
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Assembling Apollo
The first thing you need to do is assemble Apollo.
The first time you assemble Apollo, remove the transit screw
from the baseplate (see opposite) and replace with the
supplied light plug.
After removing the transit screw, assembling Apollo can be done
in six easy steps.
1. Remove your Apollo from its case and lie it on a flat surface
2. Insert the focus rods into the holes on the front of the camera.
Use the supplied allen key to secure the rods using the bolts
on the underside of the camera
3. Remove the lens cap from the camera body, and the back of
the camera lens assembly
4. Slide the lens assembly onto the focus rods
5. Gently lift the bellows to meet the lens assembly and secure
them in place using the four thumbscrews
6. Slide the lens assembly slightly up the focus rods and gently
secure using the screw on the side of the lens assembly
Focus rods
Lens Assmebly
(with lens caps removed)
Bellows
Camera body
Thumbscrews
Fine focus knob
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We recommend using Apollo on a tripod capable of supporting
at least a 6kg payload. Apollo has both ¼” and ⅜” tripod mount
holes on the baseplate for compatibility with a large range of
tripod mounts.
It’s also possible to use Apollo on any flat surface, but be aware
that the scanning process can cause vibrations and if Apollo
moves or vibrates on the surface, you may see artefacts in your
images.
Bolts to secure focus rods
Transit Screw - Remove before use
Tripod
holes
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Focus mode
Histogram
Save
Clear
Drag
Go To Point
Take Diagonal
Spiral
Select Area
Select All
Play
Image Area
Progress BarConnection Status
Pixel Values
The Opus Apollo Software
Installation
The Opus Apollo software is supplied on CD ROM as standard.
It is also possible to supply the software on USB stick or as a
downloadable file when requested.
To install the software, insert the CD into your CD drive, run the
ApolloSetup.exe file and follow the prompts.
The Home Screen
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The Image Area
The black square represents Apollo’s imaging area. Apollo
captures a large number of small individual tiles and stitches
them together to create an image over this entire area.
You can choose to select the entire image area, or select a
subsection using the Select Area button.
Capturing additional subsections will continue to add them to
the image area without erasing any current data. However,
overlapping an existing subsection will overwrite it with the new
selection.
Please note that overlapping sections which have been captured
separately will not be blended at the edges. For high quality final
images, we recommend always capturing your whole desired
area as a single selection.
Clearing the Image Area
Select the Clear button to clear the image area. This will prompt a
warning checking you wish to clear the current image data, before
returning the image area to blank canvas.
The Home Position
When you switch on Apollo and open the Opus Apollo software,
the camera will default to its Home Position. This corresponds to
the top left hand corner of the image area.
Warm Up Time
The InGaAs sensor in Apollo is cooled to provide the best imaging
performance. After switching on Apollo and connecting to the
Opus Apollo software, it is good practice to wait for five minutes
before taking a high quality capture to allow the temperature to
stabilise. There is no problem with using this time to begin setting
up, focussing and checking your lighting and positioning.
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Setting up for your Session
Setting up carefully for an imaging session will help you capture
the best quality images.
As a brief overview, the setting up process is generally:
• Assemble Apollo and place on tripod
• Position Apollo and evenly illuminate your subject
• Focus
• Check positioning and lighting in software
• Take dark frame
• Capture image
As you gain experience with Apollo, you’ll likely develop your own
processes and preferred ways of doing things, but the following
pages should help you understand and master these main aspects
of getting set up.
Positioning the Camera
First of all, you need to position Apollo at the right distance from
your subject to capture the whole of your desired field of view.
There are a couple of easy ways to work out this distance.
First, measure the longest edge of your subject, or the longest
side of the area you would like to cover.
The table opposite shows a range of possible values for the longest
edge and the minimum distance Apollo must be to capture the
entire subject in a single image.
We recommend setting Apollo slightly further away than this to
add a little flexibility in positioning the camera. For example, for
a painting with a longest edge of 80cm, Apollo must be at least
157cm away to capture the entire painting. We would advise
setting Apollo around 165cm away to leave a margin of error.
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