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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.
