Live View & Capture

Once connected to the camera, live view (Normal Mode) starts and the camera’s video feed is displayed in the center of the screen.

The difference between live view and Streaming

The camera has two operating modes: live (Normal Mode) and Streaming.

Mode	Image acquisition	Use
Live (Normal Mode)	Acquired at the speed set in Display Refresh (for example, 15 fps)	Checking framing and focus, snapshots
Streaming	Acquires every frame at the configured frame rate (for example, 1,000 fps)	High-speed acquisition and recording

Note

Even during live view, the camera itself is running at the configured frame rate, but images are only transferred to the PC at the Display Refresh rate. If you want to acquire images at the configured frame rate, turn Streaming On.

Main items on the right side of the screen

Item	Contents
Status LED	Turns the camera’s status indicator LED On/Off. Turn it Off when its light would otherwise appear in night-time shots, for example.
Streaming	Turns Streaming mode On/Off.
Capture	Saves the currently displayed image as a snapshot.
Display Refresh	Selects the live view refresh rate.
Stop Live	Stops live view.

Taking a snapshot (Capture)

1. Click Browse next to Record Path and specify a save location.

2. Click capture.

3. Once saving is complete, the location of the saved file is displayed. Click OK to close it.

   

With Capture, a single image is saved regardless of whether Streaming is On or Off. The image is saved as two files, in mdat format and png format. If you want to save a sequence of consecutive frames, use Recording.