Imaging Enclosure

Photographing gels with DSLR camera and smartphones

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Photographing gels with DSLR camera and smartphones

Place a gel onto the transilluminator. This gel was stained with GreenView gel stain.

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You should be able to view your gel through the amber filter that is mounted inside the enclosure. You can re-position the gel if necessary.

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Mount the camera onto the enclosure using the thumbscrew. Take your images.

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Here is a example image taken of this gel with the DSLR camera.

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With the smartphone imaging top, the viewing window is much smaller - 12.7 mm versus 74 mm. But you can still view the gel easily through this window and do any re-positioning you need to.

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Place your smartphone on the enclosure with the camera above the viewing window. Take your images.

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Here is a example image taken of this gel with the smartphone camera.

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