Temperature Range; Image Modes; General; Changing The Image Mode - FLIR C Series User Manual

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Achieving a good thermal image
1. Tap the Settings button
2. Tap Device settings > Show temperature scale.
3. Show/hide the temperature scale by toggling the Show temperature scale switch.

7.3 Temperature range

The camera is calibrated for different temperature ranges. For accurate temperature
measurements, you must change the Camera temperature range setting to suit the ex-
pected temperature of the object you are inspecting.
Note For more information, see section , page .
To change the temperature range, do the following:
1. Tap the Settings button
2. Tap Camera temperature range.
3. Select the appropriate temperature range.

7.4 Image modes

7.4.1 General

The camera can capture thermal and visual images at the same time. By choosing the
image mode, you select which type of image to display on the screen.
The camera supports the following image modes:
• Thermal MSX (Multi Spectral Dynamic Imaging): An infrared image where the edges
of the objects are enhanced with visual image details is displayed.
• Thermal: An infrared image is displayed.
• Digital camera: The visual image captured by the digital camera is displayed.
• Picture in picture: An infrared image frame is displayed on top of the visual image.
Note
• For the Thermal MSX, Thermal, and Picture in picture image modes, all thermal and
visual information is stored when an image is saved. This means that you can edit the
image later, in the camera image gallery or in a FLIR Thermography software, and se-
lect any of the image modes.
• For the Digital camera image mode, a digital image is stored when an image is saved.
However, no thermal information is stored.
• You can choose to turn off the digital camera. This can, for example, be required in re-
stricted areas. Select
When the digital camera is off, only the image mode Thermal is enabled.

7.4.2 Changing the image mode

To change the image mode, do the following:
1. Tap the menu button
2. Tap Image mode .
3. Tap the image mode you want to use.

7.4.3 Aligning the thermal and visual images

In Thermal MSX and Picture in picture modes, the camera displays a combination of
thermal and visual images. When looking at an object close up or far away, you may
need to adjust the distance setting in the camera to align the thermal and visual images.
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(Settings) > Save options & storage > Digital camera = Off.
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