expert fingerprint workstation
Fingerprint Imaging Beyond Expectation
VISUALISE | CAPTURE | ENHANCE
Reveal and Recover Maximum Ridge Detail from Every Fingerprint on Any Surface
Built around the modified Nikon Z9 mirrorless camera, DCS 6 includes powerful new print enhancement features and a comprehensive photographic toolset for the visualisation, capture, and enhancement of latent and treated fingerprints as evidence.
Deploy Powerful Multispectral Illumination and Cutting-Edge Optics for Unrivalled Results
Precise wavebands of illumination from Ultraviolet, Visible, and Infrared combine with application-specific macro lenses and a high-definition sensor to improve the visualisation of every fingerprint, whether it be latent, contaminated, or chemically treated.
Achieve Superior Contrast and Remove Backgrounds Like Never Before with DCS RUVIS
Latent print examiners can now, for the first time ever, combine DCS-level imaging with the incredible fingerprint contrast enhancement technique that is RUVIS (Reflected-UV Imaging). Providing game-changing results, RUVIS offers a highly effective and time-efficient method for visualising and capturing latent and simply treated fingerprints (superglue etc.)
RUVIS is available as a DCS 6 module or as a standalone imaging system, allowing examiners to combine this technique with unrivalled DCS-imaging for the first time, to achieve results beyond expectations.
DCS 6 RUVIS combines a powerful shortwave UV light source, dedicated camera system with UV-transmitting lens, and fully-integrated software, unlocking the true capability of this potent imaging technique.
The Crime-lite 82S series holds an enviable reputation amongst crime scene examiners. Providing consistent, high-intensity, narrow bandwidth illumination in a robust and agile package, it is no wonder these devices have long remained the forensic light source of choice in many agencies.
Fingermark examiners can utilise this handheld device to 'paint with light', providing the intuitive user-experience often favoured when imaging complex prints with RUVIS. A range of mounting arms are also available.
Featuring precision-grade optics and a 200-1100nm CMOS sensor, this application-specific capture system empowers examiners to produce courtroom-ready images of exceptional quality.
The camera is fully integrated with DCS 6 software for a seamless workflow, allowing users to perform adjustments, enhancements, and add annotations, to maximise the potential of every fingerprint in a time-efficient manner.
VISUALISE | CAPTURE | ENHANCE
DCS 6 is designed to extract maximum value from every print while maintaining image integrity through a robust audit trail and SHA-256 Image Tamper Detection (ITD). From versatile illumination techniques to no-compromise photographic capture and advanced digital enhancement, DCS 6 outperforms expectations at every stage of imaging process.
DSC6 VISUALISE
MASTERY OF LIGHT
To capture high-quality identifiable fingerprints, ridge detail must first be visualised using a combination of imaging and illumination techniques engineered to meet the endless variable and challenges presented by fingerprint photography.
DCS 6 offers examiners a comprehensive selection of illumination sources and visualisation accessories including:
Crime-lite 82S PRO UV Light Sources
Crime-lite 8X4 MK2
Crime-lite 8x4 MK 4: N-IR Imaging Ring Light
Forensic Light Source (FLS)
Halogen Fibre Optic Light Source and Accessories
Light Guides
DSC6 CAPTURE
EXCEPTIONAL IMAGING
Above all else, every DCS system is a professional photography workstation of the highest quality. As such, DCS 6 has been configured around the custom modified flagship NIKON Z9 full-frame mirrorless camera.
“As close to perfect as you can imagine”, the NIKON Z9 is the first mirrorless camera to be incorporated into a DCS workstation and offers a powerful feature set ideally suited to the photographic capture of fingerprints:
Custom Modified Nikon z9 Camera
47.5MP Imaging
Captures exceptionally fine fingerprint ridge details and minute characteristics.
UV-IR Full-Spectral Conversion
Expands the Z9 spectral range to enable full-spectrum imaging from UV-A to Near-IR.
Advanced AutoFocus
Precise and rapid autofocus ensures sharp focus on the fingerprint evidence, even at close macro distances.
Optimised for Fingerprint Photography
Captures enhanced detail across a wider dynamic range and delivers exceptionally low-noise images, ideal for critical low-light fluorescence applications.
105mm Macro Lens Kit
Complete with a filter step ring and circular polarizing and visible pass filters, this versatile, reliable lens is ideal for fingermark imaging in the visible and IR spectrum.
Infrared Imaging Filters
Four IR imaging filters at 715, 780, 850, and 900 nm.
60mm UV Transmitting Lens for reflected UV imaging
This quartz/fluorite lens is essential for Reflected UV Imaging but also provides excellent results in the visible and IR.
90mm Vis-IR Tilt/Shift Lens for depth of field control
With a revolving capability of + or – 90 degrees, this high-performance lens enables selective focussing of images across different focal planes in the visible and IR wavelengths, ideal for capturing marks on curved or uneven surfaces.
DSC6 ENHANCE
MAXIMISE EVERY DETAIL
A significant update, the DCS 6 user interface elevates the digital enhancement process, providing a clean intuitive workspace with logically organised panels providing immediate access to essential tools. For complete confidence in evidence, SHA-256 Image Tamper Detection (ITD) tracks and records every image interaction to provide irrefutable proof of authenticity and the integrity of the forensic process.
Complex Enhancements, Simply Applied
Powerful yet uncomplicated image enhancement has been central to the success of the DCS series. DCS 6 elevates this, significantly boosting enhancement potential while further streamlining workflows with improved Undo/Redo functionality, One-Click Original-Compare, and robust measurement, annotation, and output options.
Basic Enhancements
A wide range of basic enhancement techniques are included, such as:
Greyscale, Invert, AOI – Rectangle, Ellipse, Irregular, Wand, Rotate/Crop, Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Histogram, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Filters (LoPass, HiPass, Flatten, Median, Local Equalisation, Sharpen etc.), Image Mathematics (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide And, Or, Xor etc.)
Advanced Enhancement Toolboxes
Application-specific enhancement toolboxes ensure the value of every fingerprint is maximised, while enhancing efficiency and throughput.
Enhancement toolboxes include:
3D/SSP, Black Gel, Colourise, Dust, Fluoresce, Grease, GV/PD, Irregular Background Removal, Lifts, Metal Deposition, Ninhydrin, Powders, Superglue.
DCS 6 IMAGE TAMPER DETECTION (ITD)
For complete confidence in fingerprint evidence
Providing unwavering trust in the forensic process, the DCS 6 Image Tamper Detection system features SHA-256 hashing and comprehensive audit logging, to provide irrefutable proof of image integrity from capture to court.
Logging every enhancement step from capture to save/output
Every action performed on an image within the DCS 6 or DCS RUVIS system, from the initial capture settings to each enhancement applied and the final output format, is automatically recorded with a timestamp and user identification. The detailed log allows examiners to precisely understand and replicate the entire image processing workflow, ensuring the process is transparent and the results can be independently verified.
DCS S-I-S
Standalone Imaging Suite: access DCS Software Tools from any PC.
For the first time, the powerful DCS imaging suite, with its full post-capture enhancement capabilities and ITD Audit Trail, can be remotely installed and operated on a separate PC, independent of the DCS 6 workstation.
This enables laboratories to seamlessly separate capture and enhancement processes, perfectly matching their desired workflow and operational requirements.
Utilise an Array of Time-Proven Imaging Techniques to Unlock the Potential of Every Print
DCS 6 builds on tried-and-trusted imaging techniques, empowering examiners to reveal hidden prints, isolate details, and capture courtroom-ready evidence.
A powerful and effective technique, capable of eliminating background interference.
While RUVIS has long been a recognised fingerprint visualisation technique, recent advancements in component technology now enable examiners, for the first time, to achieve DCS-quality fingermarks using this powerful method.
RUVIS: Mitigating Risks for Unprecedented Detail
Shortwave UV poses health and DNA degradation risks, necessitating careful workflow planning and full PPE provision with DCS 6. However, this trade-off is balanced by RUVIS’s powerful capability to non-destructively reveal exceptional detail from latent or minimally treated fingerprints, especially challenging backgrounds, enabling enhanced forensic analysis.
Infrared Reflectance and Fluorescence Imaging
Utilising the Crime-lite 8×4 Mk4 or the halogen light source, infrared imaging provides examiners with another powerful ‘beyond visible’ technique to reveal high-quality fingerprints while effectively suppressing background interference.
Under IR imaging conditions, background surfaces often appear white as they reflect IR radiation. Conversely, certain chemical treatments such as Physical Developer and specific powders absorb IR, causing them to appear black. Furthermore, foster+freeman’s specialist fpNatural 2 fingerprint dusting powder uniquely fluoresces brightly in the infrared when illuminated with red light, completely eliminating interference from many backgrounds.
Cylindrical Surface Unwrapping
Designed to capture high-quality images of fingerprints from the cylindrical surfaces of bullet casings, pens, and hand tools etc., the CSU uniformly rotates items of evidence while the DCS 6 captures, stitches and blends a series of images together to create a single 2D image of the fingermark.
With illumination being provided by the Polarised Light Tunnel (PLT), items of evidence that had previously presented a significant challenge to forensic photographers can now be quickly and easily ‘unwrapped’ for examination and enhancement.
Explore How DCS 6 Can Enhance Your Fingerprint Imaging Practice
Contact us today to learn how the DCS 6 can transform your workflow, enhance the quality of your results, and redefine your expectations of a fingermark imaging system.