DCS®5
UV | VIS | IR
No compromise fingerprint imaging workstation for unrivalled results
Used by fingerprint experts across the globe, DCS®5 is a comprehensive imaging system for the illumination, visualisation, photography, and enhancement of almost any type of fingerprint on any surface or background, ensuring that maximum detail is revealed.
World Class Fingerprints
Representing best-in-class technology, the DCS®5 is our flagship system for the illumination, visualisation, photography, and enhancement of fingerprints.
Released at the turn of the millennium, the original DCS 121 represented a revolution in fingerprint photography. By the late 1990s digital photography had become commercially ubiquitous, as it provided photographers with a quick and easy method of recording images that could be stored in a computerized file format or printed on demand. However, many forensic photographers remained unwilling to adopt the new technology, fearing that digital images would be inferior in quality and more susceptible to manipulation when compared with film.
At the turn of the millennium, foster+freeman, in close collaboration with Wiltshire Constabulary, launched the DCS 121, a groundbreaking digital photography system including tamperproof image validation software:
a revolution had begun.
Over the last 2 decades the DCS system has evolved into it’s current iteration; the DCS®5: a truly potent weapon in the hands of a fingerprint expert.
Designed to achieve court-ready results in the most challenging of situations, and capable of working across the spectrum, from IR to UV, it is no wonder this product can be found in high-profile fingerprint laboratories worldwide. The DCS®5 system offers solutions to forensic professionals for whom compromise is not an option.
You can learn more about our History of Innovation here.
DCS®5 Image Capture
The DCS®5 system combines Nikon’s full-frame flagship camera, the D6, with application-specific lenses to provide the examiner with maximum control and deliver images of exceptional clarity across the spectrum.
DCS®5 Illumination
The DCS®5 system offers formidable illumination capabilities to enable the examiner to achieve exceptional results, with three additional specialised illumination modules also available.
DCS®5 Software
An integral part of DCS 5 is the easy-to-use software that provides sophisticated image processing and enhancement tools to uncover hidden detail within images.
DCS®5 Imaging Techniques
Fluorescence Imaging
TREAT // SELECT // CAPTURE
- Original
- Visible Fluorescence
Image:
Plastic bag treated with Polycyano UV and examined under UV illumination.
Many latent fingerprint treatments such as Ardrox, DFO, BY40 and fluorescent powders fluoresce under specific wavelengths of light.
Using the DCS®5 multi-wavelength ring light an operator is able to select the optimum wavelength to generate the maximum intensity of fluorescence for each type of treatment.
Infrared Imaging
DUST // ISOLATE // CAPTURE
- Original
- Infrared Fluorescence
Image: Polymer banknote treated with fpNatural 1 IR Fluorescent Powder, illuminated with red light using the Crime-lite 8x4Mk3 and viewed in the IR.
Interfering backgrounds may be suppressed appearing white as they reflect IR whereas some chemical treatments such as Physical Developer and certain powders absorb IR and appear black. foster+freeman’s fingerprint dusting powder, fpNatural 1, fluoresces brightly in the infrared when illuminated with red light, eliminating interference from most backgrounds which rarely fluoresce at this wavelength.
Reflected longwave UV Imaging
ILLUMINATE // CAPTURE // ENHANCE
- Original
- Reflected UV
Image: Untreated latent fingerprint on clear perspex. Perspex appears black when illuminated and viewed under UV revealing the fingerprint which reflects UV
Many surfaces such as glass and plastics absorb UV and appear black, which improves the visibility of both treated and untreated latent prints which often reflect UV. Images can then be significantly enhanced using the DCS®5 software.
Cylindrical Surface Unwrapping
LOAD // ‘UNWRAP’ // CAPTURE
- Loading the CSU
- ‘Unwrapped’ Image
Image:
Using the CSU to capture and ‘unwrap’ images of fingermarks on bullets
The DCS®5 Cylindrical Surface Unwrapper (CSU) enables 2D images of fingermarks to be extracted from narrow cylindrical items including bullets, pens, batteries, glass vials, bottles, syringes, hand tools and other similarly shaped objects.
System Specifications
In order to accommodate the differing requirements of fingerprint laboratories worldwide, DCS®5 is now available in a choice of PRO and EXPERT configurations.
DCS®5 PRO
DCS®5 EXPERT
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Unrivalled Results
The results achieved by the DSS®5 speak for themselves.
See the videos below for demonstrations of the system in action.
DCS®5 INTRODUCTION:
DCS®5 SHOWCASE:
Related Webinars
Our popular forensic webinar series provides a great introduction to our products and their real-world applications. They can also be a valuable resource for existing users, helping you to get the most from your equipment and find more evidence.
![DCS 5 is a comprehensive imaging system for the detection,capture and enhancement of almost any type of fingerprint on anysurface or background to ensure that maximum detail is revealed.](png/lazy_image.png)
Webinar – Detección y examen de huellas dactilares Usando infrarrojo: supresión de fondos para revelar huellas dactilares con alto contraste
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Webinar – Learn from the the Experts: Esther Neate, Digital Fingermark Imaging Pioneer
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Webinar – Ask the Experts – Fingerprint Detection, Capture and Enhancement
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Webinar – DCS 5: Imaging Difficult Fingermarks with Advanced Lighting Techniques
![DCS 5 - Advanced Fingermark Detection System](png/lazy_image.png)
Webinar – Fingerprint Imaging Techniques – Capturing Ridge Detail
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