Syntronics Forensic
Systems Division
develops and
manufactures equipment
for detecting and
enhancing latent
fingerprints and blood
samples —LatentMaster.
Below is a Photograph
of our LatentMaster
workstation for
detection and
enhancement of latent
fingerprints.
The detection of Latent
fingerprints is enhanced
by the ability to use a
variety of light sources
spanning the optical
spectrum. LatentMaster
is the only workstation
which has a proprietary,
high sensitivity solid
state video camera (not
a CCD camera) with all
quartz optics that spans
the spectrum from
infrared (1100 nm) to
deep ultra-violet (200
nm) . The camera sees
what the human eye
cannot, and the image is
displayed, in real time,
on a high resolution
computer monitor. In
many cases latent
fingerprints can be
detected and lifted
without chemical
treatment, using
ultra-violet absorption,
ultra-violet reflection,
or ultra-violet
fluorescence.
The LatentMaster UV
Viewer is the only
UV Viewer on the
market with a low
distortion lens
custom designed
specifically for
imaging in the UV
spectrum. There is
no better hand-held
UV Imager available,
at any price!
With this UV Viewer,
there is no more
blind film
photography, no time
wasted waiting for
film to develop, no
more being tied to a
computer for digital
pictures, no more
carrying around a
large, complex
system to get images
from UV searches.
The untreated
latent print shown
was found and then
lifted from a file
cabinet using the
Latentmaster UV
Viewer system with
254 nm UV
illumination.
The LatentMaster UV
Viewer is easy to
take to the crime
scene, since it is
small and battery
operated. Real time
UV viewing means
that the crime scene
can be quickly and
thoroughly searched
for latent
fingerprints or
trace evidence
visible only in the
Ultra-violet
spectrum. Clearly
identifiable latent
fingerprints seen
with the UV viewer
can be photographed
with the digital
camera through the
UV Viewer. Items of
evidence with less
clear features
discovered with the
LatentMaster UV
Viewer can be
brought to the
laboratory and
examined with the
LatentMaster 2004
Digital Latent
Fingerprint
Workstation's
superior UV imaging
capability, or
chemically treated
to allow
photographing the
latent fingerprint
in the visible
spectrum.
The latent fingerprint
below is from an actual
case, deposited on
electrical tape used in
constructing a letter
bomb. The latent was
lifted with UV
illumination and
enhanced using
LatentMaster Fingerprint
Software.
