diff --git a/SpinnakerCapture.cpp b/SpinnakerCapture.cpp
index ae9b492..1b5fc44 100644
--- a/SpinnakerCapture.cpp
+++ b/SpinnakerCapture.cpp
@@ -41,14 +41,16 @@ SpinnakerCapture::SpinnakerCapture(QObject *parent)
         // Retrieve GenICam nodemap
         nodeMap = &pCam->GetNodeMap();
 
-        CIntegerPtr ptrWidth = nodeMap->GetNode("Width");
-        width = ptrWidth->GetValue();
-        CIntegerPtr ptrHeight = nodeMap->GetNode("Height");
-        height = ptrHeight->GetValue();
-        CFloatPtr ptrExposureTime = nodeMap->GetNode("ExposureTime");
-        exposureTime = ptrExposureTime->GetValue();
 
-        qDebug()<< "Initialized Spinnaker compatible camera (" << width << "x" << height << ")";
+        width = pCam->Width.GetValue();
+        height = pCam->Height.GetValue();
+        exposureTime = pCam->ExposureTime.GetValue();
+        pixelFormat = pCam->PixelFormat.GetValue();
+        qDebug() <<"Initialized Spinnaker compatible camera ("
+                 << width << "x" << height
+                 << pCam->PixelFormat.GetCurrentEntry()->GetSymbolic()
+                 << ")";
+
         isInitialized = true;
     }
     catch (Spinnaker::Exception &e){
@@ -179,27 +181,36 @@ int SpinnakerCapture::acquireImages(unsigned int nImagesToCapture)
                     // name a few.
                     //
 
-                    ImagePtr convertedImage = pResultImage->Convert(pixelFormat, NEAREST_NEIGHBOR);
-
-                    unsigned int XPadding = convertedImage->GetXPadding();
-                    unsigned int YPadding = convertedImage->GetYPadding();
-                    unsigned int rowsize = convertedImage->GetWidth();
-                    unsigned int colsize = convertedImage->GetHeight();
-
-                    //image data contains padding. When allocating Mat container size, you need to account for the X,Y image data padding.
 
                     int cvFormat;
+                    ImagePtr convertedImage;
                     switch(pixelFormat){
                         case PixelFormat_BGR8:
+                            //we could also convert the format:
+                            //convertedImage = pResultImage->Convert(Spinnaker::PixelFormatEnums(pixelFormat), NEAREST_NEIGHBOR);
+                            convertedImage = pResultImage;
                             cvFormat = CV_8UC3;
                             break;
+                        case PixelFormat_Mono8:
+                            convertedImage = pResultImage;
+                            cvFormat = CV_8UC1;
+                            break;
                         case PixelFormat_Mono16:
-                            cvFormat = CV_16U;
+                            convertedImage = pResultImage;
+                            cvFormat = CV_16UC1;
                             break;
                         default:
+                            convertedImage = pResultImage;
                             cvFormat = CV_8UC3;
                     }
 
+                    unsigned int XPadding = convertedImage->GetXPadding();
+                    unsigned int YPadding = convertedImage->GetYPadding();
+                    unsigned int rowsize = convertedImage->GetWidth();
+                    unsigned int colsize = convertedImage->GetHeight();
+
+                    //image data contains padding. When allocating Mat container size, you need to account for the X,Y image data padding.
+
                     cv::Mat cvMat = cv::Mat(colsize + YPadding, rowsize + XPadding, cvFormat, convertedImage->GetData(), convertedImage->GetStride());
 
                     emit(sendFrame(cvMat.clone()));
diff --git a/SpinnakerCapture.h b/SpinnakerCapture.h
index 5452e59..b7ddeb7 100644
--- a/SpinnakerCapture.h
+++ b/SpinnakerCapture.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class SpinnakerCapture : public QObject
     unsigned int width = 0;
     unsigned int height = 0;
     float exposureTime = 0;
-    PixelFormatEnums pixelFormat = PixelFormat_Mono16; //PixelFormat_BGR8
+    int64_t pixelFormat; //PixelFormat_BGR8
     ~SpinnakerCapture();
 private:
     CameraPtr pCam;