There is provided an imager with, for example, a fiber plate cover capable of transferring to a sensor element an image of a sample that may be close to or in contact with such fiber plate cover, and imaging such sample. An imager may include a fiber plate cover capable of capturing images from a microarray analysis device. There is also provided a method of capturing images with an imager of a sample that is for example in contact with a fiber plate cover on such imager.