Products Cameras
Panoramic camera Scotland-based camera design and manufacturing company, NCTech, has launched a fully automatic instant 360º panoramic camera. The iStar is ideally suited for sectors including engineering, heritage, construction, surveying, architecture and mining. Designed to be integrated into the lidar scanning process, this rapid imaging 360º camera has the power to process its images internally, with no need for a computer to complete post-production processing or stitching.
iStar produces instant 50 Megapixel high- resolution full spherical images to measure, document and visualise a location, building or terrain. The image resolution of the camera exceeds that of traditional cameras and when superimposed onto point cloud data allows the viewer to visualise the scene clearly. The camera is small, light and robust making it easy to transport and quick to deploy. The camera has no moving parts and a solid steel body. It is available in two models, Fusion and Pulsar, both of which capture 360º horizontally and 280º vertically, including the zenith.
www.nctech.co.uk
Imaging spectrograph Princeton Instruments has released its imaging spectrograph, the IsoPlane SCT-320. The IsoPlane features a new optical design that eliminates the primary aberrations present in traditional imaging spectrographs. It produces clear images that are sharp across the focal plane. As a result, more photons end up in spectral peaks, significantly increasing the effective signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The system greatly reduces coma aberrations, thus preserving spectral resolution at all wavelengths. Astigmatism is also completely
Streak camera
For demanding imaging tasks High performance camera
manufacturer, Imperx, has
introduced its four- tap Bobcat camera series. Led by the 29 Megapixel ICL-B6640 Bobcat, these cameras are built to meet demanding imaging requirements and designed with an extended operating temperature range of -40°C to +85°C. The B6640 camera has an image resolution of 6,600 x 4,400 and 5fps at full resolution and is available in monochrome, colour, or Truesense Colour, with 8-, 10- and 12-bit output. The fully programmable B6640 delivers impressive speed and brilliant imagery while consuming relatively little power (7.8W). The camera’s small size (60 x 60 x 53mm),
light weight, wide operating temperature range and rugged housing make it robust enough to handle the harsh environments of military and industrial applications, as well as a perfect fit for the most demanding medical and scientific applications. Standard features include Base or Medium Camera Link, binning for variable image resolution, Truesense Imaging KAI-29050 sensor, eight independent AOI’s, and more.
www.imperx.com
Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced a new streak camera with sensitivity in the near infrared region up to 1,650nm. Like other streak cameras, the C11293 model simultaneously records intensity verses time verses position (or wavelength) with very high temporal resolution. The photocathode is made of InP/InGaAs, which has an excellent sensitivity. In order to make the device suitable for low-light-level applications, the photocathode operates at a working temperature of approximately -100°C by means of liquid nitrogen cooling.
The time resolution of the C11293 is better than 20ps FWHM. It can run at arbitrary repetition rates up to a maximum of 20MHz,
eliminated in the spectrograph, which means many more fibres in a bundle can be resolved, eliminating crosstalk in multichannel spectroscopy.
Applications include multichannel spectroscopy, Raman scattering, fluorescence, photoluminescence, biomedical imaging, and most other spectroscopic imaging techniques.
www.princetoninstruments.com
making it very versatile and easy to combine with many experimental setups. Application areas include time-resolved spectroscopy in semiconductor physics, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes and other nanostructure research, and many others.
www.hamamatsu.eu
FireWire models Point Grey has added 6.0 Megapixel models to its Grasshopper Express IEEE 1394b (FireWire-b) digital cameras series. Building on Point Grey’s experience with Sony EXview HAD CCD II technology, the new Grasshopper Express GX- FW-60S6 uses the Sony ICX694 to deliver high resolution and extreme sensitivity in a compact and low-cost package. The ICX694 applies EXview HAD technology to higher resolution, multi-tap image sensors. EXview is known for high quantum efficiency, reduced smear and increased near infrared sensitivity. The ICX694 is a full 1-inch CCD that features 4.54µm2 pixels and is capable of sending 2,736 x 2,192 images at 11fps.
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Every Grasshopper Express camera is equipped with a tripod mounting bracket, on-board temperature and power sensors to monitor camera status, and Point Grey’s rich feature set. Also included with every camera is the FlyCapture SDK software library which provides a common control interface for all Point Grey cameras.
www.ptgrey.com
www.imveurope.com
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