TECH FOCUS: OPTICS


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within a single device. Tese developments, said Mordor, have impacted the demand for lenses in the smartphone market. In addition, slow but steady developments in security applications, such as face recognition, are also generating demand for high- performance camera lenses in the smartphone sector. However, the report also


highlighted that demand in the interchangeable and


changeable camera market is likely to experience slower growth, largely thanks to the aforementioned improvement in the smartphone camera market. Tis, in-turn, could have an impact on the camera lens market, with the demand expected to remain relatively static at around 10 million in interchangeable and 11 million in non- interchangeable camera lenses.


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Commercial products Vendors that offer lens technology include camera manufacturer Basler, which has its own range of standard and premium lenses. Te standard product line is designed for fast cameras with a lower resolution. It has a good price/performance ratio, with lenses priced to correspond to the requirements of many cost- sensitive applications. Te


premium product line is available for more demanding applications, and the lenses offer high resolution, low distortion and low vignetting. IDS is another example


of a camera manufacturer offering its own lens line. Te company’s C-mount lens series provides resolutions of 5, 8 and 10 megapixels, as well as focal lengths of 4 to 75mm and different optical classes. Te lenses cover sensor sizes


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