These top of the line camera models of the MegaPlus series offer the resolution and image quality needed for sophisticated industrial and scientific applications. Ideal for medical imaging digitalising, they reach a colour depth of true 12 bits per channel with a resolution of 4872 pixels × 3248 pixels. The camera is available with a colour or a greyscale sensor and stands out due to its exceedingly low image noise. To prevent even finest details from being obscured by noise, the camera uses optimised “shooting conditions”: The compact enclosure houses a 16 megapixel interline progressive scan CCD with a sensor area of 36 mm × 24 mm. As a result, a comparatively large area of 7.4 μm × 7.4 μm is available for each pixel. In addition, passive (EP16000) or active (EC16000) cooling and an optional fan lower the sensor’s temperature and hence, image deterioration caused by dark current noise is reduced to a minimum. Camera data can be transferred at full resolution with a rate of up to 3.2 fps using a FireWire or CameraLink interconnection.

With the Le575, Lumena continues with the high quality of their network attached cameras in the 5 megapixel class. The camera transfers six images per second at its full resolution of 2560 pixels × 1920 pixels in the form of individual JPEG compressed images or as motion JPEG coded video stream. It achieves 26 fps with a resolution of 1024 pixels x 768 pixels. As an option, the Le575 is available with direct power supply over the network cable (Power over Ethernet). The Lumenera Le575 offers extensive configuration options for the most diverse security applications. Predefined actions can be performed automatically when certain events occur such as sending out the up to 110 previously recorded images from the camera’s buffer memory by e-mail or FTP. For reasons of reliable privacy protection, image areas not to be monitored can be masked out in the device itself. The camera offers a light sensitivity of 2 Lux at F 1.0; programmable day and night adjustments allow for an automatic changeover into a spezial low light mode. Furthermore, an optional variant of the Le575 with true day/night mode is available for highly detailed imaging even under extreme illumination conditions.

Designed for TV output camera systems, Sony’s Super-HAD CCD™ sensors ICX638AKA and ICX639AKA offer effective resolutions of 768 pixels × 494 pixels (NTSC) and 752 pixels × 582 pixels (PAL), respectively. At the same time, the diagonal 6mm (Type 1/3) CCDs feature high light sensitivity and image quality. Compared to the previous ICX408AK und ICX409- AK Sony sensors, the ICX638AKA and ICX639AKA sensors show improved sensitivity in the short wavelength spectral area specifically and more balanced overall spectral characteristics resulting in a light sensitivity increase of 7dB. Therefore, the new Sony CCDs show a significantly improved image quality in adverse light conditions in particular. The ICX638AKA and ICX639AKA sensors offer outstanding quality for TV output surveillance cameras and other security applications. With identical size, pixel numbers, timing, packaging, and pin configuration, the new sensors are compatible with existing solutions based on the ICX408AK and ICX409AK sensors, respectively. Both sensor generations are currently available.