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Last week, Navitar unveiled its newest group of lenses for their short wave infrared (SWIR) industrial cameras. These fixed focal length lenses include two 25mm designs, a 35 mm and a 50 mm design. SWIR imaging applications require the optical system to efficiently transmit light in the visible, NIR and SWIR wavelengths. In order to accomplish this task, the lens...

Infocomm 2008 kicked off their 3-day conference last Wednesday with a vengeance. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, I had the opportunity to fly out for their opening day to see what the latest trends are and to get a first hand glimpse of new products in action. Upon arrival to the LVCC, the size of the convention was...

A few weeks ago I posted a blog regarding the Toshiba IKHD1 being ideal for teaching applications in hospitals. Here is an update on the progress of this remote head HD industrial camera during it's implementation into one of it's many ideal applications: The Toshiba IK-HD1 remote head high definition industrial color camera was recently highlighted in the May 2008...

Sony will be releasing a new HD Block Camera with increased sensitivity as part of its successful FCB Series of Industrial Cameras. At this time there are no spec sheets available for the new, highly anticipated FCBH11 block camera, however, the information available indicates that the FCB-H11 will have Auto ICR for Day/Night function and an increased sensitivity of less...

Hitachi Kokusai's newly released HDTV Digital industrial color camera, the HV-HD30, is a perfect camera solution for users looking for a highly versatile HD camera at an affordable price. The new compact, C-mount HDTV camera incorporates three newly developed HDTV 1/3", 1.3 megapixel CMOS sensors, high quality, smearless images and a multiformat output providing both 1080i at 25 or 30...

The PXD digital frame grabber offers data rates high enough for the most demanding video capture applications. Compatible with single, dual or four channel cameras, the PXD comes with a camera configuration application that makes it one of the easiest machine vision components to set up and use. PXD-1000-00 Interface for color and monochrome (RS422 & RS644) digital cameras. PXD...

Tamron USA, Inc. announced that the company has successfully developed two new F/1.4, 4-12 mm Vari-Focal lenses - models M12VM412 and M12VG412 - that are compatible with 1/2"-format megapixel-resolution industrial cameras. THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT The concept was to develop 1/2"-format lenses in the High Resolution Vari-Focal Lens series compatible with megapixel-resolution cameras. These lenses will take full advantage of the...

May 19, 2008 Irvine, CA - Toshiba Imaging Systems Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems (TAIS) and a leader in advanced video imaging awarded Aegis Electronic Group, Inc. the Top Distributor Award for the fiscal year 2007. Vince Giovinco, Toshiba Imaging’s National Sales Manager, presented the award to Aegis Electronic’s President/CEO Carolynn Larson-Garcia, General Manager Sonja Walker and...

The Sony FCB-H10 High Definition Block Camera and the IFBEX232-HD High Definition Interface Board are ideal for applications including: Medical Imaging, Conferencing, Cable TV Broadcasting, Sports and POV. The FCB-H10 is Sony's first high definition block camera. This unique camera allows you to take your first step towards HD migration with the flexibility to capture and output from standard definition...

The Aegis AEG series of 29mm cubic analog B/W industrial cameras is now available for purchase and evaluations*. The AEG series of industrial machine vision cameras is great for embedded systems for image calibration and microscopic applications. It's small size, light weight, and low-cost make it a perfect entry-level Machine Vision camera. AEG Series Features: 29mm Cubic Size High Resolution...