For months we have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Sony's new FCB-H11 SD/HD block camera. As of this morning, information was received that there's a good possibility the new block cameras will be arriving at the U.S. Sony factories towards the end of next week. Although the arrival date is not set in stone (because everything changes daily), this...
Due to Sentech's ability to customize their standard cameras and/or build custom products, they have the reputation of being able to help customers reduce their product / engineering costs and be more competitive in their markets. NEW SENTECH CAMERAS AVAILABLE: The CAMERA LINK CUBE SERIES is a full featured, cost effective, progressive scan digital Camera Link® cube camera, with a...
With Toshiba's recent announcement of the impending release of their IK-HR1DI, a one-piece 1080i/1080p 1/3" CMOS HD camera, people have asked, what is the difference between Toshiba's new camera and the new Hitachi Kokusai HV-HD30, a 3-1/3" CMOS HDTV camera? SENSOR TYPE: * TOSHIBA IK-HRID1 = 1 - 1/3" CMOS (2000 x 1132) * HITACHI HV-HD30 = 3 - 1/3...
With the arrival of the new Sony HD block camera only weeks away, what are the key differences between the FCB-H10 and the FCB-H11? AUTO ICR FCB-H10 - NOT AVAILABLE FCB-H11 - YES! MINIMUM ILLUMINATION FCB-H10 ICR-OFF MODE: 12.0 lx (F1.8, 50 IRE) FCB-H11 ICR-OFF MODE: 12.0 lx (F1.8, 50 IRE) ICR-ON MODE: 1.0 lx (F1.8, 50 IRE) POWER CONSUMPTION...
The new Sony FCB-H11 color block camera employs a 1/3-type, HD CMOS image sensor with a 16:9 aspect ratio, boasting two million effective pixels. Not quite ready for High Definition? The FCB-H11 has a flexible multi format feature that also allows for NTSC and PAL Standard Definition (SD) modes. The FCB-H11 is equipped with a variety of convenient features such...
The new IK-HR1DI camera is the perfect answer to those users who have been asking for a one-piece 1080i/1080p HD camera from Toshiba Imaging for scientific, broadcast, and industrial users. This one-piece single-chip CMOS camera is in an ULTRA COMPACT sized housing measuring just 1 ¾" x 1 ¾" x 4 1/16" and weighs but 4.3 ounces. The IK-HR1Dl accepts...
Sony block cameras are extremely versatile given the many different applications the camera can be integrated into. They also have integrated autofocus and zoom functions controlled through a serial interface and/or with the help of external pushbuttons. There are several different types of block cameras available for whatever your application needs are: FCB-EX11D 10x - 1/4" EXview HAD CCD...
In a recent posting about the 5MP industrial cameras available, the specifications for CIS' 2 new 5MP Gig-E vision industrial cameras were briefly mentioned. The two new cameras -- the color VCC-F60FV19GE and monochrome VCC-G60FV11GE -- both are equipped with 5-megapixel CCD sensors. With the GigE Vision standard, the cameras can deliver up to 15 frames per second at full...
When searching for industrial cameras people might run across products for sale listed as either "A" or "B" stock. What does each "grade" mean? "A" stock - refers to brand new, unopened/factory-sealed products from the manufacturer. Prices are typically higher because it is a brand new item. Pretty straight-forward, right? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "B" stock - refers to (1) items where the...
