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Camera Approx Price (list) Analog/Digital Chip Type Chip Grades/ Big Depth Transfer Mode Transfer Speed
QImaging
MicroPublisher 3.3
MicroPublisher 5.0
both color
$3,950 or $4,950 cooled; 5.0 $4,950 or $5,950 cooled digital 1/2"
3.3 Sony ICX252 5.0 Sony ICX282
Sony grade 0/
10 bit
interline, progressive scan 20, 10, 5, 2.5 MHz; 3.3 30 fps full field of view; 5.0 25 fps, higher fps w ROI
QImaging
Intensified Retiga
$29,950 or
w extended blue $32,950
digital 2/3" Sony ICX285 Interline; Sony grade 0/
12 bit depth
interline, progressive scan 20 MHz, 10 fps, full res 8-bit, 5 fps 12-bit, sustained image data rate 40MB/s, 20MB/s w Mac OS
QImaging
Retiga 2000R Series (New)
mono or color
$6,750, $7,750 cooled, optional RGB filter w F-mount interface digital Kodak KAI-2020
compatible w Retiga 1300i
Sony grade 0
12 bit/ 36 bit color; 4096 levels grey, 4096 levels per channel color
interline, progressive scan 20, 10, 5, 2.5 MHz; 227 fps max; 10 fps full res @ 12 bits, sustained image data rate 40MB/s
QImaging
Retiga EXi Series
mono or color
$9,950 non-cooled to $15,450 cooled digital 2/3" Sony ICX285 12 bit interline, progressive scan 20, 10, 5, 2.5 MHz; 110 fps at 8x8 bin, 10 fps full res @ 12 bits; sustained image data rate 40MB/s
QImaging
Retiga 1300i
$? non-cooled or cooled color digital Sony ICX085 12 bit interline, progressive scan 20, 10, 5, 2.5 MHz; 12 fps full res @ 12 bits; 290 fps max; sustained image data rate 40MB/s
Camera Approx Price (list) Analog/Digital Chip Type Chip Grades/ Big Depth Transfer Mode Transfer Speed
QImaging
QICAM and
QICAM-IR
mono or color infrared mono
$4,250 non-cooled to $5,250 cooled; $4950 IR mono digital 1/2" Sony ICX205;
2/3" VQE3618L (IR
12 bit/ 36 bit color; 4096 levels grey, 4096 levels per channel color interline, progressive scan 20, 10, 5, 2.5 MHz; 10fps (IR 20 fps) full resolution @ 12 bits; 205 fps max w binning & ROI
QImaging
PMI-4201class1
PMI-4202 class2
PMI-4201 class3
$39,950
$21,950
$18,950
digital KAF-4201 Kodak grade 1, 2, or 3
14 bit depth
full-frame Selectable 10 MHz, 2 fps in hi-res mode; 3 fps w 2x2bin; 6 fps w 4x4 bin
Cooke PixelFly $?? VGA
$?? SVGA
$?? HiRes
digital ? 1 grade available, grade 0, 12 bit interline 16 MHz, 40 fps VGA; 20 MHz 12.5 fps SVGA; 16 MHz, 9.5 fps HiRes, up to 140 fps VGA
Cooke SensiCam $14,990 (SVGA)
$12,295 (VGA)
$17,590 (QE)
digital Sony ICX085 interline progressive scan, CCD model 1 grade available, grade 0, 12 bit interline 12.5 MHz, 8 fps SVGA, 30 fps VGA; up to 50 fps w bin & ROIs
PixelLINK
PL-A641 mono
PL-A642 color
$1695 mono
$1795 color
digital Zoran CMOS, coupler, if required should be 1X ? full-frame? 8 bit or 10 bit data rate 24 MHz, 30 fps at 8 bit, 640x480 res; 14 fps at 8 bit, 1280x1024
Camera Approx Price (list) Analog/Digital Chip Type Chip Grades/ Big Depth Transfer Mode Transfer Speed
Optronics
MagnaFire SP
QuantiFire mono
MicroFire mono or color
MacroFire color
$7,995.00 SP
$10,995 Quanti
$6495 Micro
$8495 Macro
digital Sony ICX085, Sony ICX285AL, Sony ICX285AQ
AK color interline transfer
grade 1
Magna 8,16 bit mono and 24, 32, 48 bit color; Micro & Macro 36 bit color
interline SP 10 fps at 1280x1024 res, 400 mbs; Macro/Quanti 5 fps at 2048x2048, up to 400mbs data transfer;
Magna 10 fps at 1280x1024
Hamamatsu
C9100-02
C9100-12
?? digital electron multiplier CCD, proprietary EM-CCD in sealed vacuum chamber grade 0, 14 bit frame transfer; backthinned frame transfer for C9100-12 35 MHz for 02;
11 MHz for 12, up to 277 fps w binning
Hamamatsu
Orca II ERG
Orca II ER
Orca-AG
< $25,000.00 B/W digital;
AG is digital cooled
ER-150 CCD w micro-lens, in proprietary sealed vacuum chamber grade 0
12 & 14 bit;
AG 12 bit
progressive scan interline 10 MHz, 5.6 fps; ER 6.0 fps. Readout hi speed or hi precision. 1.25 MHz precision; AG 14.75 MHz, up to 27 fps w binning
Hamamatsu
C7780-10
?? cooled digital color 3 chip CCD w RGB prism, same chip as in ER 12, 10, 8 bit x 3 channels parallel = 36 bit color progressive scan interline 16 MHz clock rate, up to 49.2 Hz w binning
Diagnostics Spot RT Mono
RT Color
RT Color Slider
Insight
$7,200.00
$8,000.00
$12,500.00
$3,850.00
digital Sony ICX-285AL; Insight Kodak KAI-4020-M grade 0/ Bit
8, 12, 16 mono
24, 36, 48 color
progressive scan interline 18 MHz, 9.7 fps; 6.5 seconds for color; Insight 40 MHz, 14 fps
Camera Approx Price (list) Analog/Digital Chip Type Chip Grades/ Big Depth Transfer Mode Transfer Speed
DVC Co.
1412AM
1412AC
1412-MS
1412 Intensicam
$9095 w/o cooling
$11,895 w cooling
$13,895 Intensi, & MS multispectral?
digital Sony ICX285AL grade0/ 12 bit progressive scan interline 18MHZ
Dage
300 not cooled
300T cooled
$2,850 not cooled
$4,000.00 cooled
(coupler + $485)
analog interline, Sony ICX038DLA 1 grade available
10 bit
analog RS170 output clock 14.318 MHz V 59.94 Hz
H 15.734 Hz, 30 fps
Dage
330 not cooled
330T cooled
330: $7,000.00
330T $10,500.00
(coupler + $720)
analog interline, Sony ICX058AL 1 grade available
10 bit
analog RS170 output clock 14.318 MHz V 59.94 Hz
H 15.734 Hz, 30 fps
Dage
Series 70
? analog? Tube, no chip Vidicon, Silicon Diode, Newvicon, Plumbicon, Pasecon, Lead Sulfide RS170 standard; 330 or 343 optional vertical sweep rate 60 Hz or 50 Hz; horizontal sweep frequency 12 KHz to 35 KHz
Roper
Cascade 512F
$34,000 digital E2V CCD87 with on-chip gain 1 available,
16 bit
full frame 16 bits at 10 MHz, 5 MHz, 1 MHz
Camera Approx Price (list) Analog/Digital Chip Type Chip Grades/ Big Depth Transfer Mode Transfer Speed
Roper
Sensys
$12,790.00
$26,000.00
digital Kodak KAF 1401E 3 available
12 bit
full frame 1 MHz, 1 frame in 1.39 sec
Roper
Quantix
$21,495.00 digital Kodak KAF 1401E 1 grade available, grade 0, 12 bit; color cameras 36 bit full frame 5 MHz, 1 frame in 0.3 sec
Roper
CoolSNAPfx CoolSNAPcf
mono or color
$11,900.00
$11,900.00
cf $4,995.00
cf color $4,995.00
digital/analog simulator; cf has 20 MHz digitization Sony ICX061; cf ICX205AL; cf color ICX205AK ?1 grade available, grade 0, 12 bit interline progressive scan 20 MHz, 10 fps; cf 11 frames/sec at 1392x1040 to 125 frames/sec at 256x256
Roper
CoolSNAPHQ
CoolSNAP ES mono
$??
$??
digital Sony ICX285 progressive scan ?1 grade available, grade 0, 12 bit interline HQ 100 ms/frame
ES 91 ms/frame
Roper Princeton
Micromax 1300Y
and 1300Y HS
$15,500.00
$16,500.00
digital Sony ICX061 interline progressive scan 1 grade available, grade 0, 12 bit interline 1300Y,1 MHz
1300YHS, 5 MHz, 1 frame in 1.43 sec
Camera Approx Price (list) Analog/Digital Chip Type Chip Grades/ Big Depth Transfer Mode Transfer Speed
Nikon
Coolpix 995
$?? digital ? ? ? 30fps VGA; 15fps, 40 sec. QVGA Movie
Nikon
DXM 1200
$?? digital ? 1.4 million pixels ? full frame? 12fps 640x512
Zeiss AxioCam
MR med res
HR high res
$?? MRmono
$?? MRcolor
$?? HR b/w & RGB
digital ? grade ?
MR 12 bit/18 MHz
HR14 bit/10 MHz
full frame MR 7fps 1300x1030
17fps 433x343
25fps 260x206
HR 5fps1300x1030
13fps 433x343
19fps 260x206
Sony DXC-S500 $?? digital 2/3type Interline Transfer, interlaced scan 10bit ADC interline 12fps 640x512



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