Kowa manufacturers extremely high quality lenses that are very cost effective for factory automation applications. Kowa categorizes their lenses into their ‘standard‘ 1/2 and 2/3" family, their ‘multi megapixel‘ family, and their 1" megapixel family. All Kowa lenses are glass with metal barrels, have lock mounts, and short MOD. Kowa is one of the few companies that will publish MTF and distortion specifications.