Our job as imaging specialists is to help our customers make the best decisions on which industrial camera and image sensor works best for their application. This is not a trivial task as there are many data points to consider, and in the end, a good image comparison test helps provide the true answer. In …
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Allied Vision is expanding its line of Manta machine vision cameras, releasing the Manta G-158 and Manta G-040 GigE Vision cameras. Featuring the second generation Pregius CMOS image sensors from Sony. These are great replacements for Legacy Sony ICX424 and Sony ICX445 image sensors found in the Manta G-032 and Manta G-125 cameras. The G-158 …
There has been a lot written about the ratings of machine vision lenses. 1stVision had created white papers that describe this in detail. However, the lens industry continues to use the marketing term, Megapixel Machine Vision Lens. Let’s get this out of the way right now. There is NO such thing as a Megapixel Machine …
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Many clients call us about doing measurements on grey scale data, but want to use a color machine vision industrial camera because they want the operator or client to see a more ‘realistic’ picture. For instance, if you are looking at PCBs, need to read characters with good precision, but also see the colors on …