For most cameras in the automated imaging marketplace, the sensor sizes are 1” and less. (1″ sensors have 16mm image circle/diameters) Note the size in inches and the image circle size in millimeters do NOT match! 1” does not convert to 16mm!. But that is a topic for another blog post!) Industrial cameras with C/CS …
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Improper selection of the correct quality and type of machine vision lens can make your camera selection useless! In many cases, we see customers attempting to choose a low quality lens for a camera that really needs quality optics to resolve the pixel sizes. Conversely, we also see customers trying to over specify a lens, where …
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FUJINON has continued to expand its HF-XA-5M product line with the new 5 MegaPixel lens (MP) series. These lenses provide the resolving power required for the popular Sony Pregius Image sensors with 2/3″ formats and 3.45um pixel pitch. For any cameras using the Sony Pregius 5 MP IMX264 and IMX250 sensors, these …
Sony’s Pregius image sensor line has continued to expand to higher resolutions and sizes. The latest 12 megapixel, Pregius IMX304 sensor has a 3.45um pixel pitch which requires a 1.1″ lens to prevent vignetting. In order to obtain optimal contrast within an image using this sensor, a lens supporting at least 145 line pairs / …