HD WDR cameras with Sony CMOS sensor

The Imaging Source has announced the availability of industrial cameras with the Sony Full HD WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) Sensor IMX236. The cameras are said to feature a 60fps maximum at full HD and at VGA resolution 145fps.

The cameras feature compact, robust industrial housing with C/CS- or S-Mount and are available as GigE (PoE) and USB 3 versions in monochrome and colour. With integrated WDR and a resolution from VGA to Full HD, they are suited to demanding applications in microscopy, production automation, quality assurance, logistics, medicine, science and security.

Getting started with the cameras is claimed to take a matter of minutes and integrating them into existing applications takes a few lines of code. All cameras are shipped with drivers for LabView, HALCON, MERLIC, VisionPro, DirectX, Twain, and NeuroCheck.

The cameras also come with: Driver for Windows 7/8, Vista, Windows XP and the SDK IC Imaging Control 3.2 and IC Capture, with which users can set all camera parameters and to display and save single images and image sequences.