Cameras With Motorized Lens

The motorized lens of The Imaging Source cameras is used to adapt the cameras to objects at varying distances. The field of view can be set from wide-angle to telephoto. Using the cameras' auto-focus feature, the motorized lens is able to remain in focus in both the telephoto and the wide-angle position.

With the aid of a close-up lens, the cameras with motorized lens can also be used for macro imaging. Close-up lenses and optical filters can be attached to the cameras with a filter holder, which is available as an optional extra.

Automatic settings for visualization applications

The cameras automatically adapt to varying lighting conditions by changing three parameters: The first and foremost is the exposure time. Additionally, in the case of a low light situation, the cameras' iris automatically opens up. Should the exposure time and iris be set to their maximum values, the gain can be increased to improve the image quality. On the other hand, in the case of a high light situation and the exposure time has already been set to its maximum value, the camera automatically closes its iris and sets gain to the lowest possible value.

Manual settings for machine vision applications

For machine vision applications, it is important to be able to override all parameters by hand. Consequently, all electronic and optical parameters can be set manually, using the shipped end-user application and/or SDK.

Simple interfacing

The interface of cameras with motorized lens is based on the standard IEEE 1394a (FireWire). This interface provides three basic functions:

1. The transfer of the image data from the camera to the computer.
2. The transfer of the parameter settings from the computer to the camera.
3. The power supply of the camera.

Therefore, the cameras with motorized lens need neither a special power supply unit, nor a serial interface (RS-232) for control purposes.

Shipped software

For the handling of the image and control data, the cameras ship with drivers for LabVIEW, HALCON, TWAIN, WDM, DirectShow and DirectX, the SDK IC Imaging Control and the image capture application IC Capture.

IC Capture is a powerful end-user application, which allows all cameras parameters to be set, live video to be displayed, singular images and image sequences to be captured. IC Imaging Control is an SDK for image acquisition and camera control, which consists of a .NET component, ActiveX control and C++ class library for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Wide range of applications

The Imaging Source cameras with motorized lens are used in application areas as agriculture, assembling, quality inspection, law enforcement, logistics, medicine, packaging, printing, robotics, security, traffic control, science and visualization.

Monochrome Cameras With Motorized Lens

	Order Code	Category	Type	Res	Format	Sensor	FPS	Trig	I/O	Auto Iris	Price
Subject to change
	DMK 21AF04-Z2	Zoom camera	Mono	640x480	1/4 "	ICX098BL	60				$670.00
	DMK 31AF03-Z2	Zoom camera	Mono	1024x768	1/3 "	ICX204AL	30				$890.00
	DMK 31BF03-Z2	Zoom camera	Mono	1024x768	1/3 "	ICX204AL	30				$930.00
	DMK 21BF04-Z2	Zoom camera	Mono	640x480	1/4 "	ICX098BL	60				$690.00

Color Cameras With Motorized Lens

	Order Code	Category	Type	Res	Format	Sensor	FPS	Trig	I/O	Auto Iris	Price
Subject to change
	DFK 21AF04-Z2	Zoom camera	Color	640x480	1/4 "	ICX098BQ	60				$670.00
	DFK 31AF03-Z2	Zoom camera	Color	1024x768	1/3 "	ICX204AK	30				$890.00
	DFK 31BF03-Z2	Zoom camera	Color	1024x768	1/3 "	ICX204AK	30				$930.00
	DFK 21BF04-Z2	Zoom camera	Color	640x480	1/4 "	ICX098BQ	60				$690.00

Bayer Cameras With Motorized Lens

	Order Code	Category	Type	Res	Format	Sensor	FPS	Trig	I/O	Auto Iris	Price
Subject to change
	DBK 31AF03-Z2	Zoom camera	Bayer	1024x768	1/3 "	ICX204AK	30				$890.00
	DBK 21BF04-Z2	Zoom camera	Bayer	640x480	1/4 "	ICX098BQ	60				$690.00
	DBK 31BF03-Z2	Zoom camera	Bayer	1024x768	1/3 "	ICX204AK	30				$930.00
	DBK 21AF04-Z2	Zoom camera	Bayer	640x480	1/4 "	ICX098BQ	60				$670.00