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A smile is worth more than a thousand gifts

Christmas is a time of joy and giving. At this time of the year in particular, the team at SVS-VISTEK want to share some joy and love with people for whom Christmas is not necessarily a merry occasion.

Five lenses for M72 area sensors

A wide range of lenses with an M72 thread is already available on the market. For line scan cameras we had first contact with these huge lenses. Now the SHR has a midd format sensor. 47 million good reasons to review matching optic systems.

Colors in black and white

With the HT-series ,Schneider Kreuznach Filter presents a new generation of band-pass and long-pass filters. Named “High Transmission” (HT), these filters appeal to the machine vision system designer who greatly values its steep edges.

Warranty Expired

The KAI11040 was one of the first CCD sensors we used in the high resolution HR-series. The owner of one of the first 11 Megapixel cameras we delivered 10 years ago recently contacted us. The camera has been in continuous use for 10 years without any servicing. The customer reported a problem with horizontal stripes in the image. Our first fault hypothesis was a faulty A/D converter...

GenICam 3.0 - Updates and backwards compatibility

Making use of GenICam 3.0 in your applications and known potential stumbling blocks for backwards compatibility.

The Sony CCD situation, based the status as of 17th of April 2015:

Sony intends to cease production of CCD sensor wafers by 2017. In parallel, major investments are being made in the expansion of the CMOS production capability. Forecasted deliveries for sensors primarily used in machine vision products (Sony’s Category “A”) will be delivered until 2026. CCD sensors for non-machine vision products, e.g. interlaced sensors related to classical TV standards, will be, subject to market demand, produced until 2020. Sony will gather non-binding forecasts by March 2016 via its sales channels SVS-VISTEK will be in a position to maintain deliveries until 2026, based on customer specific supply agreements. This takes us very far out in the future!