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Faster image acquisition and new lens mount

Artemis CCD Limited, a leading manufacturer of cooled CCD cameras for low-light applications today announces an upgrade in performance and enhanced lens compatibility for the highly successful VS range of cameras. The VS design is aimed at Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of integrated imaging systems as well as low light microscopy users. For 2014, the image digitization speed for all members of the VS range has been increased by a factor of 3. This significant improvement provides the ICX285 based VS14 with a minimum frame rate of 3fps which can be further increased to 7fps with 4x4 pixel binning yet it maintains a typical read noise of just 6 electrons. This is achieved with a custom low noise electronics design combined with thermoelectric cooling of -35 degrees Celsius. The speed improvement in low noise image acquisition combines with an existing 12MHz live view to provide both the OEM integrator and end user a highly flexible camera for low light applications.

A second feature to enhance product compatibility at the same time as providing a cost improvement for the customer is the adoption of a C-Mount thread as the standard lens interface for the VS range. This provides the ability to attach any C-Mount lens to a VS camera without the need for an adaptor.