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How to Image in Extreme, Low-light Conditions

From Toshiba Imaging Systems Division
 

 
Imaging in extremely low light ccan present a challenge for a variety of tasks, including military, biomedicascientific, non-destructive testing, underwater research, realism broadcaTV, and mine and safety inspection. achieve clear, full color, full motion images in starlight or extreme low-light conditions, the user requires an imaging tool that offers sensitivity and dynamic range in excess of current generation night vision cameras. Toshiba Imaging Systems Division, a division of Toshiba America, has developed an ultra-sensitive ½" CCD color camera with the help of new, revolutionary electron multiplying technology, making it 1000 times more sensitive than a conventional color CCD. The incoming signal is multiplied byfactor of one thousand, allowing a minimum illumination with full color reproduction down to 0.25 mlux (1/1000 lux) in color at 50 IRE. With a high resolution 658 x 496 pixel sensor and a built-in electronic shutter to 1/2000 seconds, the IK-1000ME offers a real solution for imaging in ultra-low-light or starlight conditions.
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