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Top Applications for SWIR Cameras
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Shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras have become a standard tool across a wide range of industries, valued for their ability to detect material properties, surface conditions, and subsurface features that other imaging systems miss. The specific characteristics of the SWIR band make it well-suited for certain measurement and inspection challenges, and the applications below illustrate where these cameras consistently deliver results that visible light and longer-wave infrared systems cannot match.
What’s the Difference Between Multispectral and Hyperspectral Cameras
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Imaging systems that operate beyond the visible spectrum have become essential tools across industrial, scientific, and defense applications. Two technologies often discussed together are multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, yet they serve different purposes and operate according to distinct principles.
Photron’s New W5/W2 Series of High Speed Imaging Cameras
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High-speed imaging continues to advance as engineers and researchers demand more from compact camera systems, and Photron's new FASTCAM Mini W Series delivers on that demand. The FASTCAM Mini W5 and FASTCAM Mini W2 are 2.4-megapixel cameras built for full-frame recording at 5,000 fps and 2,000 fps, housed in the same compact, 100G-rated package as Photron's existing Mini R cameras.
High Speed Cameras for Thermography
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Thermography plays a critical role in testing, inspection, and research, where heat behavior reveals performance, defects, or failure points. Traditional thermal systems capture steady-state temperature changes well, but many thermal events occur too quickly for standard frame rates.