Cameras - Overview

Contact

Dr. William Thielicke
E-Mail: thielicke@optolution.com
Telefon: +4976215828346

The table below shows an overview of all cameras that are directly integrated into PIVlab and compatible with our synchronizers. The control of a PIV experiment is thus maximally simplified and extremely convenient.

Our recommendations:

  • The best image quality is achieved by the pco.panda 26 DS. Due to the small interframe time, the measurement of high velocities is possible. The camera is also very sensitive to light. Disadvantages are the low frame rate and the higher price.
  • The OPTOcam 2/80 achieves a high frame rate, is inexpensive and very well suited for PIV experiments in water. It can optionally be equipped with a remote focus control / auto focus.
  • For PIV analyses that require high temporal resolution, we recommend the Cyclone-2-2000-M. With the Coaxlink frame grabber, a fast transfer of the large amounts of data is possible. Disadvantage: A PC with at least 32 GB RAM is required.

 

Camera
Resolution
(pixels)
Bit depth
(bits)
Max. fps
(double images per second)
Min. interpulse
(µs)
Cost
(-)
PIVlab integration
(user friendliness)
Interface
Sensor diagonal
(mm)
Pixel size
(µm)
Installation instructions
Data sheet
Optolution OPTOcam 2/80 
1936*1216 8, 12 80 (200 @ 1600*480) 62 €€ ++++ USB 3 7.9 3.45 Link Link
pco.panda 26 DS
5120*5120 12 1 (45 @ 360*256) 10 €€€€€ +++ USB 3 18.1 2.5 Link Link
OPTRONIS Cyclone-2-2000-M
1920*1080 8 1075 (4750 @ 1920*240) 20 €€€€€ +++ PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 (frame grabber included) 22.03 10 Link Link
OPTRONIS Cyclone-25-150-M
5120*5120 8 75 (345 @ 5120*1080) 40 €€€€€ +++ PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 (frame grabber included) 18.1 2.5 Link Link
OPTRONIS Cyclone-1HS-3500-M
1280*860 8 1750 (4650 @ 1280*320) 20 €€€€€ +++ PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) x8 (frame grabber included) 21.12 13.7 Link Link
Basler acA2000-165um
2048*1088 8 80 150 ++ USB 3 12.8 5.5 Link Link
Krontech Chronos 1.4
1280*1024 8 500 20 €€€ + Ethernet 10.8 6.6 Link Link
FLIR Firefly S FFY-U3-16S2M-C
1440*1080 8 30 600 € (not for sale from OPTOLUTION) ++ USB 3 6.21 3.45 N/A Link