Why choose FLIR machine Vision Camera?

For microscopes aiming to lower the barrier to entry for digital automated microscopic imaging, choosing to integrate a highly reliable, high-performance and low-cost machine vision camera from Teledyne FLIR was an easy decision.

“The FLIR Blackfly CMOS camera is one of the key components that has allowed us to develop low-cost, high-performance microscopes like the MVR,” said David Goosen, product manager for microscopic imaging at Zaber Technologies. “The sensitivity of these cameras for low-light fluorescence imaging allows them to replace scientific grade cameras that cost ten times more in many applications.”

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The MVR microscope is equipped with the FLIR Blackfly USB3 camera. Zaber chose the Blackfly camera series because of the value of its combination of high quantum efficiency, low read noise, and high pixel size, and because the camera is easily interchangeable with any Blackfly S USB3 camera. The Blackfly S series offers a wide range of the latest Sony sensors, ensuring that MVR users can easily optimize their camera to meet the specific needs of their application.

In addition, the Blackfly S USB3 camera family is fully compatible with the Micro-Manager open source microscopy software used by Zaber, while the USB3 access feature makes setup simple while still providing high data transfer rates. Other must-haves are C interface compatibility and the ability to select sensors in larger formats when required by customer applications. The performance, value and wide selection of Teledyne FLIR machine vision cameras make them extremely versatile and suitable for professional applications such as electrokinetic microscopy imaging.