Low light level underwater camera

Novel CCD camera has been developed by SLD for the extreme underwater inspection. This is a highly sensitive camera with a high resolution coupled with high power 6W led-array, specifically designed for water with very low visibility.

The detection Level is about 100 billion times more sensitive than a so called sensitive ROV camera. This SLD camera requires less than 10 photons per pixel per second whereas 0.0003 lux ROV cameras required a minimum 400,000,000,000 per pixel per sec to be seen.

This technical achievement where do to the capability to cool the CCD chip down to -100oC using Peltier and fully controlled with an embedded pc operate at 1 GHz.

Technical Specification

Weight	12Kg
Dimensions	External: 150mm (D) x 350mm (L)
Power consumption	50W
Depth rating	3000 m
CCD Modules	Cooled down to -100oC
Resolution	512 x 512 pixels
Colour	Black and White
Frame per second	10 FPS
Lenses	Zooming 12x or 24x
Focal Length	4.5mm x 6mm x 12mm
Illumination ring (option)	6 x 1 W at 473nm
Composite Video Signal	RS-232
Software	User friendly software requires no expert to operate.