Empire Products K550 operation manual

Over view

The K550 is a color television camera utilizing a 1/2-inch CCD (charge coupled device) solid-state pickup element and digital signal processing circuits.

The camera is an excellent choice for surveillance and other applications.

Features

High sensitivity and resolution

The combined CCD with on-chip microlenses and low noise circuit design provide high sensitivity down to 1.5 lx (F1.2). Horizontal resolution from the 440,000 picture element (pixel) CCD is 460 TV lines.

High picture quality

•High picture quality is obtained by digital signal processing (DSP) utilizing LSI (large scale integration) circuit construction.

•Clear images result from the DSP contour correction and 2H vertical enhancer.

•Wide dynamic range is achieved by contrast correction (black stretch and white compression).

Versatile functions

•Multiple video memory functions (sensitivity boost and electronic zoom)

•Backlight compensation (automatic and manual settings)

•Auto-tracking white balance

•Electronic shutter (maximum 1/10000 second)

•Text display (character generator)

•Internal/external synchronization (sync)

•Use either C or CS mount lenses

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