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Q26 Camera Manual: Product Overview
1.1.3 Advantages and New Features
The high-resolution Q26 Hemispheric is a universally deployable, highly innovative and
easily concealable camera system. A powerful successor to the Q25M, the Q26 features a
six-megapixel image sensor and is clearly superior to its predecessor in terms of image
quality and frame rate.
Smooth HiRes Video Streams
The modified hardware of the Q26 transmits the camera’s video streams even more smoothly
than the high-performance Q25M, even when high resolution is required. Since image streams
of 16 frames per second and higher are perceived as smooth video by the human eye, the
maximum frame rate is limited to 30 frames per second (when using MEGA resolution of
1280x960) in order to provide sufficient camera processing power for other tasks.
Conclusive Still Images
Thanks to the proprietary MxPEG video codec developed exclusively for MOBOTIX cameras,
the cameras offer the advantage that a recording can be paused at any given point and still
provide meaningful and useful snapshots due to the absence of distortion. This is essential
for security applications and allows individuals or license plates to be identified, for exam-
ple. In contrast, the H.264 standard, which was developed for feature movies and is favored
by some video security providers, cannot achieve this with the required level of quality.
Good Color Images Even in Low Light
The more light-sensitive an image sensor is, the better the image quality, especially when
the ambient light level is low, such as at dusk and in heavy rainfall. The Q26 offers the best
MOBOTIX image quality that is currently available thanks to the light sensitivity provided
by the six-megapixel color sensor that is many times over than that of the previously used
color sensors and the new MxLEO exposure control.
More Details When Zooming
The maximum zoom factor of the Q26 is 1.41 times higher than that of the Q25M due to the
use of six-megapixel technology. This means that the degree of detail provided by the cam-
era has improved by 41 percent. As a result, a Q26 can now be installed even further away
than before from the objects and areas to be monitored. In addition, this offsets the slightly
smaller horizontal angles of view of the new six-megapixel sensors as compared to the Q26.