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User Manual

S110 RGB/NIR/RE camera

Revision 3 / September 2014

Copyright © 2010-2014 senseFly Ltd

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Summary of Contents for S110 NIR

Page 1: ...User Manual S110 RGB NIR RE camera Revision 3 September 2014 Copyright 2010 2014 senseFly Ltd ...

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Page 3: ...Copyright 2010 2014 senseFly Ltd User Manual S110 RGB NIR RE camera ...

Page 4: ...at the item was ﬁrst purchased During Warranty Period should the covered product in senseFly Ltd s sole opinion mal function due to any defect in material and or workmanship your sole remedy and senseFly Ltd s sole liability shall be at senseFly Ltd s option to either repair or replace the malfunc tioning product with a similar product at no charge or to reimburse the purchase payment provided tha...

Page 5: ...RD PARTY WHILE OPERATING OR USING THE PRODUCT ANY LOSS OF REVENUE LOSS OF PROFIT OR LOSS OF DATA WHETHER BASED UPON ANY ALLEGED BREACH OF WARRANTY REPRESENTATION OR CONDITION CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER CON DUCTINCLUDINGNEGLIGENCE INTENTIONALOROTHERWISE GIVINGRISETOSUCHCLAIM UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SENSEFLY LTD BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT SPE CIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF SE...

Page 6: ... ve 38 1033 Cheseaux Lausanne Switzerland Website http www senseﬂy com Technical support IfyouhavequestionsonyoureBeeoryourS110camerapleaseconsultsenseFlyLtd s technical support page at the following address http www senseﬂy com support ...

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Page 9: ...Edge RE 2D and 3D mappings Note This manual refers to versions 2 3 and later of the eBee s eMotion software Check the software version in cluded in your eBee and consult the Release Notes for po tential changes included in more recent versions of the software Caution TheS110camerahasbeenmodiﬁedtobecom patible with the eBee drone It is therefore not recom mended to use it for other purposes than pa...

Page 10: ...x contents SD memory card Camera dial lock Interface cable S110 RGB RE NIR camera User Manual Canon s Getting Started guide SD memory card Canon s digital camera solution disk Battery charger Battery pack ...

Page 11: ...camera User Manual this manual 1 S110 camera manufacturer s Getting Started guide 1 IFC 400PCU Interface cable 1 Digital camera solution disk 1 SD memory card Depending on your order your package may also include additional items Please verify upon delivery that your package is complete In case of a missing item please contact your reseller immediately ...

Page 12: ...re 17 2 1 eMotion settings 19 3 Launching the eBee 21 4 In ﬂight performance 22 5 Processing ﬂight data and images 22 5 1 Processing JPEG images 22 5 2 Processing RAW images 23 II Advanced modes 25 6 Understanding exposure 26 6 1 Shutter speed 26 6 2 Aperture and ISO sensitivity 26 ...

Page 13: ...7 Tv mode 27 7 1 Safety shift 28 8 M mode 29 III Appendix 33 1 RGB NIR and RE bands 34 2 RGB NIR and RE images comparison 35 3 Speciﬁcations 36 4 Handling precautions 36 5 senseFly factory settings 37 ...

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Page 15: ...Part I Getting started Goal of this part The ﬁrst part of this guide covers the basicsofusingtheS110RGB NIR RE camerawiththeeBee ...

Page 16: ...ing any further image processing On the other hand for agricul tural applications computing precise vegetation indices requires RAW data hence the default conﬁguration of the NIR and RE cameras Note For all of these cameras image size is set to L 4000x3000 pixels with an aspect ratio of 4 3 by default Only images taken with these settings can be processed by Postﬂight Terra 3D If you have changed ...

Page 17: ...ings With this option enabled the camera will automatically lower the Shutter Speed when reach ing maximum Aperture and ISO speed to avoid underex posure in low light conditions 2 Pre ﬂight procedure Before installing your S110 camera in your eBee Check that there s enough space on your SD card Check the camera s date time setting Install the dial lock Remove the camera s battery Check that the le...

Page 18: ...d settings changes upon camera insertion into the drone or during ﬂight a camera dial lock is attached to the camera by a strap Before inserting your S110 camera into the eBee the camera dial lock must be placed onto the mode dial and the trigger as shown below The S110 camera is directly powered by the eBee and the S110 camera battery must be removed before plugging it into your eBee All ﬂights h...

Page 19: ...d before every take oﬀ to per form a visual check of the camera s lens in order to ensure the best image quality for the 3D reconstruction 2 1 eMotion settings Once your eBee is connected to eMotion verify that the correct camera model is selected in the Camera tab according to your variant RGB NIR or RE as shown below 19 ...

Page 20: ...ti cally adjust ﬂight altitude and other parameters to ensure the desired ground sampling distance and display correct image footprints Cam era selection is stored in the ﬂight logs and later retrieved by the Flight data manager to select the appropriate image extraction method 20 ...

Page 21: ...nto the eBee 8 Connect the eBee s battery 9 Connect to the eBee with eMotion 10 Verify that the right camera model is selected in eMo tion 3 Launching the eBee The take oﬀ procedure is the same as described in your eBee User Man ual Nevertheless theS110cameraisslightlyheavier 20 grams 0 7 oz than the drone s default payload Therefore be sure to launch the eBee with a good initial speed against the...

Page 22: ...s described in the your eBee User Manual However do not connect the eBee to your computer before unplugging the S110 camera from the eBee to prevent overloading the autopilot power management system Similarly never update your eBee with the S110 camera plugged into the drone 5 1 Processing JPEG images Processing JPEG images adds geotags into their metadata This infor mation is then used to generat...

Page 23: ...ptimised for vegetation indices calculation This pro cess prioritises accuracy over visual quality and therefore produces im ages that look very diﬀerent and usually dimmer to their JPEG equiva lents In order for the processing to produce correct images the image source camera must be ﬁrst identiﬁed This information is stored with the ﬂight logs but can be modiﬁed by selecting the image source in ...

Page 24: ...Therefore when archiving your projects it is more space eﬃcient to archive the RAW images instead of the TIFF images Archiving these RAW versions also has the advantage of future prooﬁng your images with regards any forthcom ing software updates that may require for example the reprocessing of RAW ﬁles in eMotion 24 ...

Page 25: ...Part II Advanced modes Goalofthispart Thispartdescribeshowtooptimisethe S110 camera s settings to suit speciﬁc terrain conditions ...

Page 26: ...as it directly inﬂuences an image s sharpness when the camera is moving the faster the shutter speed the less motion blur occurs and also the less light enters the optical system To compensate for this reduction of light the Aperture and ISO sensitivity settings can be modiﬁed either automatically in Tv mode or manually in M mode 6 2 Aperture and ISO sensitivity TheAperture settingcontrolsthelens ...

Page 27: ... factory set tings are stored in the C mode These default settings are based on the Tv mode where the Shutter Speed is set to 1 2000s and both Aperture and ISO speed are automatically adjusted by the camera Using this mode allows users to set a preferred Shutter Speed The camera auto matically adjusts the Aperture and ISO speed to ensure optimal image exposure To customise the Shutter Speed select...

Page 28: ...me values which would create pixel noise However setting the ShutterSpeed to longer values will signiﬁcantly in crease the risk of getting blurry images especially in windy conditions 7 1 Safety shift Asindicatedinthe Predeﬁnedcamerasettings section thecamerawill lower the Shutter Speed when reaching the maximum Aperture and ISO speed poorlightconditions inordertopreventunderexposedimages This par...

Page 29: ...lly dependent on user chosen settings it has to be consid ered with the utmost attention in order to avoid bad im age exposure In manual mode the Shutter Speed Aperture and ISO sensitivity have to be set manually before the ﬂight The manual mode can be useful if you want to have a constant exposure across the mission area To enter manual mode turn the mode dial to M 29 ...

Page 30: ...speed aperture You can set a suitable exposure with the following procedure 1 Take your S110 camera out of the eBee insert its internal battery and switch it on 2 Point the camera toward a portion of the ground that is lit sim ilarly to the planned mission area and manually trigger a single picture in M mode i e do not take a picture of a shadow on a bright sunny day 3 By pressing the playback but...

Page 31: ...ttings if necessary motion blur overexposed underexposed Repeat steps 2 and 3 until a satisfactory exposure setting is reached x2 Note Please note that this procedure has to be repeated beforeeveryﬂightaslightconditionsmaychangerapidly 31 ...

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Page 33: ...Part III Appendix ...

Page 34: ...gth nm Response 50 600 800 Blue 450 nm Green 520 nm Red 660 nm S110 RGB camera The RGB variant provides standard Red Green and Blue band data 400 1000 100 0 Wavelength nm Response 50 600 800 Green 550 nm Red 625 nm NIR 850 nm S110NIR camera The NIR variant pro vides NIR Red and Green band data 400 1000 100 0 Wavelength nm Response 50 600 800 Blue 450 nm Green 500 nm Red edge 715 nm S110REcamera Th...

Page 35: ...era Colours are unmodiﬁed and look natural e g when looking through the camera s LCD screen the vegetation ap pears green and the sky blue S110 NIR camera The NIR variant fea turescustomﬁlters whichcaptureNear Infraredinformation in the blue chan nel On the camera s LCD screen the vegetation therefore looks violet and the sky appears yellow orange S110 RE camera The RE variant s cus tom ﬁlters cap...

Page 36: ... cloth Do not rub hard or apply force Neverusecleanerscontainingorganicsolventstoclean thecam era or screen Use a blower brush to remove dust from the lens To prevent condensation from forming on the camera after sud den temperature changes e g when the camera is transferred from a cold to warm environment put the camera in an airtight resealable plastic bag and let it gradually adjust to the temp...

Page 37: ...to senseFly factory settings using the following procedure Insert the battery into the camera and power it on Reset to Canon factory settings Press the MENU button and navigate to the Tools tab Choose Reset All and conﬁrm with OK Select AUTO on the mode dial In shooting mode press MENU to enterinto the Shooting settings and set them as follow Digital Zoom OFF AF assist Beam OFF Flash Settings OFF ...

Page 38: ...d then FUNC SET to conﬁrm Press FUNC SET press the Up and Down buttons to set Output format RAW JPEG Still Image Aspect Ratio 4 3 Image Resolution Size L Press FUNC SET to conﬁrm Set Shutter Speed to 1 2000 seconds with to the control dial Press MENU and set the following Safety Shift ON Save Settings OK This last action will save the current settings into the C mode Note Occasionally the Wrong ﬂa...

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