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User Manual

S110 RGB/NIR/RE camera

Revision 3 / September 2014

Copyright © 2010-2014 senseFly Ltd

Summary of Contents for S110 RGB

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: ...that the item was rst 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 sen...

Page 5: ...D 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...

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

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Page 9: ...dge 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 tentia...

Page 10: ...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 p...

Page 11: ...amera 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 a...

Page 12: ...e 17 2 1 eMotion settings 19 3 Launching the eBee 21 4 In ight performance 22 5 Processing ight data and images 22 5 1 Processing JPEG images 22 5 2 Processing RAW images 23 II Advanced modes 25 6 Und...

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 Speci cations 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 rst part of this guide covers the basicsofusingtheS110RGB NIR RE camerawiththeeBee...

Page 16: ...g any further image processing On the other hand for agricul tural applications computing precise vegetation indices requires RAW data hence the default con guration of the NIR and RE cameras Note For...

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 ight procedure B...

Page 18: ...d settings changes upon camera insertion into the drone or during ight 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...

Page 19: ...before every take o 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 ver...

Page 20: ...ti cally adjust ight altitude and other parameters to ensure the desired ground sampling distance and display correct image footprints Cam era selection is stored in the ight logs and later retrieved...

Page 21: ...to 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 o procedure is the same as descr...

Page 22: ...escribed 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 Simi...

Page 23: ...ptimised for vegetation indices calculation This pro cess prioritises accuracy over visual quality and therefore produces im ages that look very di erent and usually dimmer to their JPEG equiva lents...

Page 24: ...herefore when archiving your projects it is more space e cient to archive the RAW images instead of the TIFF images Archiving these RAW versions also has the advantage of future proo ng your images wi...

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

Page 26: ...s it directly in uences 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...

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 c...

Page 28: ...e values which would create pixel noise However setting the ShutterSpeed to longer values will signi cantly in crease the risk of getting blurry images especially in windy conditions 7 1 Safety shift...

Page 29: ...ly 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 s...

Page 30: ...peed 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 t...

Page 31: ...tings 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 beforeevery igh...

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

Page 34: ...h 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 n...

Page 35: ...ra Colours are unmodi ed 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 turescustom lters whichcap...

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 c...

Page 37: ...o 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...

Page 38: ...then FUNC SET to con rm 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 con rm Set Shutter Speed to 1...

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