AO S H igh Sp e ed Ca m era s
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Maintenance
Th e L - /M - PR I h i gh -s p ee d ca m er as ar e en t ir el y e le ctr on i c wi th n o m e ch a n ica l p a rts p ron e t o
w ear an d t e ar. Ma in t en an c e is th er e for e re d u c ed t o th e a b s olu te m in i mu m. Ho w ev er,
fo llo w in g th es e s t ep s wi ll n o t on ly ext en d you r ca m eras li f eti m e, b u t w i ll a ls o o f f er a tr ou b l e -
fr e e op e rati on .
10.1.1
Lenses
Th e AO S c a me ras o f f er an in d u s try s t an d ar d C - Mou n t th at w il l a ll ow b oth C - Mou n t l en s es a n d
a mu lt itu d e o f oth er l en s es s u c h as N ikon , C an o n , PL w ith ap p ro p ri at e a d ap t er. S e e you r
d is tr ib u to r for d e tai ls .
Th e ca m era s en s o r o f t h e L - an d M -
PR I is la rg er th an 1 ”. AO S re co m m
en d s u s e
of 4/ 3”
l en s es s u ch as t h e KO WA LM _ _ XC s e ri es
10.1.2
Cleaning the AOS High Speed Camera Infrared filter
You r A O S H igh Sp e ed Ca m era ( col or v ers ion s s ta n d ard ) d o es h av e an op t ica l fi lt er t o b loc k
in f rar ed li gh t f ro m en t e rin g th e ca m era in t h e o p tic al p ath . Du s t an d d ir t on th is fi lt er may b e
b es t re m ov e d b y u s in g e ith er a n on -o il b as e d d u s t -o f f a ir s p ray or s o m e op ti cal c le an in g
tis s u es . Sti cky d ir t an d f in g erp r in ts may b e re m ov ed u s in g is o p rop y l a lc oh ol .
Re m ov in g p a rti cl es ( e. g. s an d ) b y i mp rop er d ev i ces m ay r es u lt i n s c rat c h es
on you r f il te r. Su ch s c ra tch es d o in flu en c e th e o v era ll i ma ge q u a lity .
In f rar ed li gh t is a p art o f th e v is ib le l igh t an d n ot b l ock in g it m ay r es u lt in
fals e co lor in th e ac tu a l im ag e. Ho w ev er, fo r ap p li cat ion s wh er e li gh t is
cri ti cal ( e. g. b or e s cop e s ) on e may r e mov e th e I R fil te r. Th is is es p e ci all y
tru e wh en u s in g a mon o ch ro m e v ers ion of th e c am er a.
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Troubleshooting
Des p it e a ll q u al ity p ro c ed u r es in d es i gn , d ev e lo p m en t an d p rod u cti on t h er e can b e e rro rs in
th e s of tw ar e. An y kn o w n is s u es ar e lis t ed in t h e r e le as e n ot es o f th e s p ec i fi c s o ft wa r e r el eas e .