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S14 Camera Manual: An Overview Of The S14 FlexMount
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1.2 Hemispheric Image Views
1.2.1 Overview
Featuring hemispheric L11 lenses, the S14 FlexMount offers all the image views known from
MOBOTIX’s other hemispheric cameras, including
Panorama, Panorama Focus, Double
Panorama, Full Image, Normal and Surround. What’s new on the S14D is that the selected
view can be displayed as a dual image that combines both sensor modules. Independently
of the currently-viewed image, the full dual image coming from both sensor modules can
always be recorded in the background (full image recording).
World’s First Double Hemispheric Camera
A world first, the S14D provides the option of using two hemispheric sensor modules within
a single camera. This way, two entirely separate spaces – next to or on top of each other,
indoors or outdoors – can be monitored simultaneously using just one camera.
MOBOTIX’s S14D is also the world’s first hemispheric day-and-night camera. In this version,
the black-and-white and color sensor modules are mounted directly next to each other
so they cover the same area. The camera automatically chooses the best available mode
depending on the lighting conditions: either the color sensor with daylight lens or the
black-and-white image sensor with infrared lens. The dual sensor system provides excel-
lent colors in daylight as well as superb light sensitivity in dark environments.
The difference between a MOBOTIX day-and-night camera and the standard versions
is primarily that it continuously uses two adjacent sensor modules rather than relying
on a mechanical filter switch, which can be costly to maintain. The other advantage is
much better image quality in poor lighting conditions, as the camera uses a real infrared-
sensitive, black-and-white image sensor instead of the usual color sensor with electronic
color fade-out, whereby the infrared sensitivity is reduced through integrated color filters.
