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S15 Camera Manual: Product Overview
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1.1.3 Advantages and New Features
The high-resolution S15 FlexMount is a universally deployable, highly innovative and easily
concealable camera system. A powerful successor to the S14, the S15 features five-megapixel
image sensors For technical reasons, the live or recorded images displayed by an S15
sensor have a maximum size of 3.1 megapixels. However, the S15 is clearly superior to
the previous model in terms of image quality and frame rate.
Smooth HiRes Video Streams
The modified hardware of the S15 transmits the camera‘s video streams even more smoothly
than the high-performance S14, even when high resolution is required. Since image streams
of 16 frames per second and higher are perceived as fluid video by the human eye, the
maximum frame rate is limited to 30 frames per second (when using MEGA resolution
of 1280 x 960) 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 example. 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 S15 offers the best
MOBOTIX image quality that is currently available thanks to the light sensitivity provided
by the five-megapixel color sensor that is four times higher than that of the previous
three-megapixel color sensor.
More Details When Zooming
The maximum zoom factor of the S15 is 1.26 times higher than that of the S14 due to the
use of five-megapixel technology. This means that the degree of detail provided by the
camera has improved by 26 percent. As a result, an S15 can now be installed even further
away than before from the objects and areas to be monitored. In addition, this relativizes
the horizontal image angles of the new five-megapixel sensors that are slightly smaller
compared to the S14.
Black and White Resolution Now Up to 3.1 Megapixels
The S15 is the first MOBOTIX camera worldwide to also feature a five-megapixel night
sensor that can deliver black and white images up to 3.1 megapixels in size. This means
that in pixels alone images are roughly 140% larger than those delivered by the previous
1.3-megapixel sensor. The images also benefit from the improved detail magnification
enabled by the digital zooming of the five-megapixel sensor.
