December 21, 2012 - Point Grey released the BLFY-PGE-13E4 Blackfly camera with a 1.3 MP, 60 fps, CMOS global shutter sensor available in both monochrome and color, and less than 2 W power consumption in a GigE POE camera package.
The Blackfly camera is suitable for traditional machine vision and outdoor imaging applications. The BFLY-PGE-13E4 model uses the EV76C560 CMOS sensor from e2v which uses a global shutter readout architecture. Global shutter is critical to prevent geometric distortion when capturing images of fast moving objects. The CMOS pixel design on the other hand addresses blooming and smearing artifacts caused by bright sources or reflections in the camera's field of view.
The camera measures just 29 x 29 x 30 mm and provides features including power over Ethernet, temperature and status monitoring, in-field updatable firmware, color interpolation, look up table, gamma correction, pixel binning functionality, and more. The Blackfly BFLY-PGE-13E4 (color and monochrome) model is list priced at USD $395 and EUR €299.
