Point Grey Adds New HD 720p 120fps Models to Flea3 USB 3.0 Camera Family
Press Release
December 2, 2011
December 2, 2011 – Richmond, BC, Canada – Point Grey, a world leader in advanced digital imaging products,
today announced the addition of new VGA and XGA models to its Flea3 GigE Vision digital cameras series.
The new models are based on color and monochrome versions of the industry's most popular VGA and XGA image sensors.
The FL3-GE-03S2 uses the 1/3-inch Sony ICX424 CCD – featuring sensitive 7.4 micron square pixels – and is capable of
sending 648x488 images at 82 FPS over the camera's Gigabit Ethernet interface. The FL3-GE-08S2 uses the 1/3-inch ICX204 CCD
and can transmit 1032x776 images at 31 FPS.
With their unique combination of sensors, size, interface, and cable length support, the new Flea3s are perfectly suited
for analog camera replacement. The Sony CCDs are well established industry standards and at 29 x 29 x 30 millimeters the
Flea3 has the same dimensions as other popular ice-cube form factor analog cameras. The Flea3 also complies with version 1.2
of the GigE Vision specification allowing it to support cable lengths of up 100 meters and be used with leading third-party
software packages.
Point Grey's Flea3 GigE camera line offers superior imaging performance, unbeatable price-performance,
and a host of features unique in its class. These features include an 8-pin opto-isolated GPIO for industrial
triggering and strobe output; 1 MB non-volatile flash memory for user data storage; and on-camera frame buffer
for retransmitting and resending images.
"We've seen strong customer acceptance of our Flea3 GigE cameras, and these new models will help us continue to
build on that success," says Michael Gibbons, Product Marketing Manager. Gibbons adds, "We'll be extending the
line further throughout the year, adding 2 and 5 MP Sony CCD options, and will offer competitive pricing across
the camera family. Point Grey has a history of bringing innovative and ground-breaking products to market and with
the Flea3 series we're pushing technology boundaries by providing three different interfaces—FireWire, GigE, and
USB 3.0—all in the same small, ice-cube form factor."
The FL3-GE-08S2C (1/3-inch .8 MP 30 FPS) is list priced at $745 and the FL3-GE-03S2C (1/3 inch .3 MP 80 FPS)
is listed priced at $675 – both are available to order now from Point Grey, its network of distributors, and
the webstore (for North American customers). Further GigE Vision models are planned to be released throughout 2012.
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