4.2 Megapixel Cooled Scientific CMOS USB 3.0 Camera
Winner of multiple industry awards, Photometrics Prime is the first intelligent scientific CMOS (sCMOS) camera to incorporate a powerful FPGA-based Embedded Signal Processing™ engine (ESP). ESP enables advanced real-time processing features:
PrimeEnhance™ quantitatively increases the Signal to Noise Ratio by 3X-5X, increasing the clarity and quality of images.
PrimeLocate™ dynamically evaluates acquired images and reduces the surplus of data generated during high speed super-resolution imaging.
Key Features:
- Extremely Low Read Noise
- 1e- (median)
- 3e- (rms)
- Fast Frame Rates
- 100 fps
- Large Field of View
- 8mm sensor diagonal
- Optimized Pixel Size
- 5-micron pixel pitch
- High Quantum Efficiency
- 72% peak QE
- Enhanced Dynamic Range
- 30,000:1
- 5dB
- ESP
- PrimeEnhance
- PrimeLocate
- Multi-ROI (Region of Interest)
- Advanced Triggering
- Multiple Expose Out Triggering
Primary Applications:
- Super-Resolution Microscopy
- Light Sheet Microscopy
- High Speed Ratiometric Imaging
- TIRF Microscopy
- Confocal Microscopy
| Camera Specifications | |
| Sensor Type | BAE CIS-2020F sCMOS |
| CCD Array | 2048 x 2048 pixels |
| Pixel Size | 6.5 x 6.5 µm |
| Sensor Dimensions | 13.312mm x 13.312mm (18.8mm Diagonal) |
| Peak Quantum Efficiency | 72% |
| Read Noise | 1.1e- (Median), 1.3e- (RMS) |
| Full Well Capacity | 30,000e- |
| Dynamic Range | 30,000:1 |
| Bit Depth | 16-bit |
| Readout Mode | Rolling Shutter, Effective Globe Shutter |
| Supported Binning Modes | 2x2 (on FPGA) |
| Air Cooled | -10°C @ 30°C Ambient |
| Dark Current 0.06e-/pixel/s | |
| Liquid Cooled | -25°C @ 30°C Ambient |
| Dark Current 0.01e-/pixel/s | |
| Data Interface | PCI-Express |
| USB 3.0 | |
| Optical Interface | C-mount |
| Mounting Points | 2 x 1/4 20” mounting points per side to prevent rotation |
| Input Trigger Modes | Trigger-First – Sequence triggered on first rising edge |
| Edge – Each frame triggered on rising edge | |
| SMART Streaming – Fast iteration through multiple exposure times | |
| Output Trigger Modes | First Row – Expose signal is high while first row is acquiring data |
| Any Row – Expose signal is high while any row is acquiring data | |
| All Row – Effective Globe Shutter -Expose signal is high when all rows are acquiring data | |
| Output Trigger Signals | Expose Out (up to four signals), Read Out, Shutter Out, Trigger Ready |
Frame Rates
| Array Size | PCI-Express | USB 3.0 |
| 2048 x 2048 | 100 | 31 |
| 1024 x 1024 | 204 | 62 |
| 512 x 512 | 400 | 400 |
| 256 x 256 | 833 | 833 |
