Canon launched a camera designed for security monitoring and other applications, the MS-500, which is the world’s first camera equipped with a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) sensor, and is the first camera to date. One of the most sensitive non-IR cameras.
Featuring the highest-resolution 1-inch SPAD sensor (3.2 megapixels) to date in a B4 mount, the camera supports a broadcast-quality zoom lens that captures the night sky down to 0.001 lux (equivalent to pitch blackness). color pictures.
Canon MS-500 plans to go on sale in September, with a suggested official retail price of 25,000 US dollars.
It uses a 3.2-megapixel 1-inch SPAD sensor. By counting and amplifying the particles arriving at the pixel, even if a single photon enters the pixel, it can be multiplied by about 1 million times in an instant and converted into a digital signal with almost no noise.
Combining the excellent night vision performance that is the specialty of the SPAD sensor with a broadcast lens with high telephoto performance, it is expected to be used for altitude surveillance.
Canon says the device is designed for use in “high-security areas such as seaports, public infrastructure facilities, and national borders,” and when combined with Canon’s ultra-telephoto broadcast lens, it can even capture images of subjects “from miles away.” Clear color video” and advanced monitoring such as hull type inspections.
