SCB 0 Posted February 11, 2013 Greetings! I am new to this forum, but I hope I am posting to the right place! I am a graduate student in a research group doing HDR video. We recently purchased a Basler acA2000-50gc camera but we are having some problems. 1. Upon taking the camera out of the box, the images captured have a greenish tint to them. They look like they were taken on an old camcorder. Our application requires the images to be raw so having gamma correction or other nonlinear adjustment will cause issues. 2. There is serious vignetting of the image. Once again giving it an old 1960s camera feel. (Note: this is not a huge issue as we can offset the image in the pylon software that Basler provided, but it is still irritating) 3. A good way to capture the frames from the camera. Currently, we use the api and some sample code to extract the frames and save them directly. We initially tried to use third party software like virtualvcr and sharpcap. Although these programs detected the camera, they were unable to open video capture. 4. We are taking alternating exposures from frame to frame but we are having issues with frames being skipped and tiny black lines on the bottom and right edges of the image. Has anyone experienced any of these issues? Also, any suggestions for a c-mount lens? The one we have now is not robust enough for our needs. I would appreciate any help with any of the above areas. I apologize if I am posting in the wrong place. If this is the case, please point me in the right direction. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buellwinkle 0 Posted February 11, 2013 Sounds terrible. Did the lens come with the camera or did you just buy the lens seperate? I would think it would be really hard to find a lens for that camera. First you need to find a lens that is C-mount that works with a 2/3" sensor, then find one that is megapixel rated. The reason you may be seeing white balance issues is the lens may have or not have an IR filter coating, so you may want to check with the manufacturer to see what lens works best with that camera. I know with my micro 4/3 camera, people buy old quality 16mm film movie camera lenses because they don't vignette like lenses made for security cameras. Like something off a camera like this - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bolex-H16-REX-Reflex-16mm-Fuji-f1-8-17-105mm-Zoom-Lens-filters-base-ARRI-VBMC-/380560208748?pt=US_Vintage_Cameras&hash=item589b27f36c Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
