Kongsberg Maritime will launch its most advanced underwater digital stills camera at the Ocean Business 2011 technology exhibition in Southampton (Stand N1) on April 5, 2011. The OE14-408 is the latest underwater digital stills camera to be revealed in Kongsberg Maritime’s market-leading portfolio of underwater and harsh environment cameras and imaging systems.
The OE14-408 provides superb image and colour quality and has a range of newly enhanced features since the previous OE14-208 model. These include 10 mega pixels per image (double the pixel resolution), improved colour depth and dynamic range, Ethernet upload connectivity, a much faster flashgun refresh rate and a more compact housing for ease of deployment. When used in conjunction with Kongsberg Maritime’s new dedicated flashgun (the OE11-442), the camera offers accurate exposure control via through-the-lens (TTL) flash metering resulting in striking image clarity. The flashgun recharge rate has been doubled, allowing improved productivity for inspection operations.
The OE14-408 has a 5 x zoom capability and is depth rated from 4500m to 9000m. Each image is framed and temporarily stored on the inbuilt 8GB Solid-State Storage. The images can be the uploaded ‘on the fly’ via USB2 or Ethernet, meaning that they can be transmitted immediately to the surface or to shore – and viewed anywhere on the globe, therefore increasing operational efficiency of ROV or lander deployment.
David Mackay General Manager at Kongsberg Maritime Ltd comments, “ Kongsberg Maritime is recognised for technical innovation in professional underwater and harsh environment cameras including underwater digital stills, HDTV and low light camera technology. The OE14-408 is our most advanced underwater digital stills camera to date and we are confident that its enhanced specification and performance will position it as a strong successor to our previous OE14-208 which sold more than 170 units globally to the world’s leading ROV service companies and marine research organisations.”
In addition to the OE14-408 Kongsberg Maritime will also be revealing a number of other new enhancements to its camera and imaging sonar range at Ocean Business 2011, including the new wider (70 degree) angle OE14-502 HD camera option, the OE15-110/11 compact inspection camera, a fourth generation underwater 3D/stereo TV development programme and the M3 multi mode, multi beam imaging and profiling sonar.