Kowa Optimed Launches New Redesigned Machine Vision & CCTV Website
Torrance, CA - Kowa Optimed is pleased to announce the launch of their redesigned website at www.kowa-usa.com. The new website includes easier access to downloadable product information, quick access to new offers and user friendly navigation, newsletter registration to stay up-to-date with latest industry trends and product integration solutions. The new site reflects the company's commitment to innovative technology solutions and greatly enhances the information on of the company's leading edge products.
"We are excited in launching our new website which has been streamlined to better serve customers, partners and representatives," stated Andrew Kam, Sales Engineer for the OP Division. He further commented that, "the new website truly showcases Kowa's leading role in lens technologies and high-end machine vision and CCTV solutions."
"The website presents an idea about the company, its products and its markets, using a clear fresh design that was developed with the latest technologies. We are in a sophisticated and demanding market. Customers rightly expect a good deal and prompt professional service and support. At Kowa we know that our offerings are unique in some areas, but also that we listen to our customers to bring them what they are looking for in terms based on volume All Kowa lenses are made and manufactured of innovative specialty lenses. As a result, we will continue to refine our products to meet their needs now and in the future." Mr. Kam added.
Kowa is well known as a quality manufacturer developing State-of-the-Art Optics for more than 40 years.
In Japan. Over the past 4 years, Kowa has gradually expanded its portfolio of Megapixel C-mount lenses, 3CCD lenses, telecentric lenses, and large format lenses. All machine vision lenses are designed.
NEW VARIFOCAL LENSES DESIGNED FOR HIGH END SURVEILLANCE
Kowa Introduces New Day & Night Lenses for Ultra High Resolution Applications
Los Angeles, CA — Kowa announces a new series of Day & Night lenses with advanced optical innovations deigned to set the standard in varifocal CCTV lenses. These lenses are ideal for highway surveillance to read vehicle license plates traveling at a high rate of speed or for other security related applications. “By using high grade XD (eXtra low Dispersion) glass, our lenses provide crisp color images in the daylight and high definition black and white images at night without the need for refocusing,” says Andrew Kam, Sales Consultant of Kowa Optimed, Inc. “The LMVZ9020-IR and LMVZ3510-IR lenses provide multi-megapixel resolution, reduce chromatic aberration, and minimize distortion."
Kowa’s new Day & Night lenses also feature a Dual-Sided Aspherical lens. In conjunction with XD glass, this new advanced optical design easily corrects chromatic aberrations for high contrast and image clarity. Aspherical lenses are highly effective in the elimination of not only spherical aberration, but also other forms of aberration inherently generated by conventional spherical lenses.
The LMVZ9020-IR and LMVZ3510-IR lenses are available through Kowa’s network of authorized dealers. The new lenses offer focal lengths of 9-20mm and 3.5-10mm respectively. Both lenses have a CS-Mount, a ½” lens format, and an F-stop value of F/1.6. In addition, auto-iris versions of the two lenses are available.
Kowa Announces the Release of their New 5 Plus Megapixel JC5M Series
Los Angeles, CA – Kowa Optimed, Inc., a leading innovator in optical technology, is proud to announce the unveiling of their new 5 megapixel JC5m series camera lenses. The JC5M lenses are engineered for a variety of applications where monitoring critical details is essential, making its superior level of clarity and high-resolution capabilities perfect for industrial FA, machine vision, and surveillance systems. The JC5M series lenses feature an advanced optical system with focal lengths ranging from 12.5mm – 35mm, delivering sharp video quality and minimizing image distortion (between 0.01 – 0.06%).
Each lens incorporates Kowa’s floating mechanism design, which enables the lens to achieve optimum optical performance at various objective distances. In addition to improving the overall clarity of the images, Kowa has also increased the resolution of the lenses to 160 lp/mm at both the center and corner, allowing for high corner brightness and contrast.
Kowa is introducing four JC5M lenses: the 12.5mm LM12JC5M, the 16mm LM16JC5M, the 25mm LM25JC5M, and the 35mm LM35JC5M. the C-Mount lenses are manually adjusted, giving the user complete control over focus and iris settings. JC5M lens series not only helps to achieve optimal clarity, but also eliminates color distortion to produce picture perfect images. The LM12JC5M and LM16JC5M have an MSRP price of $1,290.00 while the LM25JC5M and LM35JC5M have an MSRP price of $1,230.00.
"Kowa is extremely pleased to now offer high performance, 5 megapixel solutions for industrial FA, machine vision, and surveillance systems," says Andrew Kam, Sales Engineer of Kowa Optimed, Inc. The JC5M lenses maintains our tradition in manufacturing the highest quality optic systems in the world.
Megapixel Cameras Benefit from New 1" High Resolution Lenses
Kowa will showcase new Lens Series at Chicago’s International Robots & Vision Show
Benefiting from leading edge engineering expertise in developing high performance optics for ophthalmic applications the new 1” Megapixel Series Lens has been specially designed for high-resolution megapixel cameras. Kowa has designed these lenses for a broad spectrum of applications where the ability to monitor and identify even the smallest detail is application critical. Examples include 2D scanners, surveillance operations where image detail is a requirement, and crash test monitoring applications in the automotive industry.
Kowa introduces the HC Megapixel Series with an exclusive and innovative optical design. These lenses are compact and offer both focus and iris locks. Incorporating the floating mechanism system along with a 1” format size, these lenses have low distortion, excellent corner brightness, and outstanding light transmission. They are also highly recommended for use with smaller format size cameras. There are seven different lenses in the series with focal lengths from 8mm to 75mm. The 8mm lens (LM8HC) has a minimum working distance of 100mm. The MSRP for the LM8HC Lens is $510. The New products will be available through our authorized dealer and system integrator network.
For further information or a product demonstration of any of the new Megapixel Series Lens please see us at the upcoming 2007 International Robots & Vision Show (Booth 521) or visit us online at www.kowa-usa.com
Next Generation of Applications are Moving to Color Cameras and Lenses
Kowa Introduces First F-Mount 3CCD Color Line Scan Lens in the Industry
Kowa, already the forerunner in high performance Industrial FA, Machine Vision and Security Lenses, has just pushed the envelope of color imaging capability with two advanced 3CCD Color Line Scan Lenses.
Kowa has introduced the LM50CLS and the LM28CLS 3CCD color line-scan lenses. The new lenses offer focal lengths that are 50mm and 28mm, respectively, iris range for both is 2.8 to 16, and minimum focus distance is 0.5m. The lenses have 30mm sensor coverage and a Nikon F-mount. The front filter screw size is M52 X 0.75 for the LM50CLS and M72 X 0.75 for the LM28CLS and the maximum diameter (ratio) is f/2.8.
Industry professionals who have tested the new 3CCD Color Line Lenses were not only amazed at the enhanced resolution, but also at how smoothly and effortlessly they operated in the factory environment. According to Joshua Lazenby, Channel Manager of Kowa Optimed, system integrators are elated about having the ability to offer the first F-mount 3CCD Line Scan Lens with these performance specifications as part of their integrated solution. “In evolving to color vision applications, the ability to produce consistent, low noise, high resolution images becomes much more critical,” Lazenby notes. “Kowa has developed the new lenses to provide ultra high resolution, low color aberration and maximize high corner brightness.”
There is a broad spectrum of applications where the ability to identify and match colors is critical. Assembly processes often require color matching to create products offered in a wide range of colors. As an example, pharmaceutical identification and inspection is often keyed to color and in processed food production, color change is an indication of the stage or condition of the processed material. A critical factor in optimizing system performance is the selection of the proper lens for the application. In Many Multi-chip cameras the presence of a prism introduces chromatic and spherical aberrations. The advanced optical design of the new lenses compensates for these characteristics by providing low color aberration and high quality images.
"We believe that both of these new Kowa lenses offer factory automation experts a degree of imaging accuracy and versatility they’ve never had before,” Lazenby Emphasized. “Not only are they at the forefront of color imaging technology, they’re priced at a very affordable level even for the smallest factory automated solution."
New Varifocal Lenses Designed for Large Scale Security Applications
Kowa Introduces Day & Night Lenses with Advanced Optical Technology
Kowa announces a new series of Day & Night Lenses with advanced optical innovations designed to set the standard in Varifocal CCTV lenses. These next generation Day & Night Lenses are ideally suited for the requirements of large installations within the commercial government and healthcare sectors.
Kowa has introduced the LMVZ38A-IR and the LMVZ990A-IR Day & Night Varifocal lenses which are available through our network of authorized dealers. The new lenses offer focal lengths 3-8mm and 9-90mm, respectively, iris range is 1.0 to 360 for the LMVZ38A-IR and 1.8 to 360 for the LMVZ990A-IR. Both lenses are compact and have ED (extra-low dispersion) Glass. The format size is 1/3” for the LMVZ38A-IR and ½” for the LMVZ990A-IR.
Kowa’s new Day & Night LMVZ38A-IR adopts a Dual-Sided Aspherical lens. In conjunction with ED glass, this new advanced optical design easily corrects aberrations for high contrast and image clarity. Aspherical lenses compensate for spherical aberration by using only one lens. “This is done by controlling the refraction of incoming light rays from the optical axis by changing the curvature of the lens and moving it toward the light direction of the optical axis,” states Joshua Lazenby, Channel Manager of Kowa Optimed, Inc. “Aspherical lenses are highly effective in the elimination of not only spherical aberration, but also other forms of aberration inherently generated by conventional spherical lenses.”
For applications requiring long range surveillance, the new LMVZ990A-IR has the largest focal range of Day & Night Varifocal lens in the industry. This product was specifically designed for applications such as highway surveillance to read vehicle license plates traveling at a high rate of speed or for other long range monitoring needs. "By using high grade ED glass, our lenses provide crisp color images in the daylight and high definition black and white images at night without the need of refocusing," says Lazenby. "Kowa has developed the new lenses to provide ultra high resolution, low color aberration and maximize IR corrective capability.
There is a broad spectrum of applications where the ability to monitor and identify even the smallest of detail is critical. One of the factors in optimizing system performance is the selection of proper lens for the application. The advanced optical design of the new Kowa Day & Night lenses provides low color aberration and high definition images required for high risk installations the require state-of-the-art security solutions. "We believe that these lenses offer security professionals a series od products that meet the requirements for the most stringent demand for image detail and versatility they’ve never had before," Lazenby emphasized.
