Teledyne Photometrics Prime 4.2 MP scientific CMOS camera

Teledyne Photometrics introduces the Prime 4.2 MP camera — an intelligent scientific CMOS (sCMOS) camera that actively defeats the negative impact of Poisson noise in low-light images.

The camera packs a formidable FPGA-based embedded signal processing engine, ESP, which enables powerful signal restoration and feature detection for localisation-based super-resolution microscopy. These capabilities increase low-light image clarity and provide ways to address data glut, a common problem when imaging at high frame rates.

The product features PrimeEnhance, which quantitatively increases the signal-to-noise ratio by 3–5X, thus increasing the clarity and quality of images. It also includes PrimeLocate, which dynamically evaluates acquired images and reduces the surplus of data generated during high-speed super-resolution imaging.

Designed using sCMOS sensor technology, the instrument is a versatile life science imaging solution. It is a high-resolution camera with good sensitivity, low noise, high frame rates and an impressive dynamic range. The large field of view is suitable for microscopy, maximising the usefulness of the imaging area.

Suitable applications include super-resolution microscopy, light sheet microscopy, high-speed ratiometric imaging, TIRF microscopy and confocal microscopy.