Adding yet another option to its Day/Night camera line-up, Sanyo has introduced the VCC-WD8574 Wide Dynamic Range camera, also known as Sanyo Dynamic. The Sanyo Dynamic VCC-WD8574 is designed for security applications with challenging lighting conditions.
Wide Dynamic Range offers a solution to the problem of monitoring windows, doors, and other brightly backlit areas that result in unrecognizable, dark images of subjects in the foreground. The Wide Dynamic Range provides two shutter speeds, a normal 1/60 speed and the other a high speed, which produces clear images by extracting highlights and shadows from the two shots and then combining them into a single, detailed image. Applications include retail, office, or other buildings where the camera is positioned to view from the inside looking out into bright daylight.
"Other companies might offer Wide Dynamic Range but Sanyo has combined this powerful feature in a day/night camera with DSP circuitry and a 40x sensitivity boost for lower light capabilities," said Raul Calderon, Sanyo's National Product Development Manager. "The camera accomplishes what we set out to do, which was to offer a Day/Night camera with unrivaled features that security directors have been asking for," he added.
The Day/Night function offers automatic or manual switching between black and white and color, presenting two cameras in one -- a cost-effective solution to security installations.
The VCC-WD8574 incorporates a next-generation DSP circuitry that produces sharp, crisp pictures by delivering 480 TV lines of horizontal resolution. Sensitivity can be optimized via a 40x electronic boost for minimum illumination of 0.025 lux in color or 0.002 lux in black and white at F1.2.
The VCC-WD8574 delivers a host of other features. The Intelligent Motion Detector analyzes different factors by measuring changes in picture brightness, and then can send an alarm signal and/or switch to electronic zoom of up to 2.5x. Built-in Privacy Masking allows for the masking of up to eight areas of the screen to protect other people's privacy.
