Standard Resolution, Colour video camera with 1/3 Type Super HAD™ CCD, AC 220-240 volt

Overview

The SSC-DC198P offers dependably, high picture quality and sensitivity with a stylish, lightweight, compact design.
The Sony SSC-DC198P offers high picture quality with a resolution of 330TV lines at a competitive price. By incorporating Sony’s Super HAD™ CCD technology a remarkably high sensitivity of 0.6 lux at F1.2 (50 IRE, AGC ON) is possible and an excellent signal-to-noise ration of better than 50dB can be achieved.

In addition the SSC-DC198P has other great features such as backlight compensation, Turbo AGC, ATW, incorporated DSP, CCD Iris™, and a new stylish, compact design. The SSC-DC198P operates on AC 220-240 volt.

Features

Horizontal resolution of 330 TV lines
The SSC-DC198P camera incorporates a 1/3 type IT Super HAD™ CCD with an outstanding resolution of 330 TV lines.

High sensitivity
Sony Super HAD™ CCD offers high sensitivity from the use of an improved microlens over each pixel of the CCD, so that a light level of only 0.6 lux at F1.2 (50 IRE, AGC ON) is required to obtain excellent picture results.

Automatic White Balance
The SSC-DC198P camera incorporates a wide-range ATW function. It adjusts the white balance automatically in response to the light conditions. The usable range of 2,000 K to 10,000 K allows the camera to be used under a wide variety of light conditions, including high-pressure sodium discharge lamps that are frequently used for lighting streets, car parks and industrial areas.

BLC (Backlight Compensation)
The SSC-DC198P camera can automatically compensate for backlight conditions by switching on the Back Light Compensation (BLC) mode, which is centre measured. The BLC mode is on/off switchable.

Turbo AGC
The SSC-DC198P camera is equipped with an advanced Turbo AGC function. This boosts the range of the camera’s AGC by up to 24 dB so that a subject under low illumination can be distinguished more clearly. The Turbo AGC is on/off switchable.

CCD IRIS™ function
This function allows the use of an inexpensive manual iris lens instead of a more costly automatic iris lens. As the scene illumination level varies, this camera compensates by automatically changing the exposure time of the photo sensors. This is achieved by varying the electronic shutter speed of the CCD over a range or 1/50 to 1/100,000 of a second.

CS-mount
The camera can be used with CS-mount lenses and precise back-focus adjustment can be easily accomplished. C-Mount lenses also can be used with a C-mount adapter.

Incorporated DSP
The incorporated DSP (Digital Signal Processing) gives high image quality and stability assuring a long life. Offering a level of reliability that cannot be achieved with analogue signal processing.

AC 220-240 volt operation
The SSC-DC198P operates on AC 220-240 volt.

Stylish and Compact Design
The new stylish compact design is lightweight and easy to integrate into almost any interior. In addition due to the compact size it is easy to fit into almost any housing.

Benefits

Excellent Picture Quality
High quality images can be captured with a horizontal resolution of 330 TV lines, providing your video surveillance system the detail required for effective monitoring and recording.

Clear image acquisition under low-light conditions
The SSC-DC198P offers remarkably high image acquisition under low-light conditions resulting in greater convergence so that a light level of only 0.6 lux (F1.2, 50 IRE, AGC ON) is required for clear image acquisition.

More stability and reliability over a longer period of time
The SSC-DC198P includes DSP technology that delivers excellent picture performance, but also provides outstanding stability over long periods of time and a level of reliability that cannot be achieved with analogue signal processing.

Compensation of strong backlighting effects
The analogue Backlight Compensation function helps to overcome strong backlighting effects, which often cause the subject of the picture to be cast into a shadow. This makes the subject more easily visible, providing an improved level of object recognition in surveillance and monitoring systems.

Accurate colour reproduction under a wide variety of light conditions such as street lighting.
The SSC-DC198P adjusts the white balance automatically in response to the light conditions such that pictures with an appropriate colour balance can always be obtained under a wide variety of light conditions, including the high-pressure, sodium discharge lamps frequently used for lighting streets, car parks and industrial areas.

Use of manual Iris lens instead of Auto Iris lens.
In the case that the illumination level of the scene changes slightly, the SSC-DC198P does not necessarily require a more costly auto iris lens because of the CCD Iris™ function. As the illumination changes the CCD Iris function responds by automatically reducing or increasing the exposure time of the photosensors.

Flexible choice of lens
The SSC-DC198P does not limit you in choice of lenses as it accepts both DC servo and video servo lenses, when a DC servo lens is used, the level of output signal is adjustable. In addition you have the freedom to choose between a CS-mount or a C-mount lens.