New from Pelco by Schneider Electric, is the GFC Professional 4K video camera. The makers report that it delivers 8 MP resolution detail for applications with heavy foot and vehicular traffic. The camera is also designed for use in challenging lighting as typical in city surveillance, airports, seaports, traffic, casinos, prisons, commercial and hospitality uses.
The 4K camera delivers high definition video at 30 Frames Per Second (FPS) for 24-7 surveillance. Customers can use one camera to cover a large area and digitally zoom-in for details such as car plate numbers, and faces. By pairing 4K video resolution with H.265 video coding and Pelco’s Smart Compression technology, the camera minimises network bandwidth and storage costs, the US firm adds.
Sophie Wang, Senior Global Product Line Manager said: “Pelco has successfully applied 4K technology to solve real security video challenges – providing more detail even in scenes with low light or overly bright areas, and doing this cost-effectively without unduly burdening storage costs. Unlike other vendors’ 4K cameras, the robust Pelco Pro firmware feature set on the GFC Professional 4K maximizes image quality, light sensitivity, and much more.”
In comparative tests using the ISO standard for evaluating a camera’s true dynamic range (tone contrast within an image), and not a proprietary vendor test with undisclosed “forensic” conditions, the GFC Professional 4K consistently tested 5pc to 9pc higher than the competitor’s 4K camera, the makers say. The product offers 100dB True Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) which brings out the detail in very bright and dark areas alike, to maximise visibility and for use in scenes where there are dark and bright areas in the
image; such as lobby areas with streaming sunlight and night-time traffic with headlights and taillights that obscure car number plates. A built-in IR Illuminator produces detailed images in zero light, and the adaptive IR Illuminator avoids over-exposure that can hinder detection. The P-Iris enables more precise control on the light reaching the sensor resulting in better image clarity and depth-of-field in all lighting. Thanks to audio and alarm functions, an operator can interface with other systems and the camera to react to events and incidents.
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