FL 26BW Long-exposure cooled mono CMOS camera
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FL 26BW Long-Exposure Cooled Mono CMOS Camera, 1.8-inch, 6240 × 4168

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Deep-cooled monochrome camera for exposures of up to 60 minutes in luminescence and fluorescence imaging.

The FL 26BW is an air-cooled monochrome camera built around the Sony IMX571BLR-J back-illuminated CMOS sensor and designed for long-exposure work. The sensor is held at -25 °C (at 22 °C ambient) and dark current stays below 0.0005 e⁻/pixel/s, so clean, even images can be recorded with exposures of up to 60 minutes. Its 28.3 mm (1.8-inch) diagonal, 92% peak QE and sealed cooling chamber make it a practical alternative to cooled CCD cameras in chemiluminescence and similar low-signal applications.

Key Features

  • Sony IMX571BLR-J BSI CMOS sensor: 92% peak QE at 530 nm and readout noise down to 0.85 e⁻ (Gain 3), with no amplifier glow
  • Dark current below 0.0005 e⁻/pixel/s with the sensor cooled to -25 °C at 22 °C ambient; the sealed chamber prevents condensation
  • Exposure times from 34 µs to 60 min for chemiluminescence and other low-signal imaging
  • Four gain modes (full well from 49 ke⁻ to 3 ke⁻) and a 16000:1 dynamic range
  • Defect pixel correction gives a uniform background for quantitative analysis
  • Flexible binning from 2 × 2 up to 16 × 16 to raise sensitivity and dynamic range
  • Compact 85 × 85 × 97 mm housing for instrument integration; supports LabVIEW, MATLAB and Micro-Manager 2.0

Typical Applications

  • Chemiluminescence imaging
  • Bioluminescence imaging
  • Digital PCR (dPCR)
  • Fluorescence imaging
  • Biochip readout

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Model: FL 26BW · Acquisition software and drivers are supplied with the camera. Contact WaveQuanta for a quote and lead time.

Sensor Type BSI CMOS
Sensor Sony IMX571BLR-J
Color / Mono Mono
Peak QE 92% @ 530 nm
Resolution 6240 × 4168
Pixel Size 3.76 × 3.76 µm
Effective Area 23.4 × 15.6 mm
Array Diagonal 28.3 mm (1.8")
Full-Well Capacity 49 / 15.7 / 7.8 / 3 ke⁻ (Gain 0 / 1 / 2 / 3)
Readout Noise 2.7 / 1.0 / 0.95 / 0.85 e⁻ (Gain 0 / 1 / 2 / 3)
Dynamic Range 16000:1
Frame Rate 6.5 / 3.4 fps (Standard / Low Noise) @ 6240 × 4168; 35.5 fps @ 3120 × 2084 (sensor bin)
Shutter Type Rolling, Global Reset
Exposure Time 34 µs – 60 min
Binning 2 × 2, 3 × 3, 4 × 4, 5 × 5, 6 × 6, 8 × 8, 16 × 16
ROI Supported
Cooling Method Air cooling
Cooling Temperature -25 °C @ 22 °C ambient
Dark Current < 0.0005 e⁻/pixel/s
Image Correction Defect pixel correction (DPC)
Bit Depth 16 bit
Data Interface USB 3.0
Trigger Hardware, software; outputs: Exposure Start, Global, Readout End, High, Low; Hirose 6-pin
Optical Interface M42 / customizable
Power Supply 12 V / 8 A
Power Consumption ≤ 50 W
Dimensions 85 × 85 × 97 mm (H × W × L)
Weight 945 g
Operating Environment Working: 0–40 °C, 10–85% RH; storage: -10–60 °C, 0–85% RH
Operating System Windows, Linux
Software / SDK Support Acquisition and analysis software, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Micro-Manager 2.0
SDK C / C++ / C# / Python
Specification Sheet PDF — Download
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