EV3000 and SkyCam Day/Night Lenses EMCCD Hi resolution Color Camera Motorized Lenses 10-300mm 10-400mm 10-500/20-1000mm 10-550/20-1100mm 12-660/30-1680mm 12.5-750mm/25-1500mm 30-750mm 15-825mm 1000/2000mm

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EV3000 and SkyCam Day/Night Lenses
EMCCD Hi resolution Color Camera Motorized Lenses 10-300mm 10-400mm 10-500/20-1000mm 10-550/20-1100mm 12-660/30-1680mm 12.5-750mm/25-1500mm 30-750mm 15-825mm 1000/2000mm

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Lens-ID	Lens Focal Length	Optical Zoom	Electronic Doubler	IR Coated	Wide FOV	Narrow FOV	Video Clip
EV300	10-300mm	30X	N/A	Yes			Play range 200 metrs
EV1100	10-550mm/20-1100mm	55X	2X	NO
EV1680	12-620/30-1680mm	55X	2.5X	NO			Play long range play port cctv fog cancellation
EV825	15-825mm	55X	N/A	NO
EV2000	10-1000/20-2000mm	100X	2X	Yes			Play range 2km Range 13 km

All are 1/2" C-Mount
All has Auto Video IRIS/DC Video IRIS/ Manual IRIS
The EV825 replaced EV750

12.5mm lens on a 1" Camera

Same lens on a 1/2" Camera

Same lens on a 1/3" Camera

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	1" Camera Image Size	1/3" Camera Image Size

	2/3" Camera Image Size	1/2" Camera Image Size

Lens Format	Camera Format	Multiply Lens Focal Length by
1"	2/3"	1.45
1"	1/2"	2.0
1"	1/3"	2.91
2/3"	1/2"	1.37
2/3"	1/3"	2.0
1/2"	1/3"	1.45

Example 1
1" format 12.5mm lens on a 1/2" format camera.
12.5mm X 2.0 - 25mm
The picture shown on the monitor using the above example will be the equivalent field of view of a 25mm lens on a 1" camera

Example 2
2/3" format 7.5mm lens on a 1/2" format camera.
7.5mm X 1.37 = 10.275mm
The picture shown on the monitor using the above example will be the equivalent field of view of a 10.275 mm lens on a 2/3" camera.

Example 3
1/2" format 3.5mm lens on a 1/3" format camera.
3.5 mm X 1.45 = 5.08mm
The picture shown on the monitor using the above example will be the equivalent field of view of a 5.08mm lens on a 1/2" camera.

Note: You can always trade down lenses to smaller format cameras, not up. Trading up a smaller format lens to a larger format camera will result in a porthole effect in the picture.

ABERRATION: Factors in an optical system that generate adverse effect on the resultative image. Any design work in making optics entails many different approaches to correct various aberrations, such as spherical and chromatic aberrations, astigmatism, comatic flare, and distortion.

AGC: Abreviation of Automatic Gain Control. A feature built in a camera to automatically control gain level.

ALC CONTROL (Automatic Light Compensation): Photometric control that sets the auto-iris to react to bright objects in a picture that does not affect the overall video level. Turning the control towards Peak will increase sensitivity, towards Average will decrease sensitivity. It is normally set to "Average" under factory-shipped conditions.

ANGLE OF VIEW (Angular Field): The angular range that can be covered within the image field. Small focal lengths give a wide angle of view (wideangle), and large focal lengths give a narrow angle of view (telephoto). (ref. Field of View)

APERTURE RATIO: The ratio of the effective lens opening to its focal length (1/ F#)

ASPHERICAL: An optical element processed with non-spherical surface(s). There are a couple of different ways to create aspherics; e.g. grinding, press molding, injection molding and hybrid methods, any of which requires high-precision technology.

AUTO-IRIS LENS: A lens with an electrically controlled iris. The circuit controlling the iris is set to maintain a constant video level in varying lighting conditions. Depending on the placement of the driving circuitry (i.e. on the lens side or incorporated on the camera side), there are two types of Auto-Iris; with a driving circuitry built in and DC meter (galvanometer) only. Make sure to identify, before ordering an AI lens, whether the camera outputs video signal or DC current to actuate the auto-iris. (ref. DC-Type Lens)

BACK FOCUS (Back Focal Distance): The distance from the rear-most portion of the lens element to the image plane. It is important to adjust the back focus correctly in order to obtain the best image. Certain lenses come with a back focus adjustment mechanism, while others do not. Also, most of the cameras incorporate back focus adjustment, if it is not available on the lens side.

BARREL: The chassis of a lens, usually cylindrical, that contains the lens elements and iris diaphragm.

CCD Iris: Automatic brightness level adjustment feature built in certain types of camera. Number of steps (multiple levels of brightness) available varies dependent on the camera model. While there are tremendous advantages to use a camera with CCD Iris, use of lenses with manual and/or Auto-iris will enhance the efficiency of the camera in certain set-up conditions.

COATING: A thin coating applied to the lens surfaces to reduce reflections, thus increasing the amount of light transmission. Also, for color-corrected lenses, it significantly contributes to rendering optimal color balance of the lens. Sophisticated coating techniques allow applying as many as seven layers.

DC-TYPE LENS (lens with Galvanometer iris): An auto-iris lens without a driving circuit to actuate the iris. Iris control voltage is supplied from a circuit located within the camera.

FIELD OF VIEW: The maximum area in angular field that can be seen through a lens or an optical system. (ref. Angle of View)

FIXED FOCUS: Lenses that are not provided with a means of focusing operation regardless of the distance to the subject. .

FLANGE BACK (Flange Back Focal Distance): The distance from the mechanical flange of the lens (rear edge surface of the lens mount) to the focal plane. C-mount lenses have a flange back distance of 17.526mm while CS-mount lenses have 12.5mm. Because of this, C-mount lenses can be used on CS-mount cameras with an adapter ring of 5mm thickness (however, CS-mount lenses cannot be used on C-mount cameras).

F-NUMBER (F/#): Expression denoting the ratio of the equivalent focal length of a lens to the diameter of its entrance pupil (smaller F/# provides larger aperture of the lens, transmitting greater amount of light).

FOCAL LENGTH: The basic parameter to determine the image position, magnification, and angle of view of a lens.

GAIN CONTROL: A control that allows adjustment of iris response speed of Auto-Iris lenses. When an oscillation or "chattering" (iris opens and closes rapidly in bright light) occurs, reduce the gain level until iris stops oscillating.

IMAGE SIZE: Reference to the size of an image formed by the lens onto the camera pick-up device. The current standards are: 1", 2/3", 1/2", and 1/3", corresponding to 16mm, 11mm, 8mm and 6mm measured diagonally.

LEVEL CONTROL: Main iris control. Used to set the auto-iris circuit to a video level desired by the user. After set-up, the circuit will adjust the iris to maintain this video level in changing lighting conditions. Turning the control towards High will open the iris, towards Low will close the iris.

MANUAL IRIS LENS: A lens with a manual adjustment to set the iris opening (F-stop) to a given position. Generally used for relatively constant lighting applications.

MINIMUM OBJECT DISTANCE (M.O.D.): The closest focusing distance of a lens. A measurement from the vertex (front) of the lens to the object. Wide angle lenses generally have a smaller M.O.D. than large focal length lenses (telephoto).

NEUTRAL DENSITY (ND) FILTER: A type of filter to reduce the amount of light transmission without cutting of any particular frequency range of the light. Some lenses incorporate ND filter as a built-in feature for the purpose of helping the diaphragm function toward the minimum aperture range. Optional filters of different diameters are available for attachment to the front of a lens (ND 2X, 4X, etc.).

OBJECT DISTANCE: Distance to the object from the front element surface of the lens.

PRE-POSITION LENS (Preset Lens): Zoom lenses which incorporate variable-resistors (potentio meter) to index zoom, focus and/or aperture positions to the lens controller. After initial set-up, this allows the operator to view different preset areas quickly without having to readjust the zoom, focus and/or aperture each time.

SPOT FILTER: A supplement to the iris which allows the lens to have a larger aperture opening than is physically possible with the iris only. These usually range from F/88 to F/1600. This allows very sensitive cameras to view bright scenes easily. The iris of a lens without a spot filter would not be able to close down enough in bright light without creating an image degradation caused by refraction.

VARIFOCAL LENS: Optical assembly containing several movable elements to permit changing the effective focal length (EFL). Unlike a zoom lens a varifocal lens requires refocusing with each change.

VIDEO TYPE LENS: An auto-iris lens with an internal circuit that converts the video signal to DC voltages that control the iris meter (galvanomic meter) (ref. Auto-Iris Lens).

VIGNETTING: Fall-off of light illumination observed at the image corners. When gradual, it is likely to be inherent to the optical system. In the case of eclipse, it might be caused by mechanical factors such as housing. (Port hole effect as when a 1/2" lens is viewed on a 1" camera is a result of smaller image circle of the lens as opposed to the size of the imager).

ZOOM LENS: A lens that delivers different focal lengths without creating a shift of focus regardless of the focal length setting.

ZOOM RATIO: The ratio of the starting focal length (wide end) to the ending focal length (tele end) of a zoom lens. A lens with a 10X zoom ratio will magnify the image at the tele-end by 10 times.

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Lenses dimensions

1- Source Raymax, Co. Japan
2- Source Toknia, Co. Japan
3- Source Pentax, Co. Japan

45cm x 17cm
1000/2000mm lenses

550/1100mm lenses

1680mm lens

300mm lenses

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EV3000-S-1000 with 1000/2000mm lenses

Lens calculations (1/2" ccd)

Zoom	Focal length	Distance to object	Field of View	Scene width
60X	15-825mm	1 Km	0,5°	8,5 m
	15-825mm	5 Km	0,5°	43 m
	15-825mm	10 Km	0,5°	86 m
	15-825mm	20 Km	0,5°	172 m
	15-825mm	30 Km	0,5°	258 m






55X	10-550mm	1 Km	0,7°	12 m
	10-550mm	5 Km	0,7°	59 m
	10-550mm	10 Km	0,7°	118 m
	10-550mm	20 Km	0,7°	236 m
	10-550mm	30 Km	0,7°	354 m
	10-550mm, 2x ext 20-1100mm	1 Km	0,35°	6 m
	10-550mm, 2x ext 20-1100mm	5 Km	0,35°	29,5 m
	10-550mm, 2x ext 20-1100mm	10 Km	0,35°	59 m
	10-550mm, 2x ext 20-1100mm	20 Km	0,35°	118 m
	10-550mm, 2x ext 20-1100mm	30 Km	0,35°	177 m