Photonis USA has designed its new xSCELL digital scientific camera to address the unique combination of high-speed imaging, low light levels, and low dark noise requirements of fluorescence imaging, spinning disk confocal microscopy, high throughput screening, and gene sequencing. The high-performance camera features 1000 frames per second at a 1024 × 1024 resolution. It provides readout noise of less than 2 e-rms and quantum efficiency of 65%. The xSCELL offers flexible readout modes, in-camera processing, and true pixel binning as part of its standard package. It is powered by InXite, a proprietary CMOS-based technology that the company claims brings greater speed and clarity to scientific imaging. InXite delivers data at a high dynamic range up to 14 bits and is cooled internally to −30 °C to nearly eliminate the effects of dark noise. Photonis USA, 660 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA 01566, http://www.photonis.com
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