Pelco

Pelco Optera: Winner – Video Surveillance Hardware Category, Benchmark Innovation Award 2016

Pelco’s Optera panomersive camera delivers stitched and blended 180, 270 and 360 degree views from a single camera. Whilst stitched video is not new, Optera delivers one of the best implementations available, making it very difficult to identify the edges of individual sensor views. What …

Whilst many think that solid state 360 degree cameras are a new innovation, they’re not. The first video surveillance camera using a fish-eye lens and dewarping software covered by the Benchmark team was launched approximately 16 years ago. Admittedly it delivered monochrome images at 8fps, …

In the world of video surveillance, the increased demand for flexibility, scalability and added value has driven the growth of video management systems (VMS). Where once the NVR was king, today’s users are increasingly seeking software-based solutions in order to exploit the diverse range of …

In recent times, an increasing number of camera manufacturers have made bold claims with regard to low light performance. These go beyond the normal sensitivity figures into numerous decimal places! The current trend is to suggest that proprietary technologies allow real-time colour images to be …