Even with a smaller 1/3-inch CCD imaging sensor, this high-sensitivity, high-performance camera ICD-30E delivers 385 lines of horizontal resolution with 290,000 pixels, a performance that rivals its 1/2-inch counterparts. The CCD imaging sensor with a state-of-the-art on-chip-microlens (OCML) provides an unprecedented high level of sensitivity (f1.4/0.5 lux). Incorporating a line lock facility for easy synchronization with main frequency, the ICD-30E camera is the obvious choice for large-scale, wide-coverage surveillance systems that require multiple cameras.

• State-of-the-art 1 /3-inch on-chip microlens (OCML) CCD
• Horizontal resolution of 385 lines, with a minimum object illumination of 0.5 lux
• The AESC (Automatic Electronic Shutter Control) function in a light compensation range of 1:60,000 (0.5-30,000 lux, F1.4) by changing the electronic shutter speed automatically with a fixed iris lens. With a sensitivity ratio of 1:1,038, the ICD-30E is able to cover many indoor and outdoor surveillance applications without using an auto iris lens, thus offering economic surveillance with no loss in performance.
• Back focus alignment capability
• A line lock sync ensures stable pictures even when multiple cameras are switched over.
• Accepts both auto-iris and fixed iris type lenses
• AESC Function
  The newly developed AESC function is designed to automatically control a high-speed variable electronic shutter in accordance with the intensity of incident light at the camera. In effect, the video input signal level for the manual iris lens performs in a similar manner to that of a conventional auto iris lens. Thus, the amount of incident light can be optimally adjusted to provide automatic sensitivity control for the camera.
  AESC incorporated in the ICD-30 permits continuous control of its electronic shutter speed from 1/60 to 1/51,300 seconds. A variable-step control scheme is employed so that finer variable steps are incorporated as the shutter speed increases, and an appropriate control disable duration (insensitivity zone), is provided between increases and decreases in speed. This control scheme achieves automatic sensitivity control with a natural feel, eliminating radical changes in the video signa.I level or so-called "hunting". Since the automatic sensitivity control range is determined by the ratio of the minimum value to maximum value of the shutter speed, the ICD-30 provides a ratio of 1:855. This ensures a control range equivalent of a F1.4 to F41 for an auto iris lens.