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Metric Zoom High Resolution Ultra-Long Range Surveillance / Imaging Lens

 

This Ultra-Long Range Surveillance lens provides continuous motorized zoom for tracking objects at a distance from .7km to over 100km.  Ideal for weapons testing, shuttle tracking, and missile tracking, our Metric Zoom has the ability to image high speed events and conditions at locations that are far removed from the observer.  Accurately imaging a moving target under changing conditions requires either multiple imaging systems with fixed focal lengths or a zoom lens system that is capable of changing its magnification to accommodate the variation in object distance.  Our Metric zoom system offers significant advantages in that it eliminates the need for multiple imaging systems,  the costly task of changing fixed imaging systems during operations, and thereby reduces the costs and logistics of carrying multiple surveillance systems in inventory.

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Metric Zoom Cutaway
Features:
Imaging of missiles during flight tests (1 to 100 km)
FOV: 0.36° to 1.8
Very long focal length: 750 mm to 3800 mm (30" to 150")
Variable f-number: 4 to 14
High throughput: >84%>
High resolution: 100 line pairs/mm
Large-format camera (24-mm diagonal image plane)
Scalable (1/4-scale version built in Phase I)
Visible design that transfers easily to infrared
Weight about 300 pounds
Metric Zoom

 

“Precision Metric Zoom Lens” from the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range.
(Phase I & Phase II )

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