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Ocean Presence Technologies (OPT) has announced their first 360-degree hemispheric camera. Model OPT-9 is designed to monitor entire marine areas for pools and aquariums, or small open spaces.

The OceanCam-OPT-09 provides hemispheric recording and captures a 360-degree view without any moving parts. A virtual Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) function allows the camera to be controlled and viewed over the Internet.

Other features include VGA picture quality at 30fps, a 1/2 inch CMOS senor, maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536, and an 8x digital zoom. More information on this new product can be found on the Ocean Presence Tech website. Press release with full details below.

Press Release:

Ocean Presence Technologies (OPT), Santa Cruz, California announces their first 360-degree hemispheric camera. The model OPT-09 has been designed for monitoring and recording of the entire area. Ideally suited for small aquariums or pools, the camera can be mounted on the bottom, supported upside down from the surface or from the side of a pool, a wall or pier piling.

The OceanCam-OPT-09 provides hemispheric recording and captures a 360-degree view without any moving parts. A virtual Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) function allows the camera to be controlled and viewed over the Internet. The Internet-ready camera supports MxPEG and Motion-JPEG and delivers excellent VGA picture quality at 30 fps. The uniquely engineered optically clear glass hyper-hemisphere dome provides distortion free images, reducing biofouling and is far more scratch resistant than the softer acrylic half domes.

This imaging system uses a 1/2” CMOS sensor and has a maximum image resolution of 3.1 million pixels (2048 x 1536) with an 8x digital zoom. With hemispheric, single- or double-panorama or simultaneous quad views, the camera can cover a wide monitoring area with great efficiency. Even when using the zoom function, the camera always records the entire image.

The full image can optionally be saved for later research purposes. While you closely analyze image sections in the live image using the virtual PTZ feature, the camera continues to run in the background and internally records the entire area as a full 360-degree image. The recorded images can be later analyzed from different perspectives using virtual PTZ. The camera also features an internal DVR (digital video recorder) with a maximum memory capacity of 32 GB; recording over 30 hours of video.

The OPT-09 OceanCam® joins the lineup of real-time underwater camera systems. The system features an optically clear 55 percent hyper-hemisphere glass dome and is rated to 180 feet (55 meters). Ultra-deep models are also available. The system comes complete with 50 feet of underwater Power-over-Ethernet cable, power supply and recording software. It is fully operational out of the box.

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