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Comparison of Featured Cameras

Selecting a camera for your imaging requirements can be challenging. As a first step to help you select a suitable camera, the key specifications of our major cameras are summarized in the camera comparison table below.

If you don’t see a suitable camera listed in this table, visit our listing of all scientific cameras on our main site to view other cameras we offer.

Parameter	ORCA-Flash2.8 C11440-10C	ORCA-R2 C10600-10B	ORCA-D2 C11254-10B	ImagEM C9100-13/14
Image sensor	Scientific CMOS	Cooled CCD	2 cooled CCDs for dual wavelength imaging	Cooled EMCCD
Wavelength sensitivity	Visible	UV to NIR	Visible to NIR	Visible to NIR
Signal intensity	Low light	Low light	Low light	Ultra-low light (ex. single molecule imaging)
Frame rate at full resolution	45 fps	8 fps or 16 fps	11 fps	31.9 fps (C9100-13) 9.5 fps (C9100-14)
Exposure time	20 microseconds to 10 seconds	10 microseconds to 70 minutes	117 microseconds to 60 seconds	10 microseconds or more (external trigger mode)
Spatial resolution (pixel size)	3.63 microns	6.45 microns	6.45 microns	16 microns (C9100-13) 13 microns (C9100-14)
Example applications	DIC, phase contrast • Chemiluminescence • Immunofluorescence • Fluorescent protein imaging • Spinning disk confocal microscopy • TIRF microscopy • Ratio imaging • Super-resolution microscopy (STED) • High-speed calcium imaging • FRET • FISH • Live cells expressing GFP • Failure analysis • Semiconductor inspection • X-ray scintillator readout	Fluorescence microscopy • Live cells expressing GFP • Red to NIR fluorescence application • Ratio imaging • FISH • IR-DIC and fluorescence imaging • Time lapse fluorescence imaging • TIRF microscopy • Real-time confocal microscopy • Failure analysis • Semiconductor inspection • X-ray scintillator readout	Dual wavelength imaging • Multifocal point imaging microscopy • Ratio imaging • FRET • Dual wavelength TIRF microscopy • Real-time confocal microscopy • Blue to NIR fluorescence applications	Single molecule imaging with TIRF microscopy • Fast frame rates and short exposures of living cells with low excitation fluorescence • Protein-protein interaction • Calcium waves in cell networks and intracellular ion flux • Real-time spinning disk confocal microscopy • Fluorescence in-vivo blood cell microscopy • Gene expression imaging using luminescence

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan) is a leading manufacturer of devices for the generation and measurement of UV, visible, and infrared light. These devices include photomultiplier tubes, photodiodes, image sensors, scientific CCD cameras, and light sources. Hamamatsu also manufactures a variety of X-ray solutions as well as specialized photonic systems. We are committed to the advancement of photonics through extensive research.