Fastec IL5 High-Speed Camera
- Product SKU: FS-IL5LM4
- Category: Cameras, Fastec Imaging, High-speed cameras, Microscopes & Cameras
Fastec IL5 is a compact yet powerful and versatile high-speed camera, widely used for laboratory applications. Easy to fit on a microscope, its advanced 12-bit 2560 x 2080 CMOS sensor allows to record videos at high resolution and speed (253 fps at max. resolution, up to 29090 fps at lower resolution). Long recording is made possible thanks to SSD storage options with streaming.
FasMotion advanced software makes it easy to control the camera and capture images or videos.
Lens not included.
Fastec IL5: a versatile high-speed camera
Fastec's IL Series high-speed cameras are compact yet versatile recording systems used for lab research, where speed and accuracy are needed. A common application of the IL5 camera is the capture of droplet generation experiments in microfluidics for droplet analysis, counting, or slow motion.
Sensor | 12-bit CMOS sensor with 5µm square pixels, color or monochrome |
Sensor Modes | Standard, binning 2x2 or 4x4; sub-sampling 2x2 or 4x4; Or 2x binning + 2x sub-sampling |
Max Resolution by Model | IL5-Q: QSXGA 2560 x 2048; IL5-H: HD 1920x1080; IL5-S: SXGA 1280x1024; IL5-L SVGA 800x600 |
Light Sensitivity | 1600 to 12,800* ISO monochrome, 800 to 6400* ISO color (depending on mode) |
Shutter | Global electronic shutter from 3 μs to 41.654 ms |
Image Memory | 4GB (standard) or 8GB (optional) |
Removable Storage | SD card (SDHC: 32GB maximum); USB flash drive |
File Formats | Stacks – BMP, DNG (color), JPEG (selectable quality), TIFF, TIFF(raw); Video – AVI (selectable quality (compressed) or un-compressed), CAP(raw); Still – JPEG |
Lens Mounts | C-mount (all cameras ship with C-mount), F-mount or PL-mount (optional) |
Communication Ports | USB 2.0 device port (micro-B), Ethernet (10/100/1000Base-T) |
Control Software | FasMotion (PC/Mac application), web interface (web browser on all platforms) |
Six External I/O Ports | Trigger In/Out, Sync In/Out, Arm In/Out (LVTTL (3.3V) or switch closure); Any or all of the I/O ports may be used as Marker inputs |
Marker Data Views | Camera display info line, playback timeline, FasMotion o-scope mode, XML file |
Video Out | HDMI (1080p30, 1080p60, 720p, 480p) |
Construction | Anodized machined aluminum housing |
Power | 10-26 VDC external |
Power Consumption | 22W maximum |
Operating Environment | +5°C to +50°C |
Size and Weight | 184mm W x 112mm H x 50mm D. 1 kg (2.2 lbs.) |
*Higher ISO settings available via bit-shifting and analog gains result in lower SNR. Binning modes reduce noise
Optional features
WiFi | 802.11 b/g/n, Security: open, WEP, WPA(2) - PSK |
Built-In Storage | Solid State Drive (SSD): 256GB, 512GB, 1TB |
Long Record | Streams uncompressed video to SSD at 480MB/sec; 8GB mem. + SSD required; ships with an external battery pack |


All dimensions in inches and [ ]mm. Mount 1/4-20 UNC on bottom is for tripod. Additional 1/4-20 UNC is located on the top of the camera. *On request 8-32 helicoils may be installed at the factory before the camera is shipped
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