In an announcement made by Sony last week, the XCL-5000 Black/White 5 Mega Pixel Industrial Camera is scheduled to be discontinued as of September 2008.

In its place, Sony is recommending the XCL-5005 (monochrome) or XCL-5005CR (color) ultra high resolution 5 mega pixel PoCL industrial cameras.

These two cameras adopt the AIA’s PoCL standard (Power Over Camera Link) and feature autoselectable power from a PoCL connector or an EIAJ connector for backward compatibility with the XCL-5000. The XCL-5005 utilizes the same CCD sensor with the XCL-5000 and is compatible with the same frame grabbers as the XCL-5000.

Key Differences Between XCL-5000 to XCL-5005/5005CR

XCL-5000 XCL-5005 XCL-5005CR
XCL-5000 series
Common Function		 Frame Rate 15fps
V Partial Scan
External Trigger Shutter
XCL-5000 & 5005
Common Function		 3x3 Filter
Binning Mode
Binarization
Edge Emphasis
XCL-5005 & 5005CR
Common Function		 1 and 2 Tap
Arbitrary V Partial Scan
Pseudo H Partial Scan
Arbitrary Shutter
Hardware Preprocessing: Gamma Mode 6 & 7
XCL-5005 Only Hardware Preprocessing:
Flip-Flop
XCL-5005CR Only Raw Color Data Output
Pixel Gain Setting
One Push White Balance
RGB 24bit Output
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