Seeing into small spaces requires an exceptional camera with a strong personality and the ultra-compact, lightweight Sony XC-505 color micro camera is the distinctive winner. With its built-in 1/3 type Super HAD II (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor, the camera provides high sensitivity, low smear images, even in poor lighting conditions.  With multiple capabilities and features, and Sony’s Super HAD (noise reduction) technology, true colors, patterns, facial features, license plate numbers and other identifying details can be captured and viewed with more clarity than ever before. The first-class Sony XC-505 Camera small enough to hidepicture quality and excellent lighting sensitivity sets this camera apart, making it compatible with most remote monitoring challenges. This NTSC ultra-compact color camera is tremendously effective in taking surveillance video, thanks to its one-piece, compact body. With the standard NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) video system, 30 frames are transmitted each second, and each frame is made up of 525 individual scan lines, with a crisp resolution of 768(H) x 494(V) effective lines. Lightweight and easy to use, this tiny camera measures 7/8 x 7/8 x 2 61/64 inches (22 x 22 x 75 mm), and weighs a mere 2 oz. (51 g), and because of this, can be installed most anywhere. With easy set-up, its multiple attributes also include noise reduction (2D/3D), build-in color bar, and DTL function, and the Sony XC-505  does not require a bulky CCU (camera control unit). By adding an RS-232C interface, the XC-505 camera now becomes remote controllable, which brings it suitable for an infinite array of applications. Using the NF lens mounting system, it can easily be converted into a flexible C-mount lens, for additional optical options.  The gain, shutter speed and white balance can be configured using the 8-bit DIP switch located on the side of the unit, and with its five white balance modes (3200K/5600K/One Push, WB/ATW/MAN) one has the ability to select the best setting for the shooting circumstance.  With the multiple levels of shutter speeds (Off, 1/1,000 and Flickerless), you are able to match the shutter speed to the shooting conditions. Utilizing such various image acquisition features as selectable auto exposure, defective pixel correction, 2D/3D Noise Reduction (NR), edge and detail enhancement, and E- flip, this color NTSC camera’s market appeal becomes even more substantial. Producing first-class picture quality with superb sensitivity, this ultra-compact, particularly light, high performance camera shines when faced with spatial restrictions and less-than-ideal lighting conditions. In addition to installation locations where conventional video cameras cannot fit, it is small enough to be practically invisible in air vents when silent, remote surveillance is necessary, while creating exceptional picture quality. Because of its size, the Sony XC-505 camera is suitable for any remote monitoring, machine vision, security and point of view sports recording.  You know those helmet cameras you see at sporting events … yes, the XC-505 micro camera does that!  It truly sees, but is not seen …