Imatest offers a range of reflective lighting solutions designed to provide uniform, glare-free illumination for reflective test charts, essential for accurate image quality testing. Their products include the Kinoflo Freestyle LED, Metaphase NIR ExoLight 2.0, Thouslite LEDCube, and the IQL SpectriWave Lighting System. These systems maintain high uniformity across the illuminated area and feature advanced controls, such as onboard and DMX dimming, wireless links, and touch screen control boxes, allowing users to fine-tune lighting conditions.
Designed for practicality and ease of use, Imatest’s lighting solutions are built with durable materials and ergonomic designs. They are energy-efficient, reducing consumption and heat generation, and offer adjustable colour temperatures. These features make them suitable for a wide range of applications, from laboratory testing to fieldwork, ensuring reliable and high-quality image assessments.
Imatest offers a comprehensive range of reflective lighting solutions designed to provide uniform, glare-free illumination for reflective test charts, which is essential for accurate and repeatable image quality testing. Reflective lighting is a key capability of Imatest, ensuring that the majority of image quality assessments are conducted under optimal lighting conditions. The company provides several solutions tailored to different needs, including the Kinoflo Freestyle LED, Metaphase NIR ExoLight 2.0, Thouslite LEDCube, and the IQL SpectriWave Lighting System.
The Kinoflo Freestyle LED offers variable LED lighting from 3200K to 6500K, with both white and colour modes, making it versatile for various testing environments. The Metaphase NIR ExoLight 2.0 provides near-infrared LED lighting, which is particularly useful for applications requiring NIR illumination. The Thouslite LEDCube is a compact and powerful lighting solution that can be mounted on fixtures to provide uniform illumination across a wide area. The IQL SpectriWave Lighting System is highly customisable, offering a range of light sources, including daylight, cool white fluorescent, and incandescent options, with adjustable colour temperatures from 2000K to 20000K.
One of the standout features of Imatest’s reflective lighting solutions is their ability to maintain high uniformity across the illuminated area. For instance, the SpectriWave Lighting System can achieve uniformity greater than 80% for a 40″ x 60″ reflective chart area and over 90% for smaller areas. This level of uniformity is crucial for ensuring consistent and reliable test results. Additionally, these lighting systems are equipped with advanced controls, including onboard and DMX dimming, wireless links, and touch screen control boxes, allowing users to fine-tune the lighting conditions to meet their specific testing requirements.
Imatest’s reflective lighting solutions are designed with practicality and ease of use in mind. The lighting systems are built with durable materials and feature ergonomic designs, making them easy to set up and adjust. The vertical orientation of the lights helps maintain consistent light levels from the bottom to the top of the test chart, further enhancing the accuracy of the measurements. Moreover, the systems are compatible with various control options, including wired and wireless remote controls, PC tablets, and custom software test suites via a Python API, providing flexibility and convenience for users.
In addition to their technical capabilities, Imatest’s reflective lighting solutions are also designed to be energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. The use of LED lighting reduces energy consumption and heat generation, making the systems more sustainable and cost-effective in the long run. The ability to dim the lights and adjust the colour temperature also contributes to energy savings and allows for precise control over the lighting conditions.
Overall, Imatest’s reflective lighting solutions offer a robust and versatile option for image quality testing, ensuring that users can achieve accurate, repeatable measurements under a variety of lighting conditions. With their high uniformity, advanced controls, and practical design, these lighting systems are well-suited for a wide range of applications, from laboratory testing to fieldwork. By choosing Imatest’s reflective lighting solutions, professionals can be confident in the reliability and quality of their image quality assessments.
Kino Flo LED DMX Lighting Systems
The Kino Flo LED lighting systems are ideal for providing uniform, glare-free illumination for Imatest’s full range of reflective test charts, up to 111.7cm x 198cm (44″ x 78″).
Imatest offers three models detailed below. Each comes as a set of two lights with stands and optional cases for storing. The FreeStyle 31 lights have an optional Low-light Filter.
Description
With the “white menu,” the light provides high quality illumination over a Kelvin range from 2700K tungsten to 6500K daylight, and is dimmable over a 150:1 range.
Additional menu options for studio photographers allow operation over a Kelvin range of 2500K tungsten to 9900K daylight, the simulation of blue & green screens, sodium vapor and mercury vapor lamps, over 100 well-known lighting gels and, and a wide range of RGB settings.
The lights come with standard DMX and wireless DMX (Lumen Radio®), 24VDC input, and universal voltage input 100-240VAC (1.25 Amps at 120VAC).
The Imatest Low Light Filter was designed specifically for the Kino Flo Freestyle 31 LED fixture. The filter increases dynamic range from 437:1 to 35,000:1 and allows testing at extremely low light settings.
| Model | Lux | Fixture Dimensions | Panel Dimensions | Optional Low-Light Filter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kino Flo 31 LED DMX | 7270 at 0.5m | 103cm x 28cm x 9cm with 16.5cm barndoors (40.5″ x 11″ x 3.5″ with 6.5″ barndoors) | 94cm x 21.5cm (37″ x 8.5″) | Yes, the optional Low Light Filter increases dynamic range from 437:1 to 35,000:1 |
| Kino Flo 41 LED DMX | 6840 at 0.5m | 133.4cm x 22.9cm x 10.2cm with 15.3cm barndoors (52.5″ x 9″ x 4″ with 6″ barndoors) | 125.7cm x 19.1cm (49.5″ x 7.5″) | Not available |
| Celeb 850 LED DMX | 23040 at 0.5m | 114cm x 65 x 15 cm (45″ x 25.5″ x 6″) | 113cm x 57cm (44.5″ x 22.5″) | Not available |
Metaphase NIR ExoLight v2.0 (Set of 2)
The Metaphase NIR ExoLight v2.0 lighting system is ideal for providing uniform, glare-free illumination for Imatest’s full range of reflective NIR test charts (850nm or 940nm NIR), up to 44 x 78″ (111.7 x 198 cm). This set of two is designed to integrate with the Imatest MTS-Reflective Module.
Description
This set of two Metaphase 850nm or 940nm NIR ExoLight v2.0 lights and the ULC-2 Controller integrate with the Imatest Modular Test Stand Reflective Module to provide an NIR option.
Thouslite LEDCube & Fixture
This package combines everything you need to integrate the Thouslite Tunable LEDCube lights and adjustable stands into your test lab:
The Thouslite LEDCube is a highly tunable, reflective light source. Reproduce any phase of daylight with the highest quality Colour Rendering Index (CRI: 99) and Metamerism Index (MI: Grade A). Simulate various lighting environments to evaluate the performance of your camera or sensors, including tests for auto white balance, colour rendering, auto exposure, etc.
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Reflective Chart Lighting System
The SpectriWave™ lighting systems are designed to produce high quality, flexible test lab environments for imaging systems. This Reflective Lighting System is a fully customisable lighting solution that can illuminate an area up to 100cm x 150cm (40″ x 60″) with reasonably good uniformity (>80%) and smaller reflective charts (areas) with high uniformity (>90%).
Features and options offer a flexible lighting solution to create almost any conceivable lighting condition. With wireless control, the lighting system can be easily controlled via the provided PC tablet, a computer, or integrated into custom software test suites via a python API.
The lighting system offers flexibility when illuminating reflective test targets because it utilizes multisource luminaires and heavy duty Munsell N5 coated light stands that can be positioned with ease. These lights can be configured to work anywhere in the world.
Specifications
Standard Configuration:
The lighting system can be fully customised to fit you specific application with your choice of many different options including:
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