Imaging & Optics

91 products, each exploded into a recursive bill of materials. Open one and keep clicking down to the bolts.

35mm Film Scanner A motorized 35mm film transport and scanning system with a high-resolution line sensor, white LED illumination, precision focus optics, dual IR channels for dust and scratch removal. 39 parts · 8 subsystems

35mm Film SLR Camera A single-lens reflex camera that exposes 24×36 mm frames on 135 film through a vertical-travel focal-plane shutter, using a flipping mirror and pentaprism so the photographer composes through the taking lens. 75 parts · 10 subsystems

8mm Cine Projector A projector that advances 8mm film frame-by-frame using a claw mechanism, illuminating each frame through a lens to project magnified images onto a screen. 37 parts · 7 subsystems

Action Camera A rugged waterproof action camera with a wide-angle lens, front and rear touch displays, in-body stabilisation, and dual microphones in a sealed housing. 271 parts · 13 subsystems

AR Coating Machine Vacuum chamber system with electron-beam and resistance heating sources that deposit anti-reflective thin-film coatings on lens surfaces via ion-assisted evaporation. 52 parts · 8 subsystems

Astro Camera A cooled CCD or CMOS sensor optimized for long-exposure deep-sky imaging, with thermoelectric cooling, filter interface, and USB controller. 27 parts · 10 subsystems

Autoguider A guide camera monitoring a bright reference star and sending RA/Dec corrections to the mount to maintain perfect alignment during long exposures. 31 parts · 10 subsystems

Automatic Surveying Level A tripod-mounted optical instrument whose internal pendulum compensator levels the line of sight automatically, letting a surveyor read height differences off a graduated staff to millimetre accuracy. 43 parts · 8 subsystems

Binoculars A roof-prism, nitrogen-purged waterproof binocular with center focus, twist-up eyecups, and rubber-armored magnesium chassis. 54 parts · 9 subsystems

Borescope Inspection Camera A handheld inspection tool with a long flexible probe and a lit camera tip that feeds live video to a screen for viewing inside engines, pipes, and walls. 169 parts · 7 subsystems

Camera Gimbal Stabilizer A 3-axis handheld camera gimbal that motor-stabilizes a mounted camera across pan, tilt and roll. 177 parts · 16 subsystems

Camera Jib Crane Articulated boom crane with counterweight arm, pan/tilt head interface, and tripod base for elevated camera positioning. 67 parts · 7 subsystems

Camera Obscura A darkened chamber with a small aperture or lens projecting an inverted image of external scenes onto an internal viewing surface. 27 parts · 6 subsystems

Colorimeter A handheld tristimulus color sensor measuring reflected light intensity across visible wavelengths. 277 parts · 10 subsystems

Computerized GoTo Telescope A motorized GoTo Newtonian reflector on an equatorial mount with a hand controller that slews to catalog objects automatically. 320 parts · 11 subsystems

Digital Cinema Projector A high-brightness projection system using DLP technology with laser or xenon light source, motorized lens turret, and integrated cooling. 383 parts · 9 subsystems

Digital Microscope A microscope with no eyepiece that forms its image directly on a camera sensor, presenting a magnified live view on an LCD or HDMI monitor, with LED illumination, a focusing stage, and an image-processing main board. 88 parts · 8 subsystems

Digital Night Vision Monocular A digital night-vision monocular with an infrared-sensitive CMOS sensor, on-board IR illuminator, miniaturized OLED eyepiece display, objective lens, and pocket-sized ruggedized housing. 26 parts · 8 subsystems

Digital Pupilometer Clinical instrument measuring interpupillary distance (IPD) and pupil diameter using corneal reflection optics and digital image analysis. 30 parts · 8 subsystems

Dobsonian Telescope A large-aperture Newtonian reflector on a simple altitude-azimuth mount with a stable rocker base and friction-bearing motion. 54 parts · 10 subsystems

Document Camera A desktop visual presenter that points a high-resolution camera head down at documents or objects from an articulated arm, lights the subject with LEDs, and streams live video to projectors and computers over HDMI and USB. 247 parts · 9 subsystems

DSLR Camera A digital single-lens reflex camera: a reflex mirror box and pentaprism feed an optical viewfinder, a focal-plane shutter exposes the sensor, and a kit zoom lens ships in the box. 553 parts · 17 subsystems

Electronic Autocollimator A precision optical angle measuring instrument that projects a collimated reticle, reads the return reflected from a target mirror on an image sensor, and computes the mirror tilt to sub-arc-second resolution. 34 parts · 8 subsystems

Equatorial Mount A two-axis telescope mount that aligns with Earth's rotation, using RA and Dec worm gears and motor drives for smooth sky tracking. 95 parts · 10 subsystems

Equatorial Telescope Mount A German equatorial mount that aligns one rotation axis with the celestial pole so a single slow worm drive cancels Earth’s rotation, holding stars fixed for long-exposure astrophotography. 154 parts · 10 subsystems

Field Audio Recorder Portable audio recorder with dual-channel preamps, timecode I/O, and onboard mixer for location sound acquisition. 37 parts · 9 subsystems

Fluid Head Tripod Precision video tripod with fluid-damped pan/tilt head, counterbalance mechanism, and three-stage extendable legs. 49 parts · 7 subsystems

Frame Warmer Benchtop heating device using hot-air circulation and optional glass-bead tray that softens eyeglass frames for bending and fitting adjustments. 36 parts · 7 subsystems

Gloss Meter A handheld instrument measuring surface reflectance at fixed angles to quantify shininess. 242 parts · 9 subsystems

High-Speed Camera A CMOS-based high-speed camera with on-board ring buffer memory, hardware trigger I/O, interchangeable lens mount, and ruggedized magnesium alloy body. 183 parts · 9 subsystems

Infrared Thermometer A handheld non-contact thermometer that focuses a target spot of infrared radiation onto a thermopile detector, converts the signal to a temperature, and shows it on a display while a laser dot marks the aim point. 26 parts · 8 subsystems

Integrating Sphere Photometer An integrating sphere photometer with a spectrally calibrated sphere, internal baffles, spectrometer detector head, sample illumination chamber, and processor for measuring luminous intensity, radiant power, and spectral properties. 31 parts · 8 subsystems

Kaleidoscope A cylinder containing mirrors and a translucent object chamber that creates symmetrical, repeating light patterns viewed through an eyepiece. 30 parts · 6 subsystems

Large Format View Camera A camera with independently adjustable front and rear standards allowing lens shift, tilt, and swing for perspective control and extreme depth of field. 39 parts · 7 subsystems

Large-Format View Camera A 4×5 inch monorail camera in which independently movable front and rear standards, joined by a flexible bellows, give the photographer direct control of the plane of focus and perspective on sheet film. 55 parts · 8 subsystems

Laser Beam Profiler A laser beam profiler with a motorized camera head, variable attenuators, beam sampler, and analysis unit for measuring beam diameter, divergence, M², wavefront, and power. 26 parts · 7 subsystems

Laser Interferometer A stabilized laser Michelson interferometer with beam splitters, retroreflectors, precision detectors, and environmental compensation for nanometer-scale displacement and surface roughness measurement. 118 parts · 9 subsystems

Laser Rangefinder A handheld monocular that fires a near-infrared laser pulse and times its round trip to a target to read distance, displayed on an in-view reticle. 220 parts · 11 subsystems

Lens Blocker Precision device attaching a lens to an alloy or resin block using adhesive or mechanical coupling, enabling grinding and polishing of lens surfaces. 41 parts · 8 subsystems

Lens Groover Precision motorized tool that cuts grooves or channels into lens edges, enabling mechanical attachment to frame front or securing lens inserts. 34 parts · 8 subsystems

Lens Polisher Automated polishing station with oscillating heads and circulating slurry that smooths lens surfaces to cosmetic finish after coarse grinding. 38 parts · 7 subsystems

Lens Surfacing Generator CNC-driven lens fabrication system using a rotating spindle and cutting tool to grind and polish optical glass or plastic lenses to exact curvature. 48 parts · 8 subsystems

Lens Tinting Unit Benchtop machine with heated dye tanks and programmable immersion/agitation cycles that impregnates optical lenses with colored dyes. 71 parts · 8 subsystems

Lensmeter Optical instrument measuring lens refractive power (diopters), cylinder axis, prism, and cylindrical power with precision and repeatability. 34 parts · 8 subsystems

Machine Vision Camera An industrial camera built around a global-shutter sensor and FPGA pipeline that delivers uncompressed, hardware-triggered images over GigE or USB3 for inspection, robotics, and measurement systems. 348 parts · 8 subsystems

Matte Box Modular lens shade system with filter stages, swing-away arm, and rod-mounted support for cinema lenses. 39 parts · 7 subsystems

Microfilm Scanner A digitisation machine that transports 16/35 mm roll microfilm or fiche past a line-scan sensor under controlled LED illumination, converting decades of archived frames into searchable image files. 348 parts · 10 subsystems

Motion Control Turntable Motorized rotating platter with app-based controller enabling programmed 360° product shots and timed rotations. 30 parts · 7 subsystems

Motorized Camera Slider Motorized rail carriage system with stepper drive and programmable controller for smooth time-lapse and video motion. 41 parts · 7 subsystems

Night Vision Goggle A Gen-3 image-intensifier night vision monocular: an objective lens gathers faint light onto a photocathode, an intensifier tube amplifies it, and an eyepiece presents the green phosphor image, all in a sealed nitrogen-purged housing on a helmet mount. 35 parts · 12 subsystems

On-Camera Monitor Bright LCD monitor with SDI and HDMI video inputs, onboard scopes processing, and battery power. 33 parts · 8 subsystems

Opaque Projector A lamp-based projector that illuminates and magnifies opaque objects (photographs, magazine clippings, text) onto a screen without requiring transparent slides. 36 parts · 7 subsystems

Optical Comparator A bench metrology instrument that throws a magnified silhouette of a part onto a ground-glass screen, where its profile is compared against a reticle or overlay chart while an X-Y stage with a digital readout measures features. 94 parts · 7 subsystems

Optical Profilometer A white-light or confocal profilometer with piezo-driven Z-stage, motorized XY scanning, vibration-isolated base, and software processor for 3D surface topography measurement. 42 parts · 9 subsystems

Patternless Lens Edger Automated lens finishing system with diamond wheels, optical tracing, and cooling that shapes ophthalmic lenses to frame geometry. 57 parts · 8 subsystems

Periscope An optical viewing instrument using prisms and mirrors to observe objects above eye level or beyond a barrier while remaining hidden. 35 parts · 7 subsystems

Photo Minilab A compact automated printer for photographic prints using laser or LED exposure and chemical processing. 454 parts · 10 subsystems

Photographic Enlarger A darkroom projector that shines a controlled light source through a film negative and a high-quality lens to expose an enlarged image onto photographic paper on a baseboard below. 46 parts · 9 subsystems

Photographic Light Meter A handheld exposure meter that measures incident or reflected light with a silicon photodiode, computes shutter/aperture/ISO combinations over a 20-stop range, and triggers and reads electronic flash. 93 parts · 8 subsystems

Planetarium Projector A hemispherical projection system rendering the night sky on a dome ceiling using laser light and fisheye optics with real-time dome geometry correction. 32 parts · 10 subsystems

Planetarium Projector A full-dome projection system using LED or lamp-based light sources, spherical star optics, and multi-axis motion control. 442 parts · 9 subsystems

Portable Star Tracker A lightweight motorized RA-only wedge mount for camera lenses, tracking the sky smoothly during long exposures with battery power. 26 parts · 10 subsystems

Profile Projector A benchtop optical projector that magnifies a part silhouette onto a screen for inspection, combining a rotary and X-Y measuring stage, glass-scale readouts, and a CCD edge detector that locates feature edges automatically. 94 parts · 5 subsystems

Rangefinder Binoculars Optical binoculars with integrated laser rangefinder and ballistic reticle processor. 257 parts · 11 subsystems

Rangefinder Camera A compact camera with a coupled rangefinder mechanism and fixed lens for fast manual focusing via an optical patch in the viewfinder. 46 parts · 7 subsystems

Refractor Telescope An optical tube using a multi-element objective lens to form an image, with a focuser, dew shield, and finder scope for planetary and deep-sky observation. 43 parts · 10 subsystems

Rifle Scope A variable-magnification telescopic sight that relays an image through objective, erector, and ocular lens groups inside a sealed nitrogen-purged tube, with click-adjustable turrets that tilt the erector tube to zero the reticle. 49 parts · 9 subsystems

Riflescope A magnified optical sight with adjustable turrets for windage and elevation, mounted on a firearm to extend range and accuracy. 37 parts · 7 subsystems

Roll-Off Roof System A motorized roof structure on rails rolling away from the observation area, protecting instruments during storage while allowing full-sky access during operation. 47 parts · 10 subsystems

Rotary Laser Level A self-leveling construction laser that spins a beam through 360 degrees to project a level reference plane across a job site, read by a separate detector. 236 parts · 10 subsystems

Sidereal Clock Drive A motor-driven tracking mechanism rotating a telescope mount at Earth's rotation rate via synchronous or stepper motor, crystal-oscillator control, and multi-stage gear reduction. 34 parts · 10 subsystems

Slide Projector A rotary-tray projector that pushes light from a halogen lamp through condenser optics and a mounted 35mm slide, focusing the image on screen through an interchangeable projection lens while a gravity lifter cycles slides from an 80-slide tray. 182 parts · 10 subsystems

Spectrohelioscope A specialized solar instrument isolating a single emission line via a diffraction grating and monochromatic slits, with mechanical oscillation to build a wide-field image. 33 parts · 10 subsystems

Spectroscopic Ellipsometer A spectroscopic ellipsometer with motorized polarizer and analyzer arms, broadband light source, spectrometer detector, and motorized goniometer stage for measuring thin-film optical constants and thickness. 42 parts · 9 subsystems

Spotting Scope A compact high-power monocular telescope for terrestrial viewing, with a zoom eyepiece, an erecting prism, and a nitrogen-purged waterproof body. 31 parts · 9 subsystems

Stereo Microscope A dual-optical-path stereo microscope with zoom body, wide-field eyepieces, articulating stand with coarse and fine focus, and integrated LED ring illumination. 32 parts · 8 subsystems

Structured-Light 3D Scanner A depth sensor using projected structured light patterns and stereo cameras to compute surface geometry. 373 parts · 10 subsystems

Terrestrial Laser Scanner A time-of-flight rangefinder on a motorized scanning head, with GNSS and IMU for ground-based 3D survey. 570 parts · 10 subsystems

Thermal Binoculars Dual-eyepiece binoculars with an uncooled microbolometer thermal camera and OLED display. 267 parts · 10 subsystems

Thermal Imaging Camera A handheld thermal imager with a germanium IR lens, an uncooled microbolometer focal-plane array, a fused visible-light camera, and a colour LCD touchscreen. 389 parts · 14 subsystems

Thermal Rifle Scope A rifle-mounted thermal imaging sight with a microbolometer core, digital reticle, and ballistic processor. 311 parts · 10 subsystems

Timecode Sync Box Master timecode clock with TCXO precision, RF wireless sync option, and battery-backed operation. 28 parts · 6 subsystems

TLR Camera A medium-format camera with two lenses of identical focal length: an upper viewing/focusing lens reflecting light to a ground glass hood, and a lower taking lens for film exposure. 44 parts · 7 subsystems

Total Station A surveying instrument that combines a sighting telescope, an electronic distance meter, and precise angle encoders to measure positions in three dimensions. 251 parts · 10 subsystems

Traffic Speed Camera A roadside enforcement system that measures vehicle speed with radar or lidar, photographs violators with a synchronised flash, reads number plates automatically, and transmits evidential records to a back office. 268 parts · 10 subsystems

Trail Camera A battery-powered wildlife camera that sleeps at microamp current until a passive-infrared sensor detects body heat, then wakes in under half a second to capture stills or video using an infrared LED array for night illumination. 266 parts · 10 subsystems

Underwater Camera Housing A pressure-proof enclosure that carries a camera to depth, passing every control through sealed mechanical linkages and presenting interchangeable optical ports to the lens, typically rated to 40–100 m. 118 parts · 9 subsystems

Vision Measuring Machine An industrial vision measuring machine with a granite base, motorized XYZ stages, precision-scale readout, zoom optics with camera, and LED ring illumination for automated dimensional inspection. 36 parts · 8 subsystems

Wireless Follow Focus Wireless lens focus system with motorized hand unit, receiver, and precision rod-mounted motor head. 34 parts · 7 subsystems

Wireless Lavalier System Compact wireless microphone system with lapel-mounted bodypack transmitter, receiver unit, and omnidirectional mic capsules. 41 parts · 7 subsystems

Zoetrope A rotating cylinder with slotted sides that displays a sequence of illustrated strips as animation when spun, creating the illusion of moving figures. 24 parts · 5 subsystems