Features Overview

The CameraSDK and the ImageSDK comes with a number of different features. The following is an overview of the features available through each SDK.

CameraSDK

Feature

Description

Properties

Getting and setting various properties on the camera, such as “aperture”, “shutter time”, “ISO” etc.

Notifications

Get notifications based on SdkEvents (e.g. “camera has become visible to the CameraSDK”), CameraEvents (e.g. “an image has been received”) or PropertyEvents (e.g. “a property has changed value”).

Image Capture

Remotely trig the camera to capture images.

Subscriptions

Tell the camera to push new data to you, without polling. E.g. you can instruct the camera to push previews of new captures to you automatically.

Image Browsing

List all images present in the camera’s storage. Request previews, tiles, meta-data or download the entire IIQ file - all on-demand.

Capabilities

Different camera models might have different features and / or, different limitations. Use the capabilities API to ensure what is available on your currently connected camera.

Firmware Upgrade

Transfer a firmware package file to the camera.

Diagnostics Logs

Download diagnostic logs directly from the camera, to be used by Phase One Support.

ImageSDK

Feature

Description

Meta Data System

Extract meta data about the image, such as the properties of the capture. In addition, it is now possible to insert or modify parts of the meta data.

Image pipeline: Decode

Decompression of raw Bayer data, e.g. to access the image data with no or minimal alterations.

Image pipeline: Convert

Converting raw Bayer data into an RGB format, also enabling the addition of various processing steps to the image upon conversion.

Image writing

Write image and metadata to file. Supported formats: Tiff, Jpeg, Jpeg 2000, Pgm

Image stitching: Stitching

Stitch L and R images from PAS280 together into one image. Nb! This is a Windows only feature.

Image stacking: Stacking

Stack an Rgb and a Nir image from PAS280i or the 4-band solution, into a stacked image. Nb! This is a Windows only feature