Is it possible to use numerical camera with Imaq Vision?

[gg 244]

For the price and because my application is static I want to use a numerical camera for take photos

[Amaury]

Could you plese explain what you mean by numerical camera? I have searched the internet and can't find any refference to a numerical camera which seems relevant.

Thanks,
Amaury
NI Applications Engineer

[Robert_Eastlund]

If you mean by numerical camera, a commercial camera, there are several possibilities. If the camera has an analog video output (NTSC, PAL), then an NI analog image acquisition card (1407, 1411 or 1409) can be used. It may be possible to import images to LabVIEW/IMAQ Vision if the camera has a TWAIN driver. Alliance Vision sells a TWAIN driver for LabVIEW/IMAQ Vision. Note, IMAQ Vision is able to retrieve images from file for analysis, so as long as you can store the image on the PC in an acceptable file format (.bmp, .tif, .jpg, .png, .avi), then you will be able to process your images using IMAQ.