[Poita (Peter)]

Originally Posted by riklaunim

Anthony uses this: http://www.ptgrey.com/products/grass...er_express.asp with ICX674 It costs much more but it has an extra edge over ICX618.

Ouch, $2000 is indeed much more...

"The Sony ICX674 sensor is quickly becoming the new industry standard for low noise, high sensitivity CCD imaging," says Michael Gibbons, Product Marketing Manager. Gibbons adds, "By pairing it with a reliable and deterministic FireWire-b interface, we are able to address a broad range of customer needs in both scientific and industrial markets. We continue to see strong demand and growth in FireWire camera sales and will introduce additional Grasshopper Express camera models throughout 2012."

The Grasshopper Express GX-FW-28S5M-C (monochrome) and GX-FW-28S5C-C (color) models are list priced at USD $1995 and are available to order now from Point Grey and its network of distributors. North American customers can purchase the Grasshopper Express on our webstore.

The E2v sensors come with a global shutter model as well with extended range into NIR, frame rates over 100fps, so might be worth watching:
http://www.e2v.com/e2v/assets/File/b..._61_v6_WEB.pdf