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They do look like exactly what I'm looking for, I'm just turned-off by the pricing model of "Contact Sales" When I'm just looking for a single camera to fit in

They do look like exactly what I'm looking for, I'm just turned-off by the pricing model of "Contact Sales" When I'm just looking for a single camera to fit in my budget for personal projects.

vidanay 7y ago
I've been a Basler customer for over 15 years. They're pretty good to work with.
PAPPPmAc 7y ago
Basler has very well-made equipment and lovely software (Pylon) compared to most of what is available in the imaging world. If you want to see what things would actually cost at open market price, look at Edmund Optics listings for the cameras (eg. https://www.edmundoptics.com/f/basler-ace-usb-3.0-cameras/14831/ https://www.edmundoptics.com/f/basler-ace-usb-3.0-cameras/14... ), they are expensive by consumer standards but quite reasonable by industrial standards. Basler also tends to be pretty friendly with academics or other potential partners who might increase the value of their line, so it may be worth asking, depending on what sort of thing you're considering doing. Their area-scan features turned out to be unsuitable for what I'd hoped to use it for, but having looked at Pylon in determining that, I really wish I'd been able to, because the alternative I ended up with has been closer to "magnetized needle and steady hand" than "lovely API."
- vidanay 7y ago
  I'm curious as to what you found to be unsuitable about the Basler cameras?
  - PAPPPmAc 7y ago
    I needed triggering behavior that the restrictions on their Stacked ROI mode(s) didn't let me rig up. The project is doing a sort of frameless capture off a conventional sensor, so I was hoping to use Stacked ROI as a sort of threshold trigger for selective updates, but (for entirely good technical reasons) there are ordering, size, and number limitations on how the regions can be configured.
    - vidanay 7y ago
      Ahhh. Stacked ROI and through the lens triggering are both features I have never needed.

They do look like exactly what I'm looking for, I'm just turned-off by the pricing model of "Contact Sales" When I'm just looking for a single camera to fit in my budget for personal projects.

vidanay 7y ago

I've been a Basler customer for over 15 years. They're pretty good to work with.

PAPPPmAc 7y ago

Basler has very well-made equipment and lovely software (Pylon) compared to most of what is available in the imaging world. If you want to see what things would actually cost at open market price, look at Edmund Optics listings for the cameras (eg. https://www.edmundoptics.com/f/basler-ace-usb-3.0-cameras/14831/ https://www.edmundoptics.com/f/basler-ace-usb-3.0-cameras/14... ), they are expensive by consumer standards but quite reasonable by industrial standards. Basler also tends to be pretty friendly with academics or other potential partners who might increase the value of their line, so it may be worth asking, depending on what sort of thing you're considering doing. Their area-scan features turned out to be unsuitable for what I'd hoped to use it for, but having looked at Pylon in determining that, I really wish I'd been able to, because the alternative I ended up with has been closer to "magnetized needle and steady hand" than "lovely API."

vidanay 7y ago
I'm curious as to what you found to be unsuitable about the Basler cameras?
- PAPPPmAc 7y ago
  I needed triggering behavior that the restrictions on their Stacked ROI mode(s) didn't let me rig up. The project is doing a sort of frameless capture off a conventional sensor, so I was hoping to use Stacked ROI as a sort of threshold trigger for selective updates, but (for entirely good technical reasons) there are ordering, size, and number limitations on how the regions can be configured.
  - vidanay 7y ago
    Ahhh. Stacked ROI and through the lens triggering are both features I have never needed.