Industrial Thermal Camera Comparison Guide

Overview

The Fluke Ti450 and FLIR E95 are both powerful, industrial high-resolution thermal imaging cameras with an array of special features including resolution enhancement and image blending. While both are excellent thermal tools, the differences in specifications and features discussed below might make one better suited to your specific application.

It's worth noting that the Fluke Ti450 is very similar to another Fluke IR camera, the Ti400. There are only a few differences - the Ti400 is less sensitive with 50mK thermal sensitivity and lacks features like SuperResolution and MultiSharp Focus. As a result, the Ti400 is slightly cheaper. To see our comparison of the Ti400 and E95, Click Here.

Comparison

The Fluke Ti450 offers 320x240 thermal resolution. This camera also features Fluke SuperResolution mode which provides four times the pixels on target, effectively increasing thermal image resolution to 640x480 either on camera or in Fluke's included SmartView^™ software. Thermal sensitivity on the Ti450 is 30mK (0.03°C), making it one of the most sensitive cameras in the Fluke range. Maximum temperature for the Ti450 is 2192°F. The camera also features a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 60Hz frame rate for excellent motion capture, and a range of interchangeable lenses.

The Ti450 also includes Fluke IR-Fusion^® technology. This is a revolutionary thermal imaging technology that makes it easier for you, the user, to keep track of your findings and see problems in context as you would normally see. This is done by overlaying a thermal image with a standard digital image of the area under test. Users can adjust the IR-Fusion^® blending percentage to create a thermal-heavy or digital-heavy image - this feature is called AutoBlend^™. This combination of features permits the overlay of a partially transparent visible digital camera image with the thermal image right on the thermal camera display in real time.

The Ti450 also includes other unique Fluke features like LaserSharp^® Auto Focus. This is a powerful laser-based auto focus system which lets you get an instant in-focus image of your target. The system uses a built-in laser distance meter to calculate and display the distance from your target with pinpoint accuracy. Another powerful focusing feature included on the Ti450 is Fluke MultiSharp^™. This technology allows you to capture 1 image which will have objects near and far all perfectly in focus. It does this by taking 24 images for each individual image you capture. The technology uses these images to create a composite image which has every object in the frame in perfect focus.

The FLIR E95 features a standard 464x348 thermal resolution. This camera also features FLIR UltraMax, a resolution enhancement technology which provides four times the pixels on target, effectively increasing thermal image resolution to 928x696. Thermal sensitivity on the E95 is 30mK (0.03°C). Maximum measurement temperature is 2732°F. The camera also features a 4-inch touchscreen and 30Hz frame rate. A range of interchangeable lenses including 42°, 24°, and 14° are also available. Each of these lenses auto-calibrates with the camera so you can quickly swap lenses in the field.

The E95 includes FLIR's unique MSX Technology. MSX is not a simple image blending technology - FLIR MSX actually extracts visible details like numbers and labels from visible light images and embosses them onto your thermal images. There is no opacity adjustment involved and you don't lose any part of your thermal image in the process. To achieve this, FLIR cameras with MSX actually take two images at once - one with the built-in digital camera and one with the thermal camera. Built-in software extracts visible light details from the digital image and embosses them over thermal images in real time.

The E95 also includes a laser-assisted auto focus system which uses a laser distance meter to calculate the precise distance to a target for highly accurate focusing. Also included free with the camera is FLIR's powerful FLIR Tools reporting software. FLIR Tools is arguably one of the best thermal reporting software suites available and provides you with a streamlined interface for fast review, image analysis, and report generation.

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