I promised myself that I would stop buying thermal cameras now that I have retired. Well I broke my promise today.
A week or so ago I found a decent thermal camera advertised on ebay for £300. I resisted it at the time. Today I saw that price had dropped to £250. The little devil inside me won the argument in my brain and I 'pulled the trigger' and bought it. What camera did I buy? It is a Raytek Ti30 circa 2005 model with 160 x 120 pixel A-Si microbolometer and 20fps frame rate. It has internal storage for 100 images, USB connectivity and a manual focus lens (that I believe to be a quality Germanium optical block that is worth the asking price on its own).
Dec 16, 2018 - InsideIR software, a Windows based PC application for thermal analysis and reporting, is included in the Fluke Ti20 and Ti30 thermal imagers.
The camera comes with some very nice software designed for preventative maintenance monitoring. New firmware and software versions are still available for download, as I will detail in a moment. The title Raytek Ti30 may not be familiar to some readers, so how about FLUKE Ti30?
Ring any bells? Raytek was bought by Danaher and they marketed the Ti30 thermal imaging camera under the original Raytek, and then FLUKE brand names. FLUKE changed the colours of the case from Grey/Black to FLUKE standard Yellow/Black. Fluke continue to support this camera and provide fee downloads of the firmwre and the analysis software on their site. Some may think 160 x 120 pixels at 20fps not very impressive, but bear in mind that the FOV is a narrow 17 x 12 Degrees so the image detail produced is similar to the 320 x 240 upgraded E4 that has approximately twice the FOV and the Ti30 has the advantage of manual focus. This camera cost $9950 in 2005. For that money you get decent quality in both the optics and microbolometer.
Worth every penny of the £250 I paid. The looks of this camera are more akin to a ray gun used in Star Trek but I can overlook the designers error in judgement in this respect. The rest of the camera appears both functional and tidy.
A lens cover slides down to reveal the lens and switch the camera on. A nice touch. The camera that I have purchased has a failed USB connector on its charging dock and needs a battery rebuild. Both are very simple repairs for me so of no consequence. There is another USB connector on the camera anyway. The camera looks to be in nice condition overall. I suspect the fact that the camera was advertised as 'spares or repair' lead potential buyers to avoid it.
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That is when I normally get a bargain as I love repairing thermal cameras. I expect to be opening the camera for an internal inspection when it arrives so will post pictures of her internals later Fraser. Hi Frenky, I intend to create some threads related to thermal cameras in the near future.
It is my intention to provide images of them, inside and out, plus sample images that they produce. I also hope to provide some insight into thermal camera repairs that I undertake. I do have to protect my repair related income though so detail will likely be high level only. Sadly all this needs time and energy that sadly my Illness robs me of. I only have a few 'good' hours of exertion in me each day or I collapse in a heap!for a day!
Even mental exertion is a problem so repairs do take quite some time for me these days. I love the challenge though.
I am still mid tidy up of my equipment storage and workshop / lab so have to prioritise accordingly. Give me some time to sort out my toys and hopefull see an improvement in my health and I will try to post some interesting material for you and other forum members. I posted a list of my cameras on the forum welcome page if anyone wishes to see what I have in terms of different models. It is now out of date as a few more cameras have been added and a few moved to new deserving homes. When I get five minutes I will post a list of my cameras in a separate thread but I do not want to appear to be bragging, if you know what I mean. I may even have a 'For Sale' list but I doubt there is enough hard core interest on this forum wanting to pay over £1000, even for professional thermal cameras, so I may sell via eBay where a greater audience exists. The Ti30 arrived this morning The camera is in excellent condition and neater than I had expected.