ALLIED Vision Technologies Guppy F-503 - Manual (Page 142)

Description of the data path
GUPPY Technical Manual V7.1.0
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Guppy F-036B and Guppy F-503B/C:
Use Format_7 Mode_1 to activate 2 x horizontal binning.
Guppy F-036B:
Use Format_7 Mode_4 to activate 4 x horizontal binning.
Figure 77: 2 x horizontal binning (Guppy F-503)
Note
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Horizontal resolution is reduced, but signal-to noise ratio
(SNR) is increased by about 3 or 6 dB (2 x or 4 x binning),
(Guppy F-503: if low noise binning mode is activated).
Note
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The image appears horizontally compressed in this mode
and no longer exhibits a true aspect ratio.
2 x horizontal binning (b/w and color)