Instruction manual
Guppy Technical ManualV7.4.0
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Description of the data path
BAYER pattern (raw data output)
Definition The color sensors capture the color information via so-called primary color (R, G,
B) or complementary color (G, Mg, Cy, Ye) filters placed over the individual pix-
els in a BAYER mosaic layout.
No color interpolation Guppy color cameras have no color interpolation, so the BAYER demosaicing
has to be done outside the camera in the PC (raw mode).
• For Guppy cameras with SONY progressive scan sensors the first pixel of the
sensor is RED. (Guppy F-033C, Guppy F-046C, Guppy F-080C)
• For Guppy F-036C the first pixel of the sensor is BLUE.
• For Guppy F-503C the first pixel of the sensor is GREEN.
• For interlaced Guppy cameras the first pixel of the first line is GREEN fol-
lowed by MAGENTA and the first pixel of the second line is CYAN followed
by YELLOW.
GREEN and MAGENTA change every second line.
(Guppy F-038C, Guppy F-038C NIR, Guppy F-044C, Guppy F-044C NIR)