Setting The Exposure Time - GigE VA Series User Manual

8.4

Setting the Exposure Time

This section describes how the exposure time can be adjusted manually by setting the value of the exposure
time parameter.
If you are operating the camera in any one of the following ways, you must specify an exposure time by setting
the camera's Exposure Time parameter:

the Trigger Mode is set to off

the Trigger Mode is set to On and the Trigger Source is set to Software (In this case, you must set the
Exposure Mode parameter to Timed.)

the Trigger Mode is set to On, the Trigger Source is set to External, and the Exposure Mode is set to
Timed.
The Exposure Time parameter must not be set below a minimum specified value. The Exposure Time
parameter sets the exposure time in ㎲. The minimum and maximum exposure time settings for each camera
model are shown in the following table.
Camera Model
VA-1MG2
VA-2MG2
VA-4MG2
VA-8MG2
VA-29MG2
Minimum Allowed Exposure Time
7 ㎲
8 ㎲
9 ㎲
22 ㎲
Table 8.1 Minimum and Maximum Exposure Time Setting
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Maximum Possible Exposure Time
7,000,000 ㎲
7,000,000 ㎲
7,000,000 ㎲
7,000,000 ㎲
VA GigE series
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