Seek Thermal CT-AAA COMPACT XR-Outdoor Thermal Imaging Camera for Android USB-C
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Style: Android USB-C
Pattern Name: Camera
Size: CompactXR
Features
- Transform your smartphone or tablet into an extended range, outdoor thermal camera with a 206 x 156 sensor and a narrow, 20o field-of-view lens
- "Find people and animals at dawn, dusk, and over long distances where visible light is limited. Extra range Detection increases your visual perception and awareness to improve personal safety. "
- "Perfect tool for the outdoors people, hunter, or anyone searching for people and animals "
- Does not require batteries or charging. Waterproof case included. Free seek mobile app.
- "Specs: 206 x 156 thermal Sensor, 20 field of view, < 9 Hz frame rate, focusable lens, -40F to 626f detection range, captures photos & videos, spot temperature, high-low temperature, threshold mode, 9 Color palettes, auto mode only, auto emissivity "
- MANUAL FOCUS DIAL provides control and precision over your thermal imagery.
Description
Size:CompactXR | Style:Android USB-C Seek Thermal compact xr-outdoor thermal imaging camera for Android USB
Brand: Seek Thermal
Focal Length Description: 100.0 millimeters
Lens Type: Telephoto
Compatible Mountings: USB-C
Camera Lens Description: 9
Manufacturer: Seek Thermal
Part Number: CT-AAA
Item Weight: 8.3 ounces
Product Dimensions: 0.39 x 0.39 x 0.39 inches
Item model number: CT-AAA
Size: CompactXR
Style: Android USB-C
Pattern: Camera
Thickness: 1 Inches
Item Package Quantity: 1
Included Components: Thermal Imaging Camera, Waterproof Case
Batteries Included?: No
Batteries Required?: No
Warranty Description: 1 year manufacturer
Date First Available: May 9, 2019
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Style: Android MicroUSB
Pattern Name: Camera
Size: Compact
I've been using thermal imagers professionally for about 30 years. This Seek unit isn't anywhere close to a state-of-the-art military/tactical, laboratory or commercial unit today. But, for a cheap, tiny plug-in for the bottom of my new Android phone, it's extremely impressive - I would have thought it had been delivered from an alien spaceship less than 10 years ago (By comparison, I've been expecting real smartphones since before the Apple Newton). I haven't really used its new near-price competition, the new FLIR C2 or the 2nd gen FLIR One extensively yet, but I'm far more impressed with this unit than the first generation FLIR One (iPhone 5 caddy form factor). Last year, I was impressed enough with the original FLIR One that I nearly bought an iPhone 5 just to get one (as much as I like and respect FLIR, I'm glad I decided to procrastinate). First, the image resolution: if you're used to multi-megapixel digital photo cameras, forget about it - that's not what you're getting with the Seek, or any other thermal in a price range less than a Tesla (or two or three, or twenty). Thermal is about 20 years behind that, dollar for dollar (image worse than the first Nikon digital I bought back in '93-'94). However, the resolution is about four times what you'd get with the 1st gen FLIR One's Lepton imager. The Seek image is very, very pixelated, and the long time constant video averaging requires one to hold it it very steady or the image will smear (think 1/4 - 1/2 second hand-held still exposure steady on a conventional camera). Unlike FLIR's visual/thermal overlay (patented MSX), Seek requires you to swipe back and forth between the thermal and the camera's visual camera images in the app. You can capture visual or thermal, or half and half, but not one on top of the other. The result is a better thermal image and a better visual image on the Seek that may not look quite as good as the FLIR's MSX overlay as a captured snapshot. Some of my colleagues think the FLIR MSX approach is better at this price point. I disagree for now, but I can understand their argument. Having a pretty low general opinion of the current state of what passes for software engineering, and even lower of Android apps, I can say that the Seek app is better than most Android apps I've used, especially at this level of maturity and adoption (its adoption isn't even a rounding error compared to a Google app). It installed cleanly on my new Moto G 2nd gen with Lollipop (the cheapest smartphone platform I could find that might support it, as my previous Nexus 4 would not). It hasn't crashed or locked-up, and it cleanly sends captured images to G-mail or Bluetooth. The visual/thermal swap feature is useful, as are the various color palates ("Iron" looks cool on ads, and in reports, but I've always used gray scale for serious work). I don't like the inability to set gain or freeze the AGC (something the new FLIR's app can apparently do), but I can live with that at this price point (for the time being). Thermal differential sensitivity in a low contrast scene seems to be pretty good - I'll take Seek's claim of about 0.1 degrees C as about right. I don't expect this to be a calibrated radiometer, or to use it as a substitute for a high quality imager for point medical screening, so I'm not going to get wrapped-up with actual vs. reported temperature values in the app (and no one wants to read a discourse on emissivity variations). I hope Seek (and FLIR) will have emissivity adjustments and calibration methods in the not-too-distant future (and some education, as I see a lot of misunderstanding and inflated expectation in some of the posts/reviews). As a usability note: I lucked out with the Moto G 2nd gen; it wasn't listed as "supported" when I bought it, although the 1st gen G was, as was the Moto X, 1st and 2nd gen. I also lucked out that the USB is oriented in a way that the Moto's visual camera is pointed in the same direction as the Seek, so that a back-and-forth overlay or split is easy. Not sure I'd be quite as happy if I found that I had to use one of the extension USB cables to orient it with one hand, while holding the phone with the other. Finally, the imager comes with a cute, really well-designed and constructed hard little carrying case. I can thrown it in my briefcase, backpack or cargo pant pocket, and not even think about it. Nice touch! Bottom line: for those with a realistic understanding of the current state-of-the-art, this is amazing. If you want to get into the world of thermal imaging at a really reasonable price point, or you're just looking for a cool toy that's about the same price as a high-end 802.11 AC router, it's worth giving this a try. If you wait six months or a year, there will probably be something better. But, you'd probably still be using a typewriter and a Western Electric phone if that was the #1 consideration.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2015 by Gringo
Style: iOS
Pattern Name: Camera
Size: CompactXR
Now I may be biased as I've been waiting for a price effective thermal camera for years. But I don't need it enough to pay more than $300. I searched the web thoroughly before I decided what to buy. I considered the Flir One and Therm-App and read all I could about them as well. The first thing I noticed was that temperature range is way better on the Seek. Thermal-App can't detect high and low temperatures (from 5°C to +90°C (41°F to +194°F)) so that limits the usefulness for me and the price is quite high (almost 6 times the Seek). Flir doesn't go subzero at all (32 °F to 212 °F (0°C to 100°C)) So with (much) better range and a good price the choice was easy (I live way up north and intended to use it outside some of the time and it actually gets that cold here sometimes) When I got the camera I liked the retail packaging. Feels as a good product even before you open it. (My seal was broken by Amazon for "inspection purposes" - I expect someone couldn't help themselves to try it out - I'm not complaining and I understand - hope you had fun). The camera was much smaller than I had anticipated (I knew the specs but never thought of size as an issue). The carrying case was sturdy and watertight (I removed the camera and held the case under 2 feet of water for 45 minutes without any leaks - I floats by the way also with the camera inside). The camera itself felt rough as well, nice magnesium body and very light. There's no instructions what so ever other than to get the app and plug in the camera. The app has a reasonable size and I had downloaded it before I got the camera. If you buy directly from Seek you will have to setup an account (I got cameras directly from Seek and from Amazon). When you attach the camera you can setup another account (not the same as the one you setup for a buy). And if you want to ask questions on their support site - you've guessed it - you have to setup a third account. If you worry about privacy don't setup accounts just press an extra button when you start the app to accept the terms of use. I use a wallet type case for my phone and had no problem fitting the Seek without the case getting in the way. It seated just fine. I realize that this may not be the case (no pun intended) with all case types but depends on design of your specific type of case. First thing I realized using the camera was that 20° FOV (Field Of View) is very narrow. I had to keep my distance from objects if I wanted an overview of things. It was the cause of a little irritation to begin with but now I'm used to it and it works fine both indoors and outdoors. It's not that I have to stand 20 feet away as other reviewers has claimed. I was able to take reasonable pictures in a small room 6 × 6 feet. Next thing was the software. It's not intuitive at all. Often you have to look for the right button and while in changing settings you have to go through 2 steps to get back before you can take a picture or movie (not sound on the movies by the way - but you know that if you read the specs). That is a constant source of irritation together with the fact that some controls switch places and gets mirrored when the camera (phone) tilts. I hope an update will change that one day (updates can update your camera's firmware by the way). The focus lens (not a zoom lens) works as expected. I've successfully focused on objects as close as 4 inches and as far as 1500 feet. On short ranges a picture can get very detailed because of the good resolution. On a distance it makes a difference as to how small and how far you can detect a heat source. Pictures from afar does not get sharp but you would know that if you researched just a little (you still "only" have 32,000 measuring points). Focusing on most objects with just a little texture shows how accurate this camera is. It's possible to get very detailed pictures. Most low resolution thermals produce blurry picture and Flir introduced the msx technology to outline the picture so you can see what it was you took a picture of, but in most cases the Seek pictures are very clear and objects are easily distinguished. Provided there's enough contrast in temperatures. Therm App (384 × 288 gives more than 110,000 temperature measurements in a picture) has a higher resolution than Seek but as mentioned the price is way up and temperature detection is much narrower than the Seek. I bought an extension cable for my camera because I'm lazy and won't bother to get out of my car. I can hold the camera out the window and it works fine. It can be a little difficult to point but it does work. Only thing you have to take in to account is that the app orient itself according to the phones position and not the cameras. (You can take pictures that shows upside down on your computer, but even native programs on any Mac or pc can easily turn them). I wrote to Seek regarding EXIF and thermal data in the pictures. There's no data stored with the pictures and what you see is what you get (other companies saves thermal data with pictures thus making it possible to process the pictures later on a computer - change the color scheme for instance). Seek wrote to me that they might update firmware later to include this data witch would be a major improvement but not necessarily something all users need. In the settings you can change what temperature scale to use (Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin). Aspect ratio can be set to 4:3 or 16:9. The first will utilize more of the thermal sensor and the latter fits better on modern screens (but be advised that what really happens is that the 4:3 picture is cut to fit) It's possible to ad watermarks to your pictures. You'll find 3 options in the settings: "Date & Time", Location and Seek Logo. They can be chosen individually and the fact that you can turn off the Seek Logo is a plus (not possible on Flir cameras - don't know about Therm App).. The date, time and location is taken from your phone so if the date or time is off so will the watermark be. If your location on the phone is turned off you won't be able to get a precise location on the picture (I don't know why I have to tell you this but apparently not all think about this) The camera I heavily relying on the phones cpu and that's what keeps the price down. The software allows you to change between 9 different color palettes: white, black, iron, cool, amber, indigo, tyrian, glory and envy. They will each show temperatures in a mix of gradient and different colors. I've found that the same motive can be more or less clear/obvious depending on the palette used. it's possible to have the temperature shown on the picture either in spot mode (temperature measured and shown in the middle of the picture) and High/Low mode where highest and lowest temperature within the frame is shown. There is a search mode where you can have the camera highlight temperatures higher, lower or exactly a given temperature. In the thermal+ mode you can use the camera together with the phones camera and slide between the 2. If you double press on the normal picture you'll be able to zoom and pan the picture so it fits the thermal picture. With a little practice the 2 pictures can be lined up to almost perfection a feature that is very useful. When you take a picture in this mode 2 pictures will be saved to the phone. An ordinary and a thermal. Within the app you can still slide between the two but that is not the case when you export the pictures or see them in your phones image viewer (goes without saying, but still saying it) If you take the picture in one of the temperature modes the temperature will be shown on both pictures. All in all I'm very satisfied with this camera. I have both ios and android version and this review goes for both. Only difference I've noted is that the ios version seems to fit firmer in the phone and can be set both ways in the phone. For the android version, on a phone with the micro usb turned the "wrong" way a small cable works fine. The narrow field of view can be irritating at first but when you get used to it it's not a problem. I'd say that the fixed focus on the regular version would be a greater source of irritation to me. Pros: price , temperature range (-40C to 330C), adjustable focus, size (smaller than expected), sturdy carrying case, build quality, app has many useful features, range of detection (from macro to long distance), ability to adjust normal and thermal picture to line up (thermal+ function) Cons: flat photos (no exif or thermal data saved with the photos, thus no possibility of tweaking the photos on computer later), fov is very narrow, (20 degrees compared to regular versions 36), app is messy and not intuitive (some controls even move around on the screen when entering functions or tilting the unit),
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Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2015 by Simon
Style: iOS
Pattern Name: Camera
Size: Compact
Im very happy with this camera. The pictures show how well my radiators are heating up. The vertical red line is the steam riser inside my wall. Fuzzy? yeah. This isn't a photograph. It's a thermograph. I use this for analyzing heat differences. I find where heat is leaking out of my house, heating systems and even for finding shorted electronic components. It's small and comes with a small case when you're not using it. The camera app works well with my iPhone and is easy to use and capture images. This unit is limited to phones or iPads that have lightning connectors. My only complaints, it won't fit when you have a case on your phone. You have to remove the case to use it. (I have an old iPhone 5 that I use it with no case) There is a function in the app to show the image from the sensor and the phones camera. It's a nice idea but bad in function. They don't match up at all, so pretty much worthless. The other functions in the app work well. Good for the price and useful for the non professional.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024 by C. Manuelian C. Manuelian