Multispectral 60MP Airborne Camera

Leica Geosystems has announced the Leica RCD30, world's first 60MP medium-format airborne camera to acquire co-registered multispectral RGBN imagery. The new Leica RCD30 Series offers new features, including Forward Motion Compensation. The medium-format airborne camera acquires co-registered, radiometrically-calibrated, multispectral imagery in RGBN (Red, Green, Blue and Near-Infrared).

The Leica RCD30 Camera Head further provides Forward Motion Compensation along two axes. This feature, together with a lens system specifically designed for airborne applications and the industry's most innovative and stable lens mount, make the Leica RCD30 the most accurate and the most stable medium format camera available today.

The new Leica RCD30 Series can be fully integrated with the Leica ALS family of Lidar systems. Since one control unit can control up to five camera heads, it can also be flown in a standalone single, dual, quadruple or quintuple configuration to increase area performance or to acquire oblique imagery. In this standalone operational mode, the Camera Controller CC32 includes GNSS/IMU processing for direct georeferencing. Further, the Leica RCD30 Series can be integrated with any other third-party system or, due to its light weight, with a pilotless platform or a UAV.