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Kowa Factory Automation Lenses


Kowa manufacturers extremely high quality lenses that are very cost effective for factory automation applications. Kowa categorizes their lenses into their 'standard' 1/2 and 2/3" family, their 'multi megapixel' family, and their 1" megapixel family.

All Kowa lenses are glass with metal barrels, have lock mounts, and short MOD. Kowa is one of the few companies that will publish MTF and distortion specifications

Kowa 2/3" JC and 1/2" NCL Series Lens

High resolution All metal body, glass lens
Locking Screws Excellent Corner Performance
Light weight and compact
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3.5mm  Kowa LM4NCL 1/21.4smooth0.231x30.5YN 28% 100/60
4.5mm  Kowa LM5NCL 1/21.4smooth0.231x29.5Y 17.5% 100/60
6mm  Kowa LM6JC 2/31.4smooth0.130 x 33YN -10.70% 100/60
8mm  Kowa LM8JC 2/31.4smooth0.130 x 30YM27 x 0.5 -6.2% 100/60
12mm  Kowa LM12JC 2/31.4smooth0.130 x 32YM27 x 0.5 -2.5% 100/60
16mm  Kowa LM16JC 2/31.4smooth0.230 x 28YM27 x 0.5 -1.5% 100/60
25mm  Kowa LM25JC 2/31.6smooth0.230 x 29YM27 x 0.5 -0.6% 100/60
35mm  Kowa LM35JC 2/31.6smooth0.3532 x 37YM30.5 x 0.5 -0.2% 100/60
50mm  Kowa LM50JC 2/32.0smooth0.532 x 40YM30.5 x 0.5 -0.6% 100/60
75mm  Kowa LM75JC 2/32.5smooth1.236 x 51YM34 x 0.5 -0.1% 100/60

Kowa 2/3" Megapixel Series

Super High Resolution Lowest cost Megapixel Lens
Floating mechanism for accuracy From 5mm focal length
Locking screws Very low distortion, high MTF
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5mm  Kowa LM5JCM 2/32.8smooth0.542 X 38.7YM40 X 0.5 0.5% 120/100
6mm  Kowa LM6NCM 1/21.2smooth0.134 x 46YM30.5 x 0.5 -0.20% 120/100
8mm  Kowa LM8JCM 2/31.4smooth0.1234 x 42YM27 x 0.5 0.6% 120/100
12mm  Kowa LM12JCM 2/31.4smooth0.1534 x 37YM27 x 0.5 -0.07% 120/100
16mm  Kowa LM16JCM 2/31.4smooth0.233 x 37YM25.5 x 0.5 -0.05% 120/100
25mm  Kowa LM25JCM 2/31.4smooth0.233 x 40YM27 x 0.5 -0.07% 120/100
35mm  Kowa LM35JCM 2/32.0smooth0.234 x 37YM27 x 0.5 -0.05% 120/100
50mm  Kowa LM50JCM 2/32.8smooth0.234 x 55YM27 x 0.5 -0.03% 120/100

Kowa 1" Megapixel Lens

Super High Resolution For 1" sensors and smaller
Economically priced Excellent Light Transmission
Excellent Corner Brightness Locking Screws
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8mm  Kowa LM8HC 11.4smooth0.157 x 58YM55 x 0.75 -1.2% 120/80
12mm  Kowa LM12HC 11.4smooth0.342 x 52YM27 x 0.5 -1.5% 120/80
16mm  Kowa LM16HC 11.4smooth0.342 x 53YM35.5 x 0.5 -1% 120/80
25mm  Kowa LM25HC 11.4smooth0.342 x 52YM27 x 0.5 -1.0% 120/80
35mm  Kowa LM35HC 11.4smooth0.342 x 43YM35.5 x 0.5 -0.5% 120/80
50mm  Kowa LM50HC 11.4smooth0.548 x 48YM40.5 x 0.5 0.05% 120/80
75mm  Kowa LM75HC 11.8smooth0.548 x 57YM46 x 0.74 -0.5% 120/80

Kowa 10 Megapixel 2/3" Lenses

Highest quality lenses available 10 Megapixel rating
For up to 2/3" sensors Extremely low distortion
Very high MTF both center and corner JC10M Series 10 Mexapixel Lens
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5mm  Kowa LM5JC10M 2/31.8 ~ 16smooth0.148x57YM46 x 0.75 - 0.33% 200/160
8mm  Kowa LM8JC10M 2/31.8 ~ 22smooth0.136x56YM34 x 0.5 0.31% 200/160
12mm  Kowa LM12JC10M 2/31.8 ~ 11smooth0.132x53YM25.5 x 0.5 - 0.12% 200/160
16mm  Kowa LM16JC10M 2/31.8 ~ 16smooth0.133x48YM25.5 x 0.5 - 0.20% 200/160
25mm  Kowa LM25JC10M 2/31.8 ~ 16smooth0.133x46YM25.5 x 0.5 - 0.09% 200/160
35mm  Kowa LM35JC10M 2/32.0 ~ 16smooth0.143x49YM34 x 0.5 - 0.05% 200/160
50mm  Kowa LM50JC10M 2/32.8 ~ 16smooth0.138x77YM30.5 x 0.5 - 0.02% 200/160
 

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