Capturing high-quality footage beneath the surface is often challenged by murky conditions and dim environments. When selecting an underwater camera, low illumination performance is the most critical parameter to consider, as dark depths and turbid water can easily degrade image clarity.
To address these challenges, Charpie's Underwater ROVs come standard with a high-performance underwater camera featuring a 2MP low-light gimbal system. Supported by 2*1500LM LED lights, this setup provides the essential visibility needed for precise navigation and detailed observation.
For professional operators requiring higher specifications, we also offer a range of specialized underwater camera options tailored to diverse aquatic research and inspection scenarios.
1. 360° Total Vision Underwater PTZ Camera: The Ultimate Fixed-Mounting Underwater Camera
Engineered for harsh underwater scenarios, this advanced underwater PTZ camera is the ideal solution for fixed-mounting visual monitoring in deep-sea net pens, sea ranches, nature reserves, and commercial swimming pools.
Key Features & Capabilities:
- 360° Total Situational Awareness: Remote-controlled PTZ functionality allows the underwater camera to achieve a full horizontal 360° and vertical 180° surrounding view, ensuring no blind spots in your aquatic environment.
- Dynamic Lighting Control: Features manually adjustable light angles and remote-switched illumination, allowing you to adapt to changing water clarity and depth instantly.
- Scalable Monitoring: Designed for integrated systems, this underwater camera can be deployed in multi-unit configurations to provide comprehensive coverage of large-scale underwater operations.
Recommended Products: Underwater PTZ Camera 360° Total Vision
2. High-Precision Industrial Underwater Optical Zoom Camera: 30x Optical Clarity
Engineered for precision, this imaging solution is designed to capture high-definition details across vast distances, making it an indispensable tool for complex underwater operations where proximity is limited by safety or terrain.
Superior Imaging Technology
At the heart of this underwater camera is a SONY FCB-EV7320. Unlike digital zoom which crops pixels, our system utilizes a 30x motorized optical zoom. This ensures that even at maximum magnification, the camera maintains a crisp 1080P HD resolution, allowing operators to inspect structural integrity or marine life with surgical precision.
Key Applications:
- Large-Scale Deep-Sea Operations: A critical component for heavy-duty ROV systems and subsea construction monitoring.
- Long-Range Target Observation: Ideal for surveying distant targets in nature reserves or monitoring sea ranch boundaries without disturbing the environment.
- Industrial Inspection: Perfect for identifying micro-cracks or serial numbers on submerged infrastructure from a safe standoff distance.
Technical Highlights:
| Feature | Specification |
| Sensor Type | SONY FCB-EV7320 |
| Zoom Capability | 30x Motorized Optical Zoom + 12x Digital Zoom |
| Resolution | Full HD 1080P |
| Best Use Case | Deep-sea systems & distant target observation |
Recommend Product: Underwater Optical Zoom Camera
3. Underwater AI Cameras: From the Open-Source AI Camera to the AI-D Depth Trinocular
3.1 Underwater Open-Source AI Camera
The most-friendly entry point for subsea innovation. This open-source underwater AI camera is powered by the Raspberry Pi ecosystem, offering a highly flexible platform for researchers and enthusiasts. Featuring onboard storage and integrated charging, it is designed for rapid deployment and secondary development.
- Full Compatibility: Native support for OpenCV and other popular computer vision suites.
- Smart Automation: Easily program time-lapse photography or trigger-based capture for environmental monitoring.
- Low-Cost Innovation: The most cost-effective way to transform your underwater AI camera concepts into reality with high-speed development cycles.
Unlock advanced subsea intelligence. This open-source AI underwater camera supports hardware upgrades. By training models on underwater visual data and deploying them on edge devices, it enables real-time detection of multiple underwater targets and provides visual control for UUVs based on recognition results. For more details, please contact support@charpierov.com.
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Advanced AI Capability: Featuring hardware/software upgradability and custom underwater model training.
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Edge Intelligence: On-device deployment enables real-time underwater object recognition.
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Visual UUV Control: Seamless integration for autonomous vision-based underwater vehicle control.
Recommened Product: Underwater Open Source AI Camera
3.2 Underwater AI-M Monocular: Intelligent Target Recognition Camera
The AI-M Monocular is a high-performance underwater AI camera dedicated to real-time target recognition. Unlike traditional cameras that output video streams, the AI-M, with OAK-1-W as its core module, features integrated Edge AI inference to process data locally. It directly outputs structured data—including target classifications, coordinates, and event triggers—without consuming your ROV's main controller bandwidth.
- Edge Intelligence: On-device processing eliminates the need for high-power surface computers.
- High Real-Time Performance: Ultra-low latency feedback for instantaneous reaction to marine life or underwater assets.
- Data-Centric Output: Streamlines your workflow by providing actionable metadata (Target/Coordinates/Events) instead of raw footage.
Recommend Product: Underwater AI-M Camera
3.3 Underwater AI-D Trinocular: Spatial Depth & Navigation Smart Camera
Take your underwater visual autonomy to the next level with the AI-D Trinocular, a specialized underwater depth camera designed for complex navigation. Built on the OAK-D S2 trinocular vision module, this camera provides "stereo sight" to perceive distance and scale in 3D space. It is the essential sensor for advanced robotic behaviors in challenging aquatic environments.
- 3D Spatial Perception: Combines target recognition with precise depth sensing for distance measurement and scale awareness.
- Autonomous Navigation: Fully supports underwater SLAM, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and high-precision positioning.
- All-in-One Vision: Merges AI inference with stereo depth, allowing your ROV /AUV to "understand" the geometry of the underwater world.
Unlike the open-source AI camera above, the AI-M Monocular and AI-D Trinocular are plug-and-play underwater AI cameras that require zero programming. They are built around the OAK camera module and utilize OAK-Viewer for the host-side UI.
Recommended Product: Underwater AI-D Depth Camera
4. 500m Subsea GoPro Camera: Cinematic Deepwater Inspection
Experience the power of the world's most popular action camera at extreme depths. Subsea GoPro Camera integrates a GoPro Hero 12 Black with a dedicated companion SBC, allowing for full remote control and low-latency live-view from the surface UI.
Whether integrated onto an ROV/AUV or carried by a diver, this system eliminates the "blind" recording of traditional action cameras, giving you professional-grade subsea cinematography.
Cinematic Subsea Imaging
- Ultra-HD Resolution: Capture stunning 5.3K60 or 4K120 super-high-definition video and 27MP still photos of elusive deep-sea flora and fauna.
- Real-Time Remote Control: View live video feeds and trigger recording or photo capture remotely from your ground station.
- Deep-Sea Durability: Precision-engineered to a 500m depth rating, protecting the GoPro and embedded electronics in the most demanding environments.
- Advanced Color Correction: Equipped with professional red filters to restore vibrant, precise colors in blue-water conditions, essential for high-quality scientific documentation.
Primary Application Scenarios:
- Underwater Scientific Experiments: Document time-sensitive biological data with HD precision.
- Underwater Archaeology: Capture detailed site maps and artifact photos without surfacing.
- Marine Exploration: The perfect underwater camera payload for exploration ROVs and autonomous subsea vehicles.
Recommed Product: 500m Subsea Live-view GoPro Camera
5. Tailored Solutions for Professional Deepwater Inspection
Beyond our standard configurations, we provide customized underwater camera solutions designed to meet the rigorous demands of deep-sea exploration and infrastructure maintenance. Whether you require an auxiliary underwater camera integrated into an existing ROV/AUV, a fixed-point station for long-term monitoring, or a portable unit for diver-assisted inspections, our engineering team can tailor hardware to your specific mission profile.
Specialized Depth Ratings & Integration
Our hardware is built to withstand extreme pressures, offering specialized models such as:
- Deep-Sea Series: An underwater camera with a 4000m depth rating for abyssal research and offshore oil&gas operations.
- Mid-Depth Series: A versatile 1000m depth-rated underwater camera optimized for sea ranching and nature reserve surveillance.
Contact us today on support@charpierov.com to discuss your unique underwater inspection requirements. Charpie is committed to providing the high-resolution, low-light imaging technology needed to succeed in the world's most challenging aquatic environments.
