(Image courtesy of FWC) For the past several years, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission – specifically Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) has been conducting ongoing research at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico – studying reef fish populations and gathering independent data.  This is done using camera pods which can be dropped to depths of 180 meters. The Kowa LM6HC 1″ 6mm F1.8 C-Mount lens is paired with a GigE output machine vision camera from Flir which are deployed in a stereo set up to provide recorded video, which is then later analyzed once the pods are retrieved.  … Continue reading Kowa LM6HC Helping To Conduct Research of Reefs in Gulf of Mexico