As someone who has used FLIR cameras, and other industrial imaging systems I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand the continued concentration of specialist camera tech is bad for the market (FLIR a few years ago acquired point grey [0], a competitor). On the other hand given my poor experience with FLIR systems (bad software, bad interfacing) if that continues it might be a good opportunity for a newcomer to shake things up.
I like how their phone accessory Seek Compact camera is advertised as having “< 9 Hz frame rate.” I’m sure it’s fine but that’s a strange way of listing it.
Having never tried one of these, I wonder if they take that slow camera stream and do higher framerate image stabalization on the phone to make it less jerky when hand-held.
If your ready paying your camera the price of a small car, Xenics has a few alternatives that work well. They also have a support team who replies to your questions.
It's important to note that some technologies (Micro-bolometers, InGaAs) have export restrictions due to applications for weapons systems, etc..
Well that's discouraging. I always hate having to interact with any Teledyne company. They're not quite down to Danaher/Fortive's level, but they seem to do their best to try. FLIR, in contrast, was merely obscenely expensive.
[0]: https://investors.flir.com/news-releases/news-release-detail...