Swiftcam SC1803R 18MP

See personal notes on the end of the page.

Id Vendor

ID 0547:c252 Anchor Chips, Inc. 
ID 0547:c253 Anchor Chips, Inc.

Specs

Compatible USB 3.0

Resolutions:

  • 4880x3720 @17fps
  • 2448x1836 @40fps
  • 1728x1296 @50fps

Over USB 2.0:

  • 4880x3720 @1.5fps
  • 2448x1836 @6fps
  • 1728x1296 @15fps

Sensor (CMOS)

  • Sensor size: 1/2.2" (5.86 x 4.46mm)

  • Pixel size: 1.2 x 1.2µm

  • Response: 0.62V/Lux-sec

  • Dynamic range: 65.8DB

  • SNRmax: 36.3 dB

Driver / Software / SDK

The driver provided on the cd and this site does not work.
Uses this one instead (same thing for the SDK).

Swift Imaging 3.0_Linux.x64.tar.bz2
sha256sum

f7bbe32b06ae3b46f05618f0463610855709706bbf1bee3402ce1a7cbfd150d7  SwiftImaging.x64.sh

b170f2799c1c633779a2ac0fa57cf7305162b2fff919a3bd105b6d6a997a3213  libswiftcam.so

12e35198f3c8a9941fb877164d9c566c6424a541275e3756e31a64144777af7d  libswiftnam.so

Troubleshooting

Video freeze frequently

  • The problem probably comes from the usb port.
    Try another USB 3.0 or 3.1 port.

The camera is detected by the video stream don’t work

  • Try with the driver / software of the second link.

Flags

On USB2.0: 0x81042101
On USB3.0: 0x81042041

SWIFTCAM_FLAG_CMOS
SWIFTCAM_FLAG_USB30
SWIFTCAM_FLAG_ISP
SWIFTCAM_FLAG_BUFFER
SWIFTCAM_FLAG_RAW8
SWIFTCAM_FLAG_RAW12

Equivalent models

E3ISPM18000KPA

Personal notes

Support don’t exists at all. They don’t reply to mails.

The software provided with the CD is not compatible with the camera I bought.

As I write this (2023-2024) no open source software / driver / sdk exists, and the USB protocole is a bit shady.

The hardware is good, but the software may prevent you from using it if you can’t find a compatible version.

The viewer sucks, but I don’t use it (I use the SDK for my own C++ application).

If you can’t get a refund, don’t buy any Swiftcam camera. Really.

I got mine new for 200€ instead of 400-500€ so it was a good deal.