The shutter type depends on the camera model.
The USB3 cameras of the ZED family (ZED, ZED Mini, ZED 2, ZED 2i) use a hardware-synchronized rolling shutter capture mode. The sensor continuously streams its images to the host computer at the requested resolution and framerate.
The ZED X, ZED X Mini, and ZED X Nano GMSL2 cameras are instead equipped with global shutter sensors; all the pixels of the left and right sensors are exposed and captured at the same instant. This eliminates rolling shutter artifacts (skew, wobble, partial exposure) and makes them the recommended choice for fast motion, vibration-prone platforms, and mobile robotics applications.
The ZED X One monocular camera family is available in two versions:
- ZED X One GS/S: a global shutter model, ideal for high-speed and high-vibration scenarios, and for building custom multi-camera or virtual stereo rigs requiring perfectly synchronized captures.
- ZED X One 4K: a model based on a 4K HDR rolling shutter sensor, providing high-resolution imaging with High Dynamic Range for challenging lighting conditions, such as outdoor scenes with strong contrast between shadows and highlights.
All GMSL2 cameras support hardware-level multi-camera synchronization, so multiple units can capture frames at the same instant when connected to the same capture card.