XIMEA's MX2457 wins the inspect award 2025

3rd place for the MX2457 in the SME category

Münster, Germany – June 26, 2025 – XIMEA's MX2457 camera won 3rd place in the SME category ("Best Innovation from SMEs") of the inspect award 2025, presented on June 25, 2025 at automatica in Munich.

The readers of inspect – WORLD OF VISION voted the high-resolution industrial camera from our xiX-XL series into the top three of this category, which was introduced for the first time in 2025.

Key facts

Award: inspect award 2025 by inspect – WORLD OF VISION (Wiley)
Result: 3rd place, SME category
Product: XIMEA MX2457 (xiX-XL series), 245.7 Mpix
Winners announced: June 10, 2025
Award ceremony: June 25, 2025, automatica, Munich

XIMEA MX2457 245.7 Mpix camera, winner of the inspect award 2025

About the inspect award

The inspect award is presented every year by inspect – WORLD OF VISION, Wiley's trade magazine for machine vision and optical metrology. A five-member expert jury selected 40 nominees across four categories: Vision, Automation & Control, Artificial Intelligence and, new for 2025, SMEs. The jury members were Paul-Gerald Dittrich (Spectronet), Dr. Ronald Müller (Vision Markets), Anne Wendel (VDMA), Thomas Lübkemeier (EMVA) and Prof. Dr. Michael Heizmann (KIT).

The final ranking was decided by a reader vote, which is why this one means a lot to us: it comes from people who use machine vision in their daily work. A big thank-you to everyone who voted for us!

XIMEA MX2457 medium-format camera with detachable sensor head

245.7 Mpix camera with detachable sensor head

The MX2457 is a medium-format machine vision camera in a compact, modular housing:

245.7 Mpix with Sony IMX811 4.1" BSI sensor (19,200 x 12,800 px)
PCIe Gen3 x4 interface with 32 Gbit/s for up to 10 FPS at full resolution; DMA transfer keeps latency and CPU load low
Detachable sensor head fits into tight spaces and keeps heat away from the sensor for lower noise and better image quality
Optional liquid cooling for demanding environments

MX2457 in practice: from aerial mapping to surface inspection

With 19,200 × 12,800 pixels on a 4.1" sensor, the MX2457 captures large areas in a single shot without losing fine detail. That makes it a strong fit for aerial mapping and photogrammetry, where every frame feeds into maps for cartography, agriculture or urban planning. In industrial inspection, the same resolution helps detect small defects on large surfaces.

The detachable sensor head is what makes integration easy: the compact sensor unit sits where the image is captured, while the electronics can be placed elsewhere in the system. Like all xiX-XL models, the MX2457 is available in monochrome and color, with air or liquid cooling and copper or fiber connection options. It supports Windows, Linux and macOS as well as common machine vision libraries.

"Our idea behind the detachable sensor head was simple: maximum resolution that still fits into real systems. Seeing the inspect readers vote for the MX2457 tells us we're on the right track," says Michail Klimkovic, CEO at XIMEA Slovakia.