Request InfoAMETEK LandThe Land Guide M3 announced by Land Instruments International is a handheld thermal imager that offers fingertip controls, high-quality images with provision for voice annotation, onboard image processing, 100-image memory capacity and USB connectivity. Temperature measurement range is from –20 to 250 °C, and sensitivity is 0.12 °C. The instrument detects small temperature differences and displays them as high-resolution 8-bit thermal images. Measurement options include simultaneous spot and area analysis, line profile, isotherm analysis and electronic zoom function. 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