Santa Barbara Scientific (SBS) was established as an independent company in November, 2014, by Michael Barber, one of the co-founders and Vice President of Santa Barbara Instrument Group, Inc. (SBIG) for 25 years. Initially, the purpose of SBS was to assist in the transition period after the sale of SBIG to Diffraction Limited in Canada. In this role, Santa Barbara Scientific handled production of the larger format SBIG scientific cameras and some specialty cameras and accessories under contract with Diffraction Limited. Additionally SBS handled all warranty and non-warranty repairs of all SBIG products allowing Diffraction Limited got up to speed and eventually assume production activity in Ottawa, Canada in 2015. From 2015 to the present, SBS has marketed and sold several versions of a Northern Hemisphere Seeing Monitor (used for astronomical imaging purposes) and provided a service for the refurbishment, certification and sale of used astro-imaging cameras. In addition, the current role of SBS (as of October 2017) is primarily to assist in market development and sales support for scientific imaging products incorporating scientific imaging products from QHYCCD [Light Speed Vision (Beijing) Ltd.]. This relationship evolved from our use of QHYCCD cameras in our own the SM-2 Seeing Monitor and our personal satisfaction with the products. For a more detailed history please see http://www.sbscientific.com/about-us/history/