From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: November 17, 2005 4:40:58 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Unibrain Adaptor

Hi Duane;

On 17-Nov-05, at 4:18 PM, Duane wrote:

I'm having more fun with the unibrain. It's so much easier —Camera>adaptor>IR>scope.

The only tough part with the Unibrain is finding the darn planet. It's sensitivity is so much

lower that you need to be close to focus to find the darn planet. I watch the numbers

(sharpness) to locate it but the DMK is way easier in that way. I can also barlow farther

with the DMK which is nice.

As I've said in the past, Color cameras are for instant gratification - but less sensitive and lower resolution than Monochrome.

I am going to try the color version of the DMK and see how well it works out. If my results

are better than the unibrain and the sensitivity is an improvement, I'll be very happy with

it.

As I said before, it has the same sensitivity as the Color Unibrain does and they use the exact same Color CCD at 640x480 size.

It doesn't sound like anybody here has the color version of this camera (?). I might as well

fill that gap :)

As I said before Yes I've used it. The only difference is it has lower fixed pattern and EM noise (it's a dual board design, so the CCD is spatially isolated from the high speed transfer board), has higher gain levels (you can crank them higher not that this is a good thing) and the BF series (i.e. 21BF04 etc.) can do up to 30 second exposures.

HTH..

Milton J. Aupperle

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