From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: December 8, 2005 3:47:54 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Optronics Magnafire SP camera


Hi Alan;


It depends on which camera your asking about.


The new DragonFly 2 "High Res" Mono cameras are quite nice and support 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 video sizes for both 8 or 16 bit (12 bit actual) and frame rates to 30 fps. They have a small pixel size of 4.65 microns (your DMK and Unibrain camera are 5.6 microns) which for planetary will give you better resolution. However the smaller pixel size will cost you some light gathering capability by about 17% (4.65/5.6  = 0.83).


Hope That Helps..


Milton J. Aupperle

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On 8-Dec-05, at 3:05 PM, Alan Friedman wrote:

I wonder if you guys could comment on the monochrome Pt. Gray cameras. I am tempted by the capacity for faster download rate and bit depth on the larger chips for solar and lunar imaging. The array of names and specs has me a little intimidated - I'm not a very technical guy.


thanks  -

Alan




On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Tim wrote:


 I still believe that the best imaging setup for planetary is a 16-bit firewire camera (I shoot 

 color, but I may add a monochrome camera at some point) and Astro IIDC.