From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>
Date: May 26, 2010 2:18:58 PM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Best planetary imaging camera
Hi Allan;
I can not agree more with what you said.
People need to learn how to master their tools (hardware and software) before buying new stuff that supposedly will fix this or that problem. Most times people don't really analyze and think through what the problem is before jumping on different band wagons.
TTYL..
Milton Aupperle
PS:
If you check the Sony .pdf sensitivity specs for theses CCDs, the ICX618 (in Flea3) is about 1.7 times as sensitive as the ICX098 (in TIS Camera) is. The ICX618 also has a shifted light sensitivity curve which is is most sensitive in the green to greenish red spectra than the ICX098 CCDs. This will require that people adjust their filtered exposure times so that the color balance is correct too, which enforces what you said about changing hardware being time consuming.
On 26-May-10, at 1:53 PM, Alan Friedman wrote:
I enjoy discussions about which camera is the best as much as the next guy. That said, I would suggest that the camera is not the limiting factor in most amateur images (mine included). Switching hardware is a time consuming activity. Most users will see more improvement in their images by getting better acquainted with the camera they already have.
...my very personal opinion, of course!
Alan
On May 26, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Mark Gaffney wrote:
Terry,
To avoid (more) possible confusion here`s the link to the Pt Grey site...scroll down to Flea 3 tab click on it, then on the models tab...
Mark.
On 27/05/2010, at 4:58 AM, Mark Gaffney wrote:
Terry,
If you`re referring to Chris Go`s recent transition to using the Flea 3, a recent response from him to me on the SCT user group gives more detail on which chip, therefore camera he`s using. He says his is the ICX618 mono chip which would mean the FL3-FW-0321M-C camera..If you scroll down to Flea 3 here & click on Models you can check yourself. He`s! saying his new Flea 3 is 2x more sensitive than than the ICX098BL chip which I guess is his old TIS DMK 21...?
Mine is the Flea 2, FL2-03S2C-C colour CCD which is not as sensitive as the comparative mono chip.
Mark.
On 26/05/2010, at 10:16 AM, Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. wrote:
I am heading out to the observatory for a few hours of imaging Venus, Mars and Saturn. I understand the Flea3 is now the best camera for planetary im! aging - or is there yet another?
Terry - W6LMJ - 14.287
Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D.
Redding Observatory South, West Palm Beach, Florida
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