DMK Camera

[The_Cat]

FYI

Here is a new camera from the Imaging Source. Starting price looks good:

http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/publications/newsletter/archive/20101116/

Jerry.

[Alchemy]

Wow, if it can pop out enough frames it would do some awesome moon images, it's a bit slow for Jupiter and probably too big anyway
Me if it delivers the goods as a guide camera I'd buy one, just depends how sensitive it is.
Worth watching that's for sure

[mithrandir]

They are CMOS. See this page (http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/products/cameras/usb-cmos-mono/dmk72buc02/) (mono version) or this page (http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/products/cameras/usb-cmos-color/dfk72auc02/) (colour version). From 6 to 52 fps depending resolution selected.

[Dennis]

The specs for the mono version indicate a resolution of 2592 x1944 with a pixel size of 2.2 µm x 2.2 µm!

Cheers

Dennis

[riklaunim]

TIS has many CMOS cameras, but most if not all can do max 1/4 sec exposures. For planetary and lunary it should last. But does the max speed creates circular artifacts? No one knows. There are available even in TS (http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/index.php/cat/c16_Astrofoto----CCD-Kameras.html/page/2).

Check out also Basler and Point Grey. There will be Basler with Aptina MT9P at 14 frames per second (2592 x 1944), and there will be one with CMOSIS CMV4000 (2048 x 2048) at 20 FPS with GigE or 180 FPS with CameraLink - 180FPS of a 2048 x 2048 FRAME :]

[gregbradley]

To get it to go faster you'd have to select a smaller region of the chip and so the 5mp is a bit of a misleading number to judge it by.

Greg.