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Old 23-01-2013, 10:09 AM
originaltrilogy (Petr)
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Colour vs Mono CCD?

I am a mono imager but looking for a new camera.

I was put off by colour versions of same mono camera only being half as sensitive QE for each colour.

But then I'm thinking I have to take image for twice as long with colour camera to get same sensitivity as mono camera with filter.

But for mono I have to take 4 images L, R, G, B. So if I take 1hr per filter I have to image for 4 hours with mono, or 2 hours with colour camera to get equivalent image.

So colour camera is really twice as sensitive for same target. Plus save lot of processing time.

Also colour data on OSC camera comes from exact same time period and sky position and seeing conditions, so data should be more accurate and less detail lose to aligning images taken at different times.

Is my thinking correct?
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