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Old 24-08-2018, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by OneCosmos View Post
Thanks Rick. I'll research both options more but I didn't quite understand the comment about being faster to achieve the same SNR. Do you mean simply because it is mono?
Hi Chris,

The OSC camera pays a significant penalty because of the Bayer matrix compared to a mono camera where you can collect luminance data much faster (though once you allow for collecting RGB data the improvement in speed is reduced somewhat) and the 16200 has slightly larger pixels, so you collect photons more quickly at the cost of a reduction in resolution.

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Rick.
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