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Originally Posted by AlexN
I've got to say I'd like to see innovations over the general stuff that we all know and love...
with the range of 8, 11 and 16mp CCD's on the market, I dont see going to higher megapixels to be of that greater importance.. more so, smaller pixels with higher QE.
Personally I'd like to see an APS sized chip, somewhere around the 11mp mark, that would give something like 5.2um pixels... of course, this is great for scopes like mine, where the image circle demands a smaller APS sized sensor, however its focal length requires smaller pixels to achieve good resolution... I suppose, for me, anything with the KAF-8300 sensor would be fine...
I dont see anyone needing a 4" CCD... Even something twice the size of the APS sensors would be difficult to fully illuminate for majority of amateur scopes... things like the AP140 that have a 100mm corrected imaging circle might do the trick.. but how many of us own one of those..
I look forward to seeing what comes of the SBIG STX line of cameras that are coming soon. I've used self guiding for a while with previous cameras I've owned and I must say, a lot of people don't like it (most, dont like the idea of it, as they've not actually used it) I personally think its about as awesome as it gets.
As it says in my signature, Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. The new SBIG cameras, if they are as easy to use as the ST9 and ST10 that I've owned, should prove to be the ultimate in sophisticated imaging systems...
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I tend to agree Alex. I have seen images from a Proline 39mp one shot colour and they weren't impressive. Also huge file sizes so you'd need an i7 chipped computer with huge and fast memory to handle it.
But it seems that is the way CCD technology is going. More mp.
There are a lot of point and shoot cameras around that are 12.1mp. What sensor are they using? Perhaps its a Sony sensor and so most likely very low noise. Perhaps that is a CMOS chip.
I'd like to see Sony enter the larger chip market more as they usually put out killer products.
Greg.