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How much would SBIG charge for this in a camera?
Probably high five-figures. But fear not;
This will be available as a "modestly price" digital back for medium format cameras. http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents..._sensor_hr.jpg |
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How much would SBIG charge for this in a camera?
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:26:33 -0400, Rich wrote:
Probably high five-figures. But fear not; This will be available as a "modestly price" digital back for medium format cameras. http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents..._sensor_hr.jpg It will be interesting to read more about this. Since their target market is digital photography, I would assume the sensor is color, which makes it pretty useless for astroimaging. But Kodak usually makes B&W versions of their sensors available (at considerably higher cost), and that may be the case with this sensor. I wouldn't be at all surprised if a "modestly priced" medium format digital back using this sensor is pushing five figures. Astronomically, a sensor like this is useful only to a limited number of imagers- those interested in critical resolution imaging of very large fields (several square degrees). Doing this requires very high end optics (not many scopes can provide 33x44mm flat focal planes, or take advantage of 6.8um pixels). Readout time will be around a minute, and a typical image will require at least a few hundred MB of storage with just a few subframes. Color imagers will be looking at around 1GB of storage. Processing calibration frames may require a 64-bit operating system! _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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How much would SBIG charge for this in a camera?
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:40:34 GMT, Chris L Peterson
wrote: On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:26:33 -0400, Rich wrote: Probably high five-figures. But fear not; This will be available as a "modestly price" digital back for medium format cameras. http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents..._sensor_hr.jpg It will be interesting to read more about this. Since their target market is digital photography, I would assume the sensor is color, which makes it pretty useless for astroimaging. But Kodak usually makes B&W versions of their sensors available (at considerably higher cost), and that may be the case with this sensor. I wouldn't be at all surprised if a "modestly priced" medium format digital back using this sensor is pushing five figures. Around $29,000 from what I've heard. Astronomically, a sensor like this is useful only to a limited number of imagers- those interested in critical resolution imaging of very large fields (several square degrees). Doing this requires very high end optics (not many scopes can provide 33x44mm flat focal planes, or take advantage of 6.8um pixels). Readout time will be around a minute, and a typical image will require at least a few hundred MB of storage with just a few subframes. Color imagers will be looking at around 1GB of storage. Processing calibration frames may require a 64-bit operating system! _______________________________________________ __ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com Well, it's not the imager in the CFH telescope, but it's not bad. -Rich |
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