|
|
|
Monochrome FireWire Telescope Camera with 60 fps for Astrophotography
* Volor FireWire camera without IR cut filter
* 1/4" CCD, progressive scan
* Resolution 640 x 480
* Max. 60 fps
* Max exposure time 60 min
* C/CS Mount
* Software included
* Nosepiece not included
Up to 60 frames per second
With 60 fps, the monochrome telescope camera DMK 21AF04.AS is the fastest within its category. It is ideally suited to black and
white astrophotography, in which very fast image sequences are captured. Using the shipped software - IC Capture.AS - you can
capture lossless and uncompressed images sequences as AVI files.
Monochrome Sony® CCD
The astro CCD camera DMK 21AF04.AS uses the monochrome progressive scan CCD ICX098BL from Sony®. With its 1/4" format, the CCD
produces a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. Even at long exposure times, its noise is minimal. Thanks to its unsurpassed quality,
the ICX098BL is often used in industrial image processing applications.
No compression, no filter
The CCD camera DMK 21AF04.AS does not use compression, nor does it have an IR cut filter, a color filter or an electronic filter.
Thus, the camera produces very true-to-life captures of the night sky.
Fast data transfer via FireWire
The telescope camera DMK 21AF04.AS generates a high rate of uncompressed monochrome images. In order to transfer these to the
host PC, a very fast bus is required. Hence, the camera is fitted with a FireWire connector.
|
Shipped software for Windows®
This camera ships with the camera driver IC WDM DCAM TIS and the control software IC
Capture.AS. To learn more about these software products, please take a look at the software section: |
A device driver and the camera control software IC Capture.AS are shipped with every telescope camera on this web site. Both
components run on Windows® 2000 and Windows XP.
IC WDM DCAM TIS - Device driver for FireWire telescope cameras
The driver IC WDM DCAM TIS embeds all FireWire telescope cameras, manufactured by The Imaging Source, into Windows® 2000 and
Windows® XP. By deploying this driver, all CCD cameras are compatible to DirectX®. Consequently, all The Imaging Source
telescope cameras can be used with all astro-photography software that is compatible to DirectX®.
Software requirements
* PIII/800 MHz, 128 MB
* Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit
* Windows® 2000/SP2 or Windows® XP
* DirectX® 9.0c or higher
IC Capture.AS - Camera control software
IC Capture.AS is authored by The Imaging Source and has been specifically designed for use with telescope cameras. The software
ships with all the telescope cameras sold on this web site. Using IC Capture.AS, you can do the following:
* Set all camera parameters
* See the live image data stream from the camera
* Retrieve singular images from the camera and save them as BMP or JPG files.
* Capture image sequences and save the single images as enumerated BMP or JPG files.
* Capture image sequences and save them as lossless, uncompressed AVI files. These files can be post-processed in other
astronomy applications, such as RegiStax.
Software requirements
* PIII/800 MHz, 128 MB
* Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit
* Windows® 2000/SP2 or Windows® XP
* DirectX® 9.0c or higher
Please note that in order to save image sequences, a host computer with a fast CPU and fast secondary hard disk is required.
AVI file generation
With IC Capture.AS you can save the images outputted from the camera as an AVI file. There are two approaches to achieve this:
* If you would like to save a compressed AVI file, simply select the appropriate codec in IC Capture.AS (DivX, for example).
* If you prefer uncompressed AVIs, simply select the shipped codec (uncompressed Y800, uncompressed RGB24, uncompressed
RGB32, uncompressed UYVY).
|
