Re: Cooled CCD cameras - Recommendations?

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:08:42 GMT, "GTO" <gregor_o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>> 150CL 1.5M pixel cooled (-20 below ambient) C-mount camera with
>> software $5000 MSRP $4500 plus adapter
>>
>
>Very nice. Prices are coming slowly into the range of affordability ;-)
>
>>
>> These include live image capture preview at about 30fps, depending on
>> CPU speed and memory. Plus, Studio which allows for simple editing of
>
>I thought it supports preview at 15fps @ 640x480. 30fps at full resolution
>would be great.
>
>Gregor
>

If your cpu is fast enough, you can get up to 30fps or more live
preview. This also applies to the active focus bars. On a PC, 913MHz
works fine...more than this does even better. I run 913MHz and 2.8GHz
and am happy with both scenarios. The point is that less than 913MHz
is not going to be really satisfactory.

Live preview is at native CCD resolution. So for 150-series, what you
see is what you get. For 600-series, preview is at 150 resolution so
that the diractor does not come into play. In the end, it makes no
difference. Either you get a nice 1.5M pixel image or a 5.8M pixel
image. With the 600-series, you can opt for a single shot 1.5m pixel
image or a multi-shot Diractor 5.8M pixel image.





Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com
.