All The Imaging Source FireWire astro CCD cameras have standard a C-Mount. You can purchase adapters for various telescope mounts at your local telescope accessory store.

No. All FireWire CCD cameras, manufactured by The Imaging Source get their power via the FireWire interface.

The Imaging Source manufacturers FireWire cameras. We do not offer any individual consulting at system level. The following recommendations are only general in nature. The responsibility for the correct usage of the camera lies in the hands of the on-site engineer. The Imaging Source does not take any responsibility for errors, loss of data or other damages that are the result of these recommendations.

Y800: Camera based color interpolation is turned off and the raw color data stream from the CCD is outputted in the monochrome format Y800. The camera control software IC Capture.AS displays color images in their raw form. Therefore, they appear to be monochrome at first sight. This mode is not suited to visualization applications. However, should you wish to capture an uncompressed AVI file, you should use this mode. BY8: the structure of this format is equivalent to that of the format Y800.

Yes. However, you may need to purchase a FireWire interface card for your laptop. When choosing such an interface card, it is important that it can also supply the camera with power. Usually, you will need to connect an external power supply to the FireWire interface card in order to power the connected camera.

Check our supported FireWire cameras section for the current list. Note that since FireWire and DCam are standards, many cameras not on this list are supported.

A webcam uses similar image sensor technology to the digital camera, though with much lower resolution. The webcam does not possess any built-in recording capability, nor sophisticated controls of exposure time or colour balance. The lens is usually very simple, but a big advantage is that it can be removed for Prime Focus work. Most digicam lenses cannot be removed.

URLs of Various websites devoted to using digital cameras in astronomy] Digital camera astro imaging group (Yahoo). This section is currently being written. Until it is available, visit: http://www.newastro.com/wodaski/ Until this section is written (offers gratefully received!), you are invited to visit the QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group. If you require an adapter to mate the camera to teh telescope, try SRB.

This is the size of a camera sensor's active area. The smaller the dimension, the more "work" the camera will have to do to present a monitor sized picture. A 1/4" CCD will have to magnify the image more to show the image on the monitor. A 1/3" CCD will need less magnification to show the image on the monitor. A 1/3" CCD will cost more and have a better image. Both types are adequate for reaview systems.

There are three ways you can make use of it: You can use a fixed tripod to record nice images of the constellations, and also events like Aurora displays and sunsets. At night you can set the exposure to it's maximum length as star trailing will probably not be a problem unless it's longer than about 30 seconds. Secondly, it is possible to 'Piggy-back' your digicam on a tracking platform or driven equatorial telescope mount.

The digicam will come with a battery pack as standard but this will probably not last long enough for an imaging session using a telescope. Quite often a long time is spent fine tuning the focus, which rapidly drains the battery. Further, cold conditions significantly reduce battery capacity. A better option is to use an AC supply or a larger lead-acid battery.

Magnetic Source Imaging (MSI) is a safe, non-invasive, and painless procedure that provides information about the functioning of the brain. The MSI scanner non-invasively detects small biomagnetic signals produced by the brain. The scanner then provides information about the location of active brain areas that produce these signals.

A Laser Barcode Scanner uses a rapidly-moving laser to shine a particular frequency of light at the black and white bars of a barcode. The laser light is reflected off the barcode and read by a photo diode in the barcode scanner. The barcode scanner then interprets the reflection data and decodes it into useful data. To use a Laser Barcode Scanner, simply hold it near the barcode (read distances vary by model) and click the button or trigger.

It is 1/3", 1/2" There is also new format coming up and that is 1/4" while 2/3" and 1" are disappearing. Yes, but you can also take bigger lenses for smaller camera imager. Example: 1/3" camera will take 1/2" and 2/3" lenses. 1/2" camera will also take 2/3" size lens.

The 2k x 2k CCD camera has an area more than 6 times that of the 1k x 1k MultiScan camera. The pixel size is 25% larger for the 2k x 2k camera, which results in better image resolution.

It is common to observe mismatch in montage images acquired from a wide-angle CCD camera. The mismatch comes from the common distortions in a TEM column when large-field-of-view images are acquired. Such distortions increase rapidly as the third power to the radial distance. Typically the distortion is less than 1% at the edge of the film. Since the Gatan wide-angle CCD camera has a field of view much larger than film (6 times more), it is inevitable to observe distortions from the TEM.

Field of view and effective magnifications. Wide-angle cameras have a large field of view (about 6 times larger than that of film), but have an effective magnification of 20-30% of that of film. On the other hand, a bottom mount camera has a field of view of only 10%, but effective magnification of about 130-150% of that of film.

Yes, absolutely. However, mismatch may be observed in montage images acquired from wide-angle cameras, i.e. MS600W and MS600CW. No. Gatan does not offer any sort of upgrade. The hardware components have changed so much in the past, it is almost impossible to upgrade them to the current platform. Gatan recommends a trade-in option for the SSC cameras.

CCD is used in professional cameras because of its high resolution quality and its ability to record in low-light situations. CCD is basically a small silicon chip that receives light and turns it into voltage variations which makes up an image. Its usually measured in inches with 1/3" CCD being the standard. They are higher priced but are great for cameras that may require vision in near darkness.