The next generation of astronomy cameras, manufactured to industrial standards, robust and highly affordable, ideally suited for lunar, planetary and solar astrophotography! The new Signature Series from The Imaging Source features the latest CMOS technology. The cameras are extremly light sensitive and deliver exceptional image quality - perfect for low-light applications!
Sony CMOS Pregius Chip
The camera ships with a modern progressive scan CMOS chip. Thanks to its extremely high quality, this chip is also often used in other scientific, industrial and medical image processing applications.
IR Cut Filter As Standard
Unlike the human eye, CMOS chips are sensitive to near infrared light (wavelengths over 700 nm). The DFK cameras ship with an IR cut filter as standard and are thus suited to applications in which these wavelengths would lead to interference or undesirable results.
High Speed Data Transfer via USB 3.0
In order to transfer the vast amount of data created by the stream of uncompressed and lossless images to the host PC, you need a very high speed bus. Hence, the camera is fitted with a fast data port.
Included Software
The camera ships with the device driver and the camera control and image acquisition application IC Capture.AS. Both of these run on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP (32 and 64 bit).
Colour or mono? Black and white cameras have the advantage of higher sensitivity and resolution than colour cameras. However, more effort is required to obtain a colour image. You also need colour filters and a filter wheel
DMK, DBK, DFK? What does that mean?
The camera names used by The Imaging Source may seem confusing at first glance, but they follow a fixed system. To help you find the model you want, it is very helpful to understand this naming system:
DMK, DBK, DFK: Each camera model is available in three versions. DMK cameras are monochromatic cameras without filters. In contrast, DBK and DFK cameras are colour cameras. DFK cameras have an additional infrared filter, but are otherwise identical to the respective DBK model.
Models with the designation U (e.g. 33U, 38U) have a USB connection. The designation G (e.g. 33G) stands for a GigE data interface. The suffix e (e.g.33GX178e.AS) indicates that an additional power supply is required, as these models cannot be powered via USB. The required power supply is included in the scope of delivery.
The model name also includes the camera sensor installed: For example, X265 stands for the new Sony Pregius IMX265 CMOS sensor, and the abbreviation J003 refers to the Aptina MT9J003 CMOS sensor.
The suffix AS distinguishes the cameras specially developed for astronomy from the conventional industrial cameras that The Imaging Source mainly sells.
