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- Page 1 Apollo Camera Manual Apollo 428M MAX Camera Manual V1.0 Dec, 2024...
- Page 2 Apollo Camera Manual Table of Contests Product Features ..........................3 Technical parameters ........................4 Product Description ........................5 Pregius Technology ......................5 Format ..........................5 Pixel size ...........................6 Interesting BIN Mode ....................6 HCG and Noise ......................6 Highlights ......................错误!未定义书签。 No banding ........................6 Recommended accessories ......................8 Features ..............................9 2nd Gen –...
- Page 3 Apollo Camera Manual Product Features Focus on Solar imaging! Apollo series is the world’s first camera line designed specifically for solar photography, named after Apollo. The Apollo series features Sony sensors with global shutters and a focus on monochrome sensors.
- Page 4 Apollo Camera Manual Technical parameters Sensor SONY IMX428 1.1" CMOS (mono) Diagonal 17.5mm Total Pixels 7.1 Mega Pixels Max Resolution 3216×2208 4.5μm Pixel Size 14.5mm×9.9mm Chip Size Frame Rate 51FPS（10bit） Shutter Global shutter 32μs-2000s Exposure Range Readout Noise 5.5e~1.4e ≈79% QE Peak Full Well 25.3k e...
- Page 5 Apollo Camera Manual Product Description Apollo 428M MAX camera is a new solar camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX428 1.1” format monochrome sensor. The 4.5um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 25.3ke with a total of 7.1MP (the resolution is 3216*2208), and the diagonal is 17.5mm.
- Page 6 Apollo Camera Manual Pixel size 4.5um pixel size is half of IMX432 camera, which means it will have 4X resolution than classic Apollo-M MAX camera. Interesting BIN Mode As we know Apollo 428M MAX Pro has 4.5um pixel size, half size of Apollo-M MAX. If we use bin2, it will more like an Apollo-M MAX, and 3 combination bin mode will have some advantages: MONO8 hardware BIN2 mode: full well up to 4x (100Ke),10bit ADC, FPS will up to...
- Page 7 Apollo Camera Manual capture details in any focal ratio, in any way (full disk mosaic or ROI), never need to worry about banding issue in post-processing.
- Page 8 Apollo Camera Manual Recommended accessories ACS (Active Cooling System) ACS is an external air-cooled system, designed for solar and big format planetary cameras which already has PCS (Passive Cooling System). ACS can provide much better temperature control. When camera has PCS + ACS, temperature is only 7℃ higher than ambient, camera body is a little warm but won’t hot! ACS is not only can be used in daylight for solar imaging, it also could be used in night for DSO lucky imaging.
- Page 9 Apollo Camera Manual Features The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. Solar camera line, named after Apollo, the god of the sun. The suffix of the name describes the camera’s biggest feature. Drivers and software download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/software/ Manuals download: http://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/...
- Page 10 256M DDR3 Cache Player One Astronomy cameras are the first one who adopts the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readnoise.
- Page 11 Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.
- Page 12 Apollo Camera Manual Data Port When the camera is connected to the USB3.0 interface and full-resolution preview is used, it can reach 51FPS at 10bit(RAW8) mode and 27FPS at 12bit (RAW16). When recording images, since the actual writing speed will be affected by the writing speed of the hard disk itself, when the hard disk writing speed is slow, the recording may not reach the theoretical speed.
- Page 13 Apollo Camera Manual Performance...
- Page 14 Apollo Camera Manual Readout Noise Regarding readout noise, we solemnly promise that all values are obtained from actual tests. And for users, you could use Sharpcap 4 for testing. SC4 has a function called Sensor Analysis, provide a very simple way to test readout noise. We wrote a tutorial on our website: https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/manuals/ After many rigorous readout noise tests, this camera can reach a low readout noise of 1.4e...
- Page 15 Apollo Camera Manual Mechanical Drawing...
- Page 16 Apollo Camera Manual Package List...
- Page 17 For best experiences, we recommend customers to purchase our products form local dealers. After-sales Service Warranty Policy 2-year free warranty (time start from delivered) for Player One products. If the product has any issue, please send the image or video and description to support@player-one- astronomy.com for further check to confirm. ...
- Page 18 × Legal proof-of-purchase, receipts, or invoices are not provided, or are reasonably believed to have been forged or tampered with. × A product sent to Player One for replacement does not include all original accessories, attachments and packaging, or contains items damaged by user error.
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