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Mars Camera Manual Mars-M II Camera Manual V1.0 Dec, 2024...
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Mars Camera Manual Table of Contests Product Features ..........................3 Technical parameters ........................4 Product Description ........................5 Super AR Plus window ....................5 Feature ..............................6 Cutting-edge Design ....................6 2nd Gen – Sensor Tilt Plate ..................7 256M DDR3 Cache ......................8 DPS technology ......................9 Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism........9 Data Port ...........................9 Performance ...........................
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Mars Camera Manual Technical parameters Sensor SONY IMX462 1/2.8" CMOS (mono) Diagonal 6.5mm Total Pixels 2.1 Mega Pixels Max Resolution 1944×1096 2.9μm Pixel Size Chip Size 5.6mm×3.2mm Frame Rate 136FPS(10bit) Shutter Rolling shutter 32μs-2000s Exposure Range Readout Noise 2.6e~0.7e ≈91% QE Peak Full Well 12k e...
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Product Description Mars-M II is a very anticipated monochrome camera, the newest planetary camera which developed by Player One Astronomy. We wait for this monochrome sensor for 2 years. Mars-M II (IMX462) camera adopts the Sony IMX462 1/2.8” monochrome sensor.
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Mars Camera Manual Feature The naming of Player One Astronomy cameras is unique. For example, we name the planetary cameras after planets (They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, Earth is not included). The size of each planet to a certain extent represents the size of camera sensors.
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Mars Camera Manual 2nd Gen – Sensor Tilt Plate The built-in high-density sponge shading pad can block the light from the side slits without any side leakage. When taking solar photograph with prominence telescope, the Newton ring is annoying. Smoother solar image without Newton ring could be taken by adjusting the focal plate. Get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.
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Mars Camera Manual 256M DDR3 Cache Player One Astronomy cameras are the first ones who adopt the DDR3 cache in all planetary cameras in the world! It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, effectively avoids frame dropping, and greatly reduces read noise.
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Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism Player One cameras produced by the number one player ensure the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.
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Mars 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, the Mars-M II camera can reach a low readout...
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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. ...
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