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- Page 1 Ares Camera Manual Ares-M Pro Camera Manual V1.0 Dec, 2024...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Ares Camera Manual Table of Contests Product Features ..........................3 Technical parameters ........................4 Product Description ........................5 Format ..........................6 Cutting-edge Design ....................6 Front 3P and Rear 4P tilter plate ................6 Carbon fiber and light weight ..................7 Deep Cooling ........................8 Anti-Dew heater ......................8 Full well ..........................9 Frame rate ........................9 Dual Sampling Mode ....................9... -
Page 3: Product Features
Ares Camera Manual Product Features DSO cooled camera line is the most advanced product line in Player One history. We start the project from 2021, through a lot of modify and rebuild we made this final version. It brings our newest technology and design to everyone, we are very proud to introduce this... -
Page 4: Technical Parameters
Ares Camera Manual Technical parameters Sensor New SONY IMX533 1" CMOS (mono) Diagonal 16mm Total Pixels 9 Mega Pixels Max Resolution 3008×3008 3.76μm Pixel Size 11.31mm×11.31mm Chip Size Frame Rate 43FPS（10bit） Shutter Rolling shutter 32μs-2000s Exposure Range Readout Noise 4.46-1e Full Well 73k e ≈91%... -
Page 5: Product Description
Ares-M Pro (IMX533) camera is developed by Player One Astronomy, this camera is not only great for DSO imaging, and also can do solar and lunar imaging too. Ares-M Pro camera, which adopts Sony IMX533 1” square format monochrome sensor. The 3.76um pixel size accommodates a well depth of 73Ke with a total of 9MP (the... -
Page 6: Format
Ares Camera Manual Format Ares-M Pro camera has 1″ format; this size is quite big for imaging. Cutting-edge Design The Ares cooled series is starting with a new design! This time with a round body, a classic red and black color scheme, and using carbon fiber to keep weight down and cutting-edge outlook. -
Page 7: Carbon Fiber And Light Weight
Ares Camera Manual Front 3P tilter plate is the default part on camera, we believe most users has experience with this before. it works well in a lot of basic scenarios. Rear 4P tilter plate is an alternate part for camera, when use filter wheel/filter drawer and OAG with fixed angel, it is necessary. -
Page 8: Deep Cooling
Ares Camera Manual Deep Cooling Player One cooled camera series use 2 Stage TEC Cooling unit, after improved the structure design to reject the heat back to camera chamber, Camera Delta-T can reach 35-40℃ Anti-Dew heater In the design of lightweight cooled cameras, Player One still pursuing the perfection, any necessary features must have, especially anti-dew system, is the problem that a lot of small cooled cameras ignored. -
Page 9: Full Well
Ares Camera Manual Full well Ares-M Pro camera has 73Ke full well, it’s almost 1.5 times than IMX533 Basic (50ke). Frame rate Ares-M Pro camera can run 43FPS under RAW8 mode, that’s much faster than existing models on market. Dual Sampling Mode Ares series has dual sampling mode. -
Page 10: Non-Amp-Glow
2. LRN (low readout noise) mode has lower readout noise and higher dynamic range. it is more suitable for DSO imaging. Non-Amp-Glow Dark frame of Ares-M PRO (IMX533) camera is totally “dark”, it is also “Non-Amp-Glow” camera too! 300s@gain=0, offset=10, -10 degree, Dark frame of Ares-M PRO camera:... -
Page 11: 512Mb Ddr3 Cache
Non-Amp-Glow can give us very clean background, much easier to get high quality images. Ares-M PRO camera also very good for solar, lunar and planetary imaging. Its 1″ square sensor can easily capture full disk of the Sun and Moon with short focal refractors. And it also could make mosaic work more efficient. -
Page 12: Type-C Data Port And Power Port
Ares Camera Manual Type-C Data port and Power port Back piece of cooled camera has 2 Type-C data port and 12V DC 5.5×2.1mm power port. Main data port support USB3.0 protocol, the camera can run 43fps under RAW8 mode. Type-C port is easier to plug in when assemble the imaging equipment in night. 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: Cooling System And Anti-Dew Heater
The heat power is adjustable. 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 14: Performance
Ares Camera Manual Performance HCG open at gain=125. -
Page 15: Readout Noise
Ares 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/ If you are interested in readout noise testing, you may try it yourself, which is very simple. -
Page 16: Mechanical Drawing
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Page 17: Bfl Solutions
Ares Camera Manual BFL Solutions Following is some recommend 55mm BFL solution for this camera. If don’t consider about BFL, the connection way is various. - Page 18 Ares Camera Manual Notice: Some BFL solution is 56mm (Compensate light path differences which caused by filters)
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Page 19: Package List
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Page 20: Warranty & Shipping Policy
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 21 × 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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