The ToupTek ATR 585M monochrome cooled camera is powered by the high-sensitivity IMX585 sensor from Sony. A built-in, efficient Peltier cooler can cool the sensor, which heats up during extended exposure times, by up to 45°C below ambient temperature, minimising noise during shooting. To compensate for this high cooling capacity, the camera also boasts anti-humidification heating.
With the camera, colour images can be produced using L-RGB colour filters. The 8 megapixel (3840 x 2160) Sony IMX585 sensor does its job with incredibly low readout noise. Thanks to Sony's Starvis-2 technology, the sensor has so-called HCG (High Conversion Gain) and LCG (Low Conversion Gain) modes: the former increases gain so that noise levels are only minimally higher when shooting with a longer shutter speed. What's more! The ToupTek cameras support HDR mode - which essentially combines HCG and LCG modes - to increase the dynamic range of the camera, approaching the quality of 16-bit sensors, according to the manufacturer's promise.
When shooting at slower shutter speeds, many cameras often experienced "flare", which could only be compensated for with post-production. Using the ToupTek ATR 585M monochrome cooled camera, longer shutter speeds (2000 seconds) can be recorded at low noise levels, while also eliminating the "amp glow" or "glossing" effect that can occur when signal amplification is applied. This result is greatly aided by the internal 512 MB DDR3 memory buffer, which also ensures stability of data traffic.
ToupTek's ATR 585M monochrome, cooled camera sensor with its 12.86mm image aperture also makes it suitable for larger field-of-view depth-of-field photography. Fine details are guaranteed by the small 2.9 μm pixel size, making it an ideal choice as a sun, moon and planet camera and for depth photography, as it has a very high (QE 91%)sensitivity. As the camera does not have a built-in UV/IR filter, it remains sensitive to these ranges, but of course you can also add a filter to the light path afterwards.
Of course, you can not only take still images, but also videos if you want to use it as a planetary camera. At its highest resolution of 3840 x 2160, videos are taken at 47fps (frames per second). At a lower resolution of 1920 x 1080, 70fps is also available, which is a very high rate at this resolution. On the back of the camera, there's a USB 3.0, two USB 2.0 connectors on the body, and the 12V DC socket. A series of status LEDs informs the user of its operation.
For image capture, there are a number of free downloadable software programs available on the internet, SharpCap and FireCapture are particularly recommended for Windows, but the manufacturer's own software (ToupSky) is also great to use. The popular PHD2 software also supports the camera, while the use of the ASCOM driver gives the device even broader support. The camera can be used with Windows, Linux and even Macintosh operating systems.
The package includes:
- ToupTek ATR 585M monochrome cooled camera
- Power supply + cable
- 12.5mm T2 adapter (starter adapter for 12.5mm backfocus)
- 16.5 mm T2 to M48 adapter
- 21 mm T2 extension adapter
- USB 3.0 cable (1.5 m)
| Érzékelő adatai |
| Típus: |
Sony IMX585 Monokróm |
| Színes / monokrom: |
Monochrome |
| Érzékelő mérete: |
11.13 x 6.26 mm |
| Pixelméret: |
2.9 μm |
| Felbontás: |
3840 x 2160 pixel |
| ADC: |
12bit |
| Egyéb paraméterek |
| Hűtött: |
Yes |
| DeltaT: |
-45 fok |
| Backfocus: |
17.5 mm |
| Számítógép felőli csatlakozó típusa: |
USB 3.0 |
| Súly: |
126 g |
