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Canon ultra-large-scale, ultra-high-sensitivity CMOS sensor makes possible wide field-of-view video recording of meteors with equivalent apparent magnitude of 10

Installed in the Schmidt telescope ...

I don't know if this has been mentioned here yet or not but I saw this today.

http://www.telescope.com/Astrophotography/Astrophotography-Cameras/Orion-StarShoot-AllSky-Camera/pc/-1/c/4/sc/58/p/1003 ...

It appears to have already left the main page.

http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=28&month=08&year=2011

SpaceWeather website has a mention of UFOCapture on it's homepage currently.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

I don't know how well this type of camera will work for meteor observing but it is interesting none the less.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfU3JXSRmOI&feature=player_embedded

I got a call from one of my lens contacts who got in touch with someone he knows who does work with camera systems for marine applications. Apparently the guy has a couple of the Raymax lenses sittin ...

I've plugged the lens into the camera and it worked, as well as the iris, so I seem to be ok. I pointed the camera a a sunny window then covered the lens with my hand then uncovered it. It seemed to ...

Thanks for the info.

My camera is a 902H2 Ultimate so my pin assignment should be EIAJ, so I guess my lens should be ok. As I understand from the instructions, the camera seems to auto recognize i ...

I've been able to obtain a 2.6mm F1.0 lens Computar model HG2610AFCS-HSP video iris lens for my fireball camera. I'm having trouble verifying the pin connection on the lens. They don't give me any p ...

I've contacted another lens supplier. He may be able to get me some information next week on the F0.75 lens. I'll have to wait and see.

I contacted some people but they could not find a price or even a US or Canada distributor for this lens.

A design of F0.5 lens is existing, it may be the theoritical limit.
As far as I know, F0.7 was the fastest lens that have ever produced.
Today, there is announcement of F0.75.
http://www.raymax.co. ...

It looks like there is a noticeable difference in F0.95 and F0.8. Is it possible for a lens to be faster than F0.8? Maybe F0.5? A larger objective should also gather more light.

I wonder how exp ...

In my quest to find fast lenses I have run into a reoccurring problem, it seems that 1/2" CCD cameras are on their way out as most of the lenses that are available are for 1/3" format cameras.

I or ...

Does it make any difference on the auto iris type of lens, DC auto or video auto? I may have found a manufacturer which sells f0.8 lenses but the lens is a video type of auto iris and not DC auto lik ...