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Pages: 1 G. Hatfield member Reged: 01/31/09 Loc: New Mexico Color or Monochrome DMK?       #3007948 - 03/27/09 01:30 PM Attachment (45 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'd like to buy a DMK camera for my Solarmax 60. I'm specifically interested in color images of the sun. Do images from the color DMK cameras have noticeably poorer resolution than the monochrome cameras? I have tried colorizing monochrome images, but the results are less than satisfactory (see attached). Any advice would be much appreciated. Post Extras:       Mert Post Laureate Reged: 08/31/05 Loc: Spain, Pamplona Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: G. Hatfield]       #3008040 - 03/27/09 02:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I remember to have read quit a lot of info just about this kind of question on this forum. Join and browse, I'm sure Rainer will help you out!! Post Extras:       imjeffp Aluminum Falcon Reged: 09/30/03 Loc: Cedar Park, Texas Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: Mert]       #3008139 - 03/27/09 02:54 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Aren't narrowband solar images essentially greyscale to begin with? Unless you're overlaying a white-light image, there's no color to begin with. I don't see anything wrong with your colorized sample myself! Post Extras:       Bart Declercq sage Reged: 01/21/07 Loc: Haaltert, Belgium Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: G. Hatfield]       #3008257 - 03/27/09 03:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   H-alpha is a specific wavelength of Red light. If you were to use a color camera, the only pixels recording anything useful would be the red pixels, the others simply will be black and useless. So for H-alpha imaging, using a color camera brings exactly *zero* additional value, on the contrary you will lose a lot of useful information. You're much, much better of using a monochrome camera and colorising the result - as another posted remarked, H-alpha is actually "mono-chrome" imaging anyway (mono = single and chrome = color). And I don't see anything wrong with your colorisation either. Post Extras:       Gus_Smedstad Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/02/06 Loc: Boston 42° 16' N 71° 08' W Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: Bart Declercq]       #3008800 - 03/27/09 09:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I think that image is great, actually. - Gus Post Extras:       chris go Pooh-Bah Reged: 04/06/04 Loc: Cebu City, Philippines Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: Gus_Smedstad]       #3008976 - 03/27/09 10:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   H Alpha is essentially monochrome. Using a monochrome camera will give you a better resolution. You can go to my site to see some HAlpha images using the DMK. http://astro.christone.net/mtransit/index.htm Regards, Chris Post Extras:       G. Hatfield member Reged: 01/31/09 Loc: New Mexico Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: chris go]       #3013225 - 03/30/09 12:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for all the input. I did join the DMK Yahoo group and found what I needed. Monochrome it is! George Post Extras:       sfugardi Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/30/06 Loc: CT Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: G. Hatfield]       #3014471 - 03/30/09 05:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   George, excellent observatory! You must get a ton of good seeing nights out there in the desert. Can't wait to see some future planetary shots with your setup Regards, Steve Post Extras:       G. Hatfield member Reged: 01/31/09 Loc: New Mexico Re: Color or Monochrome DMK? [Re: sfugardi]       #3018639 - 04/01/09 06:11 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Steve. I bought a DMK21 firewire from OPT. It was actually on sale ("used, but like new"). Now I have to figure out how to use Registax, etc. Yes, the weather is very good for astronomy in Las Cruces, especially in the winter. We have a great club here too (Astronomical Society of Las Cruces) with lots of very good imagers to learn from. George Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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