ASI 294 in test

xs_man

Hi Sam,

Hi all,

No post about this potential new gem !

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/591441-asi-new-camera-294-pro-beta-testing/?hl=+294

Please Sam, give us more informations :

- Beta-testers needed ?

- Price ?

- amp-glow ?

- cooling ?

- Is it supported by Firecapture and SharpCap ?

I'm waiting for a camera "large" sensor to replace IMX178 and it's boring little pixels. My goal

is to use it in short exposures to have a color layer to add to a monochrome layer from

an other camera. ;)

Albéric

Sam@ZWO

we already sent 2 for testing

the price will be around $100 more than color 1600

it will come in cooled and uncooled version

the ASI183 is a big 178 and have mono version, so you can consider this camera

xs_man

Hello Sam, ;)

we already sent 2 for testing

Ok, I'm following the post on Cloudy Night.

the price will be around $100 more than color 1600

it will come in cooled and uncooled version

OK, so nearly $800 for uncooled version and $1050 for cooled version ?

the ASI183 is a big 178 and have mono version, so you can consider this camera

No, sorry Sam but I'm not interested in little 2.4 micron pixels.

A monochrome IMX294 would be perfect but I guess that it will be only a dream ?

Other solution could be IMX420, very interesting sensor, but I guess that price will be

scary !

Albéric

xs_man

Hi Sam,

An other important point is maximum frame rate.

Considering you have a "big" PC setup, what will be the maximum possible fps of ASI 294 at full frame ?

Sensor is announced for an impressive 120 fps and beta-testing on Cloudy Night is far away from this value.

Thanks.

Albéric

Sam@ZWO

the FPS is around 16fps

usb3.0 cannot meet the speed

this sensor has only color version

xs_man

Hi Sam,

the FPS is around 16fps

usb3.0 cannot meet the speed

I guess that this value is in 16 bits mode ?

What is the max fps in 8 (or 10 ?) bits mode ?

this sensor has only color version

OK, thanks.

Albéric

Sam@ZWO

no this is under 8bit and 14bit ADC

xs_man

Sam wrote:
no this is under 8bit and 14bit ADC

OK Sam,

This sensor has a very strange behaviour compared to the others !

An other important question for planetary use : is 120 frames/sec in bin 2

2048 (H) × 1080 (V) mode possible or not with ASI 294 ?

Many thanks !

Albéric

marcnmarc

Hi Sam and everyone. I am new to the forum.

I am very interested in the ASI294 and will follow this closely. I am wondering if you could give us some idea for when we could expect to see the new ASI294 start to be sold/shipped (I am interested in the non-cooled version). I understand that development schedules are difficult things to commit to so I am simply asking for a broad time-frame. If you are comfortable giving any guidance here it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marc

Sam@ZWO

marcnmarc wrote:
Hi Sam and everyone. I am new to the forum.

I am very interested in the ASI294 and will follow this closely. I am wondering if you could give us some idea for when we could expect to see the new ASI294 start to be sold/shipped (I am interested in the non-cooled version). I understand that development schedules are difficult things to commit to so I am simply asking for a broad time-frame. If you are comfortable giving any guidance here it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marc

we are going to release at this month

just keep an eye on us