ZWO ASI 178MM

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ZWO ASI 178MM

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Hi,

Can this camera used in Binning mode ?

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Re: ZWO ASI 178MM

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Yes Rainer.

2, 3 and 4x times binning.
ZWO also mentions hardware binning for some modes possible, but no idea how that would work on CMOS.

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edit: of course the "normal" binning happens somewhere in software. It's not like real pixel binning in CCD's.
How the hardware binning claim works I don't know, probably at an earlier stage than the normal binning.


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Re: ZWO ASI 178MM

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PDB wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:38 pm Yes Rainer.

2, 3 and 4x times binning.
ZWO also mentions hardware binning for some modes possible, but no idea how that would work on CMOS.

Rgrds,

Paul

edit: of course the "normal" binning happens somewhere in software. It's not like real pixel binning in CCD's.
How the hardware binning claim works I don't know, probably at an earlier stage than the normal binning.
Hi Paul,

Thanks. I guess what the later process does is just sum up the value of each pixel. So if at Bin 2x2 there are 4 different values it just sums up all the photon count of each pixel and so you get one pixel with the sum of the 4 e.g. 2x2 bin, I guess ... At the end a CCD does the same when it is read out ...


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