Why choose the Lumenera?
1) Go with the Lumenera 2-0M monochrome camera (7.4um pixel) w/ a filter wheel for highest resolution (and highest frame rates), if you can create the longer focal lengths (FL) required for critical sampling in blue. Consider the other, smaller pixel versions (2-1 or 2-2 with 4.7/4.4um pixels), if you are not able to reasonably create the longer FL. The larger pixels in the 2-0 will offer the potential for a higher signal to noise, and greater dynamic range, useful in bringing out minimum noise on planetary detail for Mars and Jupiter, and catching planetary bodies and moons in the same exposure. The 2-0 also offers higher frame rates w/o ROI or subframing. If you use ROI or subframing to increase the frame rate with the 2-1, or 2-2, you’ll end up with no greater FOV than with the 2-0, but still have the lower quality pixels. The increase in FOV offered by the 2-1 and 2-2, in full frame, and much slower frame rates, is about 1/3 for the 2-1, and 1/2 for the 2-2. Remember, it’s not just
