Digital Camera User Manual
DSP Technologies, Inc. Box 61737 Santa Barbara, CA 93160
Phone (805) 898-7805 Fax (805) 569-6551 email: gct@west.net
ROI Region of Interest (up to 100 fps)
Exposure Times 1.6 ms to 17.9 minutes with 1 µ resolution
Cooling (optional) Approx. 10º C below ambient
Reduces dark current during long exposure times
Power Cooled – 560mA@12V=6.72W
Uncooled – 310mA@12V=3.72W
The Q-Color 3™ can only draw power through a FireWire™ port. An
auxiliary power supply cannot be hooked up directly to the Q-Color 3™.
A PCMCIA FireWire™ card with an auxiliary power supply is required to
run the Q-Color 3™ on a laptop.
Mounts Standard C-mount for microscopes or lens
Standard camera tripod mount 1 / 4” – 20
Q-Color 5™ Specifications
Sensor Sony ICX282AQ - 2/3" optical format
Resolution 2580 x 1944 active pixel resolution, 5.0 Megapixels
CCD Type Interlaced*, interline, Bayer color (R,G,B primary color mosaic filters
on chip)
Pixel Size 3.4 µ x 3.4 µ
Well capacity 8600 e¯
Readout noise 9.8 e¯
S/N ratio 58 dB
Dark current
(cooled)
2.3 e¯/pixel/second
Dark current
(uncooled)
9 e¯/pixel/second
Readout Speed**
8-Bit (default
setting)
2x2 binning
3x3 binning
4x4 binning
ROI
20 MHz in 8-bit, 10 MHz in 10-bit
Full resolution – 3.5 fps
Full frame readout time 286 ms (8bit) 555 ms (10-bit)
5.9 fps (8-bit) 3.0 fps (10-bit) in full color
7.4 fps (8-bit) 3.75 fps (10-bit) in full color
8.9 fps (8-bit) 4.5 fps (10-bit) in full color
Region of Interest (up to 30 fps)
Exposure Times 1.6 ms to 17.9 minutes with 1 µ resolution
Cooling (optional) Approx. 10° C below ambient
Reduces dark current during long exposure times
Power Cooled – 560mA@12V=6.72W
Uncooled – 310mA@12V=3.72W
The Q-Color 5™ can only draw power through a FireWire™ port. An
auxiliary power supply cannot be hooked up directly to the Q-Color 5™.
A PCMCIA FireWire™ card with an auxiliary power supply is required to
run the Q-Color 5™ on a laptop.
Mounts Standard C-mount for microscopes or lens
Standard camera tripod mount 1 / 4" - 20










