User guide

Q S I 5 0 0 / 6 0 0 S E R I E S U S E R G U I D E

Internal Color Filter Wheel

A five or eight–position color filter wheel is available for some QSI 500/600 Series cameras.

The filter wheel is designed to hold five or eight standard 1.25" filters, and on some models,

optional unmounted 31mm filters. The following image shows a 5-position filter wheel with

filter positions 1-4 occupied by red, green, blue and luminance filters respectively. Those

are the standard filter positions if your camera was configured at the factory with LRGB

filters.

Note the reflection of the complementary colors

with this set of LRGB dichroic filters.

Note: QSI offers LRGB filter sets from a number of respected manufacturers, as

well as other specialized filters for astronomical and medical imaging. Alternatives

can be specified at the time of order.

The filter wheel is designed to be removed and replaced easily. After detaching the camera

cover, the filter wheel can be removed by loosening the single shoulder screw in the middle

of the filter wheel. This allows the user to have additional filter wheels populated with

different combinations of filters and interchange them quickly while operating in the field.

See the Care and Maintenance section for details.