Machined from a single block of aircraftgrade aluminum and weighing less than a pound, the zwo efw is a perfect accessory for your astrophotography cameras. To complete its portfolio in the astronomy market, atik cameras introduced the efw3 filter wheel, an electronic filter wheel for large format cameras which will fit directly onto its highresolution astrophotography camera, the atik 16200 which was launched in 2017. Quantum scientific imaging scientific grade cooled ccd. As a complement to the efw2 filter wheel, we developed an offaxis guider. Aug 02, 2016 i have been having a frustrating problem with my atik efw2 filter wheel over the last few months. Mar 16, 2018 a mono astrophotography camera gives backyard imagers in the city the opportunity to collect dynamic narrowband images from home.
I need to test out an adjustment i made in the spacing from the wo flat 6aii, to see if it corrects some star elongation at the cornersi added a 3mm m48 spacer just between the flattenerreducer and the offaxis guider. Below are links to the latest versions of the software and firmware for the fw102c series and fw212c series motorized filter wheels. However, to summarise, the use of a software controlled filter wheel means that changing filters during an imaging session can be carried out automatically leading to unattended operation. Most ccd cameras have a t2 thread or can be adapted to it. Ascom, atik air, atik base, capture, dusk and infinity. All of the filters were mounted in a tthreaded manual atik filter wheel, which is not part of the basic package. Atik is pleased to introduce a new motorized filter wheel, with multiple filter capability. For mounting or replacing filters in the wheel you have to the easiest way unmount the camera adapter which is kinda inconvenient, but i wont replace them frequently. All the major manufacturers of astronomical ccd cameras offer models with this detector, but those from quantum scientific imaging caught our eye, because the builtin filter wheel is so close to the sensor that it works with standard 1 14.
Atik efw3 filter wheel 7 position filter wheel 2 the efw3 holds up to seven 2inch m48x0. This means it has the same remarkable qe as the atik one 6. Incorporating a filter wheel into a ccd camera has some useful advantages. No details of backspace, moisture control, and window clear aperture. This code is loaded on to the arduino board and directly controls the spinning of the motor, the number of times and which direction. Atik efw3 filter wheel 7 position filter wheel 2 opt. Filter wheels are used in concert with monochromatic ccd cameras to achieve a composite color image. Atik cameras offer a range of cooled ccd cameras for applications such as astrophotography, scientific and industrial imaging. This tutorial from steve chambers covers the basics of converting your telescope for astrophotography, from attaching a camera to adding in a guiding system. Additionally, the efw2 will work with atiks own artemis capture software for easy. Maxim dl has the atik filter wheel in its ascom list but wont connect.
First light optics suppliers of astronomy telescopes, binoculars and accessories from skywatcher, celestron, meade, william optics, atik, imaging source, starlight. Regarding software, the efw2 has an ascom compliant driver, so that any. William optics gt81 guiding with wo 50mm scope and zwo asi120mm, imaging train. The filter wheel looks fine, it produces some click sounds when positioning the filters and according to images of the wheel disc internals it looks very well built. With seven positions you will be able to house lrgb, halpha, sii, and oiii filters in the same carousel. Mounted unmounted filters posted in beginning and intermediate imaging. The atik efw2 motorized filter wheel is available with multiple filter capability over. On the software side, the efw2 has an ascom driver, so that any compliant software can control it. When this has happened in the past i have gotten a notification that the sequence. I have brought it down to 30c but that was when the ambient temps were a bit cooler. The reason im starting a new thread is because last night sgp failed to send me a notification that there was a problem.
Check out all of our atik cameras for sale and more atik astrophotography equipment here at high point scientific. This new wheel employs exchangeable filter disks, allowing for multiple combinations, and has large 54 mm openings on both sides. I think its the same problem as reported in this thread, but i cant be 100% sure. Filter wheels are available manual and motorized designs. I have already change the usb port, and reinstalled the driver normal driver and ascom driver comes with the installer from atik.
Each fli color filter wheel is precision engineered with a highly accurate noslip drive chain and stepper motor. Click here to go to our core software download page for windows applications where you can learn about and download everything you need to operate your atik camera. After studying the design of the manual device and taking inventory of my spare parts and materials, i finally came. The filter wheel is made of black anodized metal and not plastic. With these features, the atik efw2 can easily support sensors up. They are generally used in situations where filter changes are infrequent. Put your imaging filters to use with a filter wheel, carousel, drawer or slider. Electronic filter wheel the atik electronic filter wheel comes complete with an ascom driver, so that any compliant software can control it comes with artemis. After a long wait, my new atik 16200 camera arrived, along with the atik efw2 2 five position filterwheel, and the atik oag. Can filter wheels take both mounted and unmounted filters.
From beginner telescopes to professional observatories, opt has it all. The atik efw2 motorized filter wheel is available with multiple filter capability over a range of filter sizes. The carousels are interchangeable and are available separately as accessories. An electronic filter wheel allows you to automate your imaging. When going back to the old software, you must keep the camera plugged in. Aug 27, 2016 i can connect my ccd, my guide camera, etc, but i cant connect my filter wheel, an atik efw2, 9 position wheel. The filter wheel is designed with this camera in mind, although it works perfectly with others, and has been used with my sx trius, and the camera can be either fitted using the rotatable adaptor, or by screwing the camera directly to the rear housing of the wheel casing. Windows users will still need to download the fli software installation kit above for device driver installation.
An extra bonus of the atik system is that, by connecting the parallel port supplied with the camera, singleshot exposures of several seconds can be employed too, for example, when imaging through narrowband filters or recording faint planetary moons. The rs232 filter wheel can be controlled directly via a control box, or remotely using an rs232 interface. I was looking at the atik efw because i have an atik camera is switching up the filter wheels recommended. Filter wheels are another excellent option to consider so you can easily flip through filters to find the one best suited for a particular image.
Atik efw2 superseded the successor to this filter wheel is the efw3. The atik efw2 electronic filter wheel is available in 4 formats supporting filter sizes of 1. Electronic filter wheel to add colour to your images. External filter wheels add considerably to the backfocus of the system, causing spacing difficulties when also using focal reducers, field flatteners or coma correctors. It features an improved cooler, capable of reaching a stable 38c below ambient, and a new ccd chamber design, filled with high purity argon for a dry, condensation free environment and optimal thermal insulation. Filter wheel suggestions ccdcmos astro camera imaging. This is the software that sits between your astronomy software e. Although lrgb image acquisition using a filter wheel requires some extra setup time early on, the flexibility of this configuration is appealing.
They are also used with narrow band filters to produce fascinating false color images of emission nebulae. Atik cameras for sale atik astrophotography equipment. All the adapters screwed correctly in my dmk camera and my atik. The filter wheel efw2 that came with my camera comes with a carousel that holds 7x36mm unmounted filters. The atik 16200 is a heavy duty and very capable camera for deepsky imaging, with excellent lownoise ability. Did you try the indi driver for atik filter wheels. Tested the filter wheel operation after installing latest atiks universal drivers.
Comes with artemis capture software, for easy, simple and. Got driver for filter wheel atik efw1 from atik, seems it got left out of the latest core software download. These motorized filter wheels are ideal for a number of automated applications requiring spectral selection or light intensity control. Atik efw2 50mm carousel 5 positions atk0080 filter. On the software side, the efw2 has an ascom compliant driver so any compliant software can control it. October 26, 2018 according to several weather sources its not going to be clear after 8pm tonight, but i set up the william optics gt81 anyway. Current version now updated for ultrastar signed drivers for 32 and 64 bit windows 7, 8 and 10 version 1. Sx filter wheel ascom driver version 2011 with support for maxi wheel 6716 help file. I selected the atik 16200 because of what appears to be a superior design and quality of the product, but to be honest, the lack of a seven position wheel nearly pulled me to one of the other 16200s available, all of which already have seven or eight position wheels designed to go along with it. Device manager reports working ok and it appears to have 32bit and 64bit drivers installed but it will only work if i connect the 314l and start artemis capture, if i start the stand alone filter wheel runner it wont connect and gives. The efw3 7 position electronic filter wheel for large format cameras can be ordered with the ability to either carry up to 7. Sequence generator pro and your arduino controlled filter wheel.
The atik 16200 has the signature atik blend of form and function, boasting an apsh size sensor with a 35mm diagonal in a whole new case design. In addition, the company also supplied two sets of 5mw drives for the secondary mills, 650 motors, 230 motor drives and transformers for increased power consumption, a gasinsulated high voltage switch gear, more than 200 lowvoltage switchgear units and a harmonic filter system. Plugin support for theskyx is distributed in the software installation for theskyx andor theskyx daily build. Filter wheels for ccd cameras for sale skies unlimited. Well, i would like to be able to say that the atik 16200 has performed flawlessly. Celestron, meade, and tele vue are a few of the industry leading brands high point carries. Mounted unmounted filters beginning and intermediate. Comes with artemis capture software, for easy, simple and efficient operation.
Atik circulated an email this morning announcing the release of a new imx 455 camera. For a limited time, when you buy any new monochrome atik or qsi camera except the atik lp you will be eligible to purchase your choice of one atik lrgb or narrowband filter set at a substantially discounted price. First light optics ltd unit 7 budlake units budlake road marsh barton trading estate exeter, devon ex2 8py. This wheel employs exchangeable filter disks, allowing for multiple combinations, and has large 54mm openings on both sides. This motorized fastchange filter wheel has been designed for applications that require sequential observations with different filters inserted in the optical path, such as multiwavelength fluorescence imaging. Calibration and characterization of a digital camera for bidirectional reflectance distribution function retrieval of vicarious calibration sites. If i remember, the nautilus filter wheel was made by a portuguese company named brightstar and then. Filter wheels hold your filters securely in place at the proper distance for optimal images. In my case the problem boiled down to newer drivers. The large diameter pivot pin and bushings are precision ground and matched for smooth, quiet nofuss operation night after night. It is also included a nice black filter for taking darks. The apgt will require the ap field flattener because of the very wide field to get pinpoint stars. Our color filter wheels mechanical design provides the basis for stunning, uncompromising images.
The camera appears to have a builtin usb hub, usb 3. Motorized filter wheels use a controller or computer interface. Ascom 6sp1 can be configured to install the cd version of the software by adding the atik setup programme to the forceplatformversion in the profiler explorer, unfortunatly didnt help either. Atik electronic filter wheel 50mm round filters 5 positions atik is pleased to introduce a new motorized filter wheel, with multiple filter capability. In fact, the distance between any atik camera and the efw2. The cd version downloads with ascom v5, tried running with this without sucess. The atik oag features a moving prism which allows selecting the best quality stars of your corrected field of view, while maintaining the possibility of using from small vga sensors up to 35mm multi megapixel full frame beasts. Modifying an orion atik filter wheel for remote control. Fail to connect to atik efw2 filter wheel sequence. Atik electronic filter wheel 2 filters 5 position opt.
It includes three adapters, one for a cmount, one tmount and one 1. The atik horizon would make using a camera lens pretty difficult due to the long backfocus built into the camera. Sign up for our newsletter to get the best deals and latest news. Please note that the latest software is not compatible with windows xp. Motorized via controller systems are designed with a packaged control unit for wheel indexing. The artemis capture software by atik is perfectly paired with this fantastic camera to deliver a very easytouse product that truly delivers. The sensor has a generous 6m pixel size which makes it suitable for a huge range of telescopes. I plan on using this with both an apgt as well as an agoptical 12. Boliden copper mine, aitik, sweden mining technology. My plan is to use this camera until i get comfortable with a ccd then on move on to a larger chip down the road who knows how long that will be. The electronic filter wheel 2inch filters 5 position by atik cameras. Atik efw2 electronic filter wheel ccd cameras imaging. Finger lakes instruments filter wheels various models optec, inc. For this driver, select ascom on the setup tab this plugin supports filter wheels supported via the ascom standardized interface.
Its worth keeping an eye out for one though, because there are a number of online bundled deals currently available that include both a wheel and filters with the camera. May 29, 2019 a slimline, lightweight, motorized filter wheel is, perhaps, the best system. The sbig universal filter wheel driver is used for all currentlymanufactured sbig filter wheel models. High point scientific is a leading retailer of quality telescopes and accessories for beginner, intermediate, and advanced astronomers alike. Additionally, the efw2 will work with atiks own artemis. The atik efw2 filter wheel employs interchangeable filter carousels and has large 54mm openings on both sides. In the list of additional components you must select drivers and infinity if using infinity. This new wheel employs exchangeable filter disks, allowing for multiple combinations, and has large 54mm openings on both sides. Integrated and powerful, the atik one series embodies atiks principles to bring you a high performance, simple to use platform, with internal filter wheel, all in a very compact and light package. What i have to say, however, is that there is something definitely wrong with the shutter on the camera on the very first use, and it goes back to high point scientific, and then, back to the uk for. I waited a good while for atik to finally come out with a motorized version of their filter wheel, but it turned out to be too pricey for me. Atik 50 mm carousel for electronic filter wheel this is a 50 mm size carousel only, for an atik electronic filter wheel.
If youre still having trouble with an atik 16series camera or older models of the filter wheel with this software, downloading and installing the following usb 1 driver should solve the problem. The wheel could be controlled in single or continuous mode, but when start in autosave mode, the connection is off maxim wad blocked and the message was something like filter wheel unrecognized or something like that. Why im switching to a mono astrophotography camera. The manual filter wheel in the eos version has been replaced by an automated filter wheel holding up to 10 filters and a shutter. The included artemis capture software also allows easy and efficient handling.
On the software side of things, the efw3 has a full ascom driver, so any complaint software can be used to control it. To select and configure the filter wheel, click the advanced button. In compliance with the governors covid19 stayathome order, cloud break optics showroom is temporarily closed and our shipping operations have been reduced. It is machined from solid aluminum to produce a durable and quality wheel that will keep turning, night after night. At the start of a session, maximdl connect with everything inluding the wheel. I can connect my ccd, my guide camera, etc, but i cant connect my filter wheel, an atik efw2, 9 position wheel. Atik filter wheel carousel is designed for 50 mm round, unmounted filters contains 5 positions created for use with the atik electronic filter wheel atik electronic filter wheel 50 mm carousel is designed for 50 mm. When you add on 22mm for a filter wheel, you end up with something like 36mm canon lenses require 44. For this driver, select sbig universal on the setup tab.
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