{"product_id":"player-one-apollo-m-max-usb3-0-mono-camera-imx432-apollo-m-max","title":"Player One Apollo-M MAX USB3.0 Mono Camera IMX432 (Apollo-M MAX)","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePlayer One Apollo-M MAX USB3.0 Solar Mono Camera IMX432\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFocus on Solar imaging!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tgt\" data-section=\"0\" data-sentence=\"1\" data-group=\"0-1\"\u003eApollo series is the world’s first camera line designed specifically for solar photography, named after Apollo. The Apollo series features Sony sensors with global shutters and a focus on monochrome sensors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tgt\" data-section=\"0\" data-sentence=\"1\" data-group=\"0-1\"\u003eApollo-M MAX is a solar camera developed by Player One Astronomy, which adopts the Sony IMX432 \u003cstrong\u003e1.1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e” format\u003c\/strong\u003e monochrome sensor. The \u003cstrong\u003e9um pixel size\u003c\/strong\u003e accommodates a well depth of \u003cstrong\u003e100ke\u003c\/strong\u003e with a total of \u003cstrong\u003e1.7MP  \u003c\/strong\u003e(the resolution is 1608*1104)\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003eand the diagonal is \u003cstrong\u003e17.5mm\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePregius Technology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApollo-M MAX (IMX432) is based on \u003cstrong\u003ePregius \u003c\/strong\u003e3rd Generation. But IMX432 is quite different. According to the introduction of technical documents, pixel size of 3rd Gen usually is 4.5um, and full well is 25Ke. 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