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Diffraction Limited’s line of high performance or “scientific grade” CCD and CMOS cameras are designed to operate under extremely low-light conditions with high sensitivity, low...

I’m often asked how CMOS Active Pixel Sensors differ from CCD sensors in terms of image calibration. For me, as a camera designer and a...

If there is one thing that I can say that I enjoy the most about the astronomy community, it’s the camaraderie. It’s something that we...

Stumped by a tough imaging problem? Recently, a medical instrumentation maker contacted us with just such a problem. They created a scintillation technology that needs...

Want to increase your observing efficiency? Diffraction Limited introduces MaxIm DL Maestro, a game-changing new capability for its Cyanogen Imaging® MaxIm DL Pro, the gold...

Which way do my filters go? Shiny side up! We want to reflect or block the light that we don’t want from the telescope and...

by Douglas George In order to get the best results from your equipment, it is important to match the resolution of your camera to the...

Why do people trust Diffraction Limited to deliver high-quality SBIG cameras and solutions for astronomical observations, laboratory imaging, and life sciences? Our cameras have a...

by Doug George. Some people ask, “Why do we use desiccant plugs?” Simply put, they minimize life cycle cost and downtime. The imaging sensor needs...

The Dragonfly Array consists of two telescope mounts, each carrying 24 ultra high contrast lenses. These off-the-shelf Canon lenses use new nano-fabricated coatings with sub-wavelength...

(The Ugly Truth – Its more Complicated than you ever thought!) A lot of users struggle with flat fields that don’t work well, and leave...

Extras from Diffraction Limited Note:  Some plug-ins listed below currently only work in Version 6 as they are 32-bit components.  Scripts will work normally in...