Can my QHY5L-II CCD double as a monochrome camera?

[choochoo_baloo]

A thought I just had;

I discovered that the colour RGB filter fitted to my QHY5L-II screws off compketely, leaving the exposed sensor. I wanted to check: is this all a monochrome CCD is - an exposed sensor?

What I mean is should I want to do proper RGB filter wheel approach with this camera, all I need to do is remove the coloured filter?

Thanks.

[rob0971]

What you have probably removed is the infra red filter. The "RGB" filter or Bayer matrix is actually on the chip itself. A mono camera does not have this.

[Guest]

Yes, you have got that completely wrong I am afraid, it is only the IR cut filter that you are unscrewing, the colour Bayer matrix is fixed to the front of the chip and can't be removed, you would have to buy the mono version of that camera for RGB imaging.

Nice try though :-)

MM

[choochoo_baloo]

Thanks both; I thought it was too good to be true!