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Tiny1: The World's Smallest Astronomy Camera

Tiny1: The world's first astronomy camera made small, smart, and social.

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Tiny1: The World's Smallest Astronomy Camera

Tiny1: The World's Smallest Astronomy Camera

Tiny1: The World's Smallest Astronomy Camera

Tiny1: The World's Smallest Astronomy Camera

Tiny1: The World's Smallest Astronomy Camera

Tiny1: The world's first astronomy camera made small, smart, and social.

Tiny1: The world's first astronomy camera made small, smart, and social.

Tiny1: The world's first astronomy camera made small, smart, and social.

Tiny1: The world's first astronomy camera made small, smart, and social.

TinyMOS
TinyMOS
TinyMOS
TinyMOS
2 Campaigns |
Singapore, Singapore
$490,329 USD by 1,999 backers
$364,300 USD by 1,512 backers on Jul 10, 2016
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We have completely sold out our second batch of pre-orders. We are now taking pre-orders for the third batch. Delivery is expected in April 2018

Pre-Order price available for a limited time only. 

Happy Stargazing! 

 

Meet Tiny1

 

 

 

The world’s first astrophotography camera made to be 

small, smart and sociable


Captured with Tiny1 Prototype

 

 

       

"Tiny1 is Hubble in your hands"

Dr. Bidushi Bhattacharya, Ex-NASA/JPL Scientist

 

 

 

       

 

“TinyMOS brings astrophotography to the masses”

CNBC

 

 

 

 

       

"New Camera Turns Lay Stargazer into Expert Astronomer"

ABC7

 

 

 

 

 

       

“This Tiny Camera Will Have You Reaching For The Stars”

Bokeh

As featured on

 

TinyMOS Story
 
TinyMOS began in 2014. I was a professional photographer and on a stargazing trip. I saw a sky full of stars - the Milky Way stretched horizon to horizon. Armed with a Nikon D4 DSLR and years of photography knowledge, I could not capture the sights before me.
 
We built the Tiny1 so that now, you can.
 
Tiny1 is the world's smallest, smartest and most social astronomy camera. It helps you plan, capture and share your star filled sky experience - all from the palm of your hands. Here's a gallery of what we have captured, over 2 years of development.
 
Back us, to put the wonders of the night sky and exploration in the hands of everyone.
 

- Grey Tan, Founder and CEO, TinyMOS (Image Yosemite, California 2015)

 
CAPTURED WITH THE TINY1
 
Series of time lapses - Milky Way, ISS transit, Solar eclipse, Moon

 

 

 

Sun captured in H-Alpha Narrowband

 

PRODUCT COMPARISON
Traditional Astrophotography Gear

 

1,500USD to 5,000USD and up

5kg-10kg and up

Complex multi-brand setup for hardware and software
 

Now you only need

Tiny1
(scale compared)

Tiny1
(quarter for scale)

 

 

 

 

Less than 500USD for all

Approximately 700g for everything

Unified control on camera and smart phone

 

Now everyone can take pictures of the stars without worrying about expensive equipment and expert knowledge. The Tiny1 makes astrophotography a point-and-shoot experience with these unique features.

 

 

 

Smart
Top-of-the-line tech and instant image processing  


Sociable
Pairs with your smartphone and compatible with any lens in the market

Small

113mm x 69mm x 22mm of astrophotography genius

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Interactive Star Map

Tiny1 helps you plan your astronomy imaging. The Interactive Star Map is a unique interface to easily locate and shoot celestial objects.

It shows you the stars and constellations in real time and has a search function built in to guide you.

Find out for yourself. Download the TinyMOS Demo app here.

 

TinyMOS Universe feature! We'll put your name beside a star when you back us. Only on Indiegogo!

Interactive star map uses augmented reality to tell you what you see in real time.
 
**Backers who contribute more than $20 will get their name beside a star in a special version of the star map**

Built-in presets help you to easily capture a variety of celestial objects
 
 

 

Mobile App

Pair your Tiny1 with your smartphone to easily share pictures over WiFi

Control your Tiny1 over WiFi to reduce camera shake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Lens Adapter
Any lens in the market can be attached to the Tiny1 with ease, including DSLR, Mirrorless and even telescopes!
 
A 200mm telephoto transforms into a 1400mm equivalent telescope with the Tiny1 attached. Perfect for viewing the Moon.
 
A small telescope now gives you the view of Saturn and its rings!

Mount your DSLR lenses and telescopes on the Tiny1 with adapters
 

 

 

     
Community Building
Share directly to social media, organise and attend star parties.

 

 





CTO Lih Wei guides us through Tiny1's technical capabilities.

(Trust him, he's an engineer)

How we made the Tiny1 tiny and powerful

 

 

 

Back Illuminated Sensor

Two times better than front illuminated sensors at converting light to signal. Higher fidelity images at the pixel level.

 

     

Advance Noise Reduction

Patent pending built-in noise reduction algorithm that self calibrates and reduces noise effectively.

     

Aluminium Mono Body

Made of aircraft grade aluminium; the strong and durable body also acts as a heat sink to reduce thermal noise.


 

 

Hear what people have to say about TinyMOS at TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

 

 

               


 

 

The TinyMOS Team

 

Supported by

 

 

Development Partner

 

 

FAQs

Can you use it in the day?

Yes. We have a day mode switch which turns on the IR cut filter and the colours comes out natural.

Why use a small sensor?

Small sensor has several benefits.

  1. Smaller system size. A smaller sensor allows you to use a smaller lens and get more zoomed in.

  2. Better technology. New technologies are proven on small sensors first. That’s why each new generation of small sensor cameras improve more than each new generation of large sensor cameras.

Why only 4MP?

TLDR: Pixel level perfection, crisp and sharp photos.

General consumer cameras advertise their cameras by their pixel count. It is easy to understand by customers and easy to market. However, the resolution only tells a small part of the story on how good a camera is.

More megapixels mean bigger enlargements. However, if you zoom into the photo captured by your 16MP smartphone, you will realize that you are just zooming into noise. There is no real information and it is a waste of storage.

You will get poorer performance in low light, as the gaps between pixels are not light sensitive. The losses means that the high megapixel sensors collects less light.

Can it shoot things other than astronomy stuff?

Yes. Tiny1 is designed for travel. Just switch off the astronomy mode, it will switch on the IR cut filter and plants stay green and humans stop glowing.

Can I do time lapse?

Yes. The original concept was a time lapse camera only; it will have a well featured time lapse mode built in.

Will it work in winter?

Depends on where you are. It’s designed for temperatures of -10 to 55 degree Celsius.

Can it shoot videos?

Yes. It even has audio in for external microphone and audio out for live monitoring. Do remember that space has no sound. We keep forgetting ;)

Are your photos edited?

Yes, but the enhancements are built into the camera. You can disable them if you like.

Isn’t the point to star system already on the Play Store on Android?

Yes, and no. The software is a derivative of Google’s API. We want to avoid reinventing the wheel. However, the implementation on a camera is novel. The sensors we use are higher specification than the even flagship phones. Further software enhancements will improve accuracy even further.

The lens has coma

Yes, the camera’s kit lens has coma. The lens is optimised for large aperture and coma is unfortunately, a common trade-off.

We are looking into aspherical optics to solve that, they will be released after the crowdfunding campaign has been delivered.

Does it shoot RAW?

Yes, it shoots a variety of RAW.  .DNG and .RAW. We recommend DNG as it is lossless but compressed. .RAW is very troublesome to retrieve for minimal benefits. We may support .FITS in the future as an update.

 

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