Altair Hypercam 26C APS-C colour 16-bit camera Our rating Price correct at time of review Altair Hypercam 26C APS-C colour 16-bit camera Altair Astro has entered the emerging 16-bit astronomy camera market with its new Hypercam 26C colour camera. A significant upgrade over previous models, it has a large APS-C-sized sensor with 512MB of built-in DDR memory and produces full colour 26MB images. Advertisement Although the Hypercam 26C features a CMOS sensor designed for DSLR cameras, it retains a reasonably slender, circular design and is surprisingly lightweight. We fitted the camera to our filter wheel via the standard M42 thread on the camera’s front.