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Originally Posted by alpal
OK fair enough - a dose of reality for me.
It makes you wonder why the camera makers don't try
their best to make the lightest possible cameras?
The sensor chip only weighs a few grams but the camera etc can weigh 5Kgs.
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Some of the camera manufacturers do make fairly small, lightweight cameras. Starlight Xpress and QHY are examples I'm familiar with but there are probably others. However, if you want a big sensor and deep, well regulated cooling then you need a larger camera with multi-stage Peltier, fans and heatsinks. Then you need large filters to minimize vignetting (at least 7 of them) and a rigid filterwheel to avoid tilt. That all comes at a cost in weight.
Cheers,
Rick.