Malcolm
09-05-2017, 07:37 AM
Does anyone have one of these? I have a Revolution Imager R2, it is an LN300 and I think it has a Sony ICX811 CCD Chip.
The version shown here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/GPCMOS-1-2M-USB2-0-CMOS-Telescope-Guiding-Camera-Astrophotography-Moon-Sun-Planets-as-well-as/32769832932.html?ws_ab_test=searchw eb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_10065 _10151_10130_10068_436_10136_10137_ 10157_10060_10138_10131_10155_10062 _10132_10156_10133_10154_10056_1005 5_10054_10059_10099_10103_10102_100 96_10147_10052_10053_10050_10107_10 142_10051_10084_10083_10080_10082_1 0081_10110_10175_10111_10112_10113_ 10114_10181_10183_10182_10185_10078 _10079_10073_10070_10123-10102,searchweb201603_9,ppcSwitch_2&btsid=f5d678ba-3a8f-45d1-8ea0-79cb48c4e468&algo_expid=140eb036-ab5a-4967-9b68-9c289efb8bbc-3&algo_pvid=140eb036-ab5a-4967-9b68-9c289efb8bbc
is also a guide camera. This is the cheapest I've found so far, and RI sell this setup for US$249.99, the only difference from what I can see is that an 0.5 focal reducer is included in the kit.
The R2 has a big in camera menu for all the settings available, and it can take a while fiddling about to get the right combination of settings to get a decent view on the screen. I'm thinking the cmos camera would be far easier to use for outreach. Live stacking with SharpCap etc.
The version shown here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/GPCMOS-1-2M-USB2-0-CMOS-Telescope-Guiding-Camera-Astrophotography-Moon-Sun-Planets-as-well-as/32769832932.html?ws_ab_test=searchw eb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_10065 _10151_10130_10068_436_10136_10137_ 10157_10060_10138_10131_10155_10062 _10132_10156_10133_10154_10056_1005 5_10054_10059_10099_10103_10102_100 96_10147_10052_10053_10050_10107_10 142_10051_10084_10083_10080_10082_1 0081_10110_10175_10111_10112_10113_ 10114_10181_10183_10182_10185_10078 _10079_10073_10070_10123-10102,searchweb201603_9,ppcSwitch_2&btsid=f5d678ba-3a8f-45d1-8ea0-79cb48c4e468&algo_expid=140eb036-ab5a-4967-9b68-9c289efb8bbc-3&algo_pvid=140eb036-ab5a-4967-9b68-9c289efb8bbc
is also a guide camera. This is the cheapest I've found so far, and RI sell this setup for US$249.99, the only difference from what I can see is that an 0.5 focal reducer is included in the kit.
The R2 has a big in camera menu for all the settings available, and it can take a while fiddling about to get the right combination of settings to get a decent view on the screen. I'm thinking the cmos camera would be far easier to use for outreach. Live stacking with SharpCap etc.