Anyone using Atik Titan as a guider?

[gregbradley]

This little camera sounds promising as a guide cam. 20 degree cooling, fast downloads, light, Sony chip.

Greg.

[Terry B]

Greg
I don't know this camera.
I got a reply from SBIG about the availability of the STi guider. They stated they would be available just after new year so have ordered one. It is a little cheaper than the lodestar and hopefully will work perectly with CCDSoft.

[gregbradley]

Martin Pugh liked the Sti. I think it would be a good camera.
Ideally I'd like a cooled guider. Perhaps I will just get another ST402 as it is pretty awesome with sensitivity and its cooled that gets rid of the noise.

Greg.

[Tandum]

That titan is a odd shape for a guider. The nose has an M42 thread in it so the body must be about 100mm across.
If they stuck it in a body like the new 420 (http://www.atik-cameras.com/products/info/atik-420) it would be a worth a look. That titan has got biggish pixels in it ...

[mithrandir]

It looks to be the same case as the superseded 16ic, except for being blue instead of black. The 16ic works as a guider so no reason the Titan woudn't too. It might be a big big for use on an OAG.

[gregbradley]

Thanks for the replies. Yes it sounds a little awkward physically.

Greg.