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Originally Posted by glend
There is no evidence of any quality or reliability issues with the 1600 at this point (after nearly five months), and i am using mine a lot. The only upgrade i would considering changing over for is say the rumoured APS-C chip format that ZWO 'may be working on'., or commercialisation of sCMOS astro cameras. Rather than landfill i believe what is more likely is a big reduction in resale value of some cameras.
As to QSI, a brand is no guarantee of quality, i know of one member here on IIS, that bought a QSI for over $6k from Bintel, and was never able to get it to work. I watched him on dark site trips struggling to get it to produce an image. It didn't help that he was a beginner and probably got in over his head. He eventually got the s**ts with it and took a long caravan trip. By the time he tried again the warranty was over. He found out the camera was a dud from the factory i believe.
How many times do we hear of high end ccds with bad columns, or similiar pixel issues, right out of the box; or guys that have repeatedly returned these cameras to the manufacturer for fixes or debugging.
To date i have not heard, on CN or IIS, of one ASI1600 failure. Yes Beta testers uncovered some control concerns and as a result there have been a few driver updates but mostly these were required for inter-working with particular control software, like SGP. Not unusual for a new camera and Sam has quickly resolved any reported problem.
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I did not mean to suggest that these new cameras do not last - I was referring to us upgrading astro cameras very often without any concerns in terms of environmental sustainability...
I really hope these new cameras will last many many years and will prove to be reliable and trouble-free products :-)