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Originally Posted by simon_rl
Is it just me or does anyone else think they are way over priced at roughly $4500?
https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com...4mc-pro-color/
OK they are just under $4300 from Bintel at the moment, but given you can get a better performing Atik 16200 for $5k these prices seem astronomical to me for OSC. Please correct me if you think I am wrong. |
I don't understand the "better performing". The ZWO has a larger sensor, larger FWC, much lower read noise (2.1e- vs 9e-) and is USB3 so much much faster readout (plus a 256Mb buffer). The Atik has a 16bit ADC vs 14bit but that is negligible difference. The major advantage of the Atik is the cooling capacity of -50C vs -35C delta.
And yet the ZWO is still hundreds of $ cheaper. I assume the figure of $5k for the Atik refers to the OSC model which currently has no prices listed on Bintels site. The mono is $5.5k - over $1k more.
So if one was in the market for a full-frame OSC it sounds pretty good to me.