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Originally Posted by The_bluester
I have an ASI294MC Pro. I think it is a good beginning OSC but they have some issues in flat fielding. You generally need to shoot lots of subs to smooth out the background to let you stretch data really hard to find it, but they seem to have an incurable colour cast around the edges. Very carefully shot and processed flats help but I have not found anyone who has eliminated the issue altogether. Cooling issues on that chip seem to be the cause most often thought of.
There seem to be some interesting new cams on the roadmap for next year. I am thinking of heading down the mono road but the microlens diffraction issue in all the cams with the same chip as the ASI1600 would really irritate me and I think 20,000 electron wells are a bit shy. I am sitting tight to see how some of the new stuff performs in the wild before I update.
I think the ASI294 is OK as a beginners to intermediate OSC cam and probably a great EAA camera.
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Thanks Paul, I think you have a strong and valid point, maybe I should wait as well and see what appears on the horizon as well.
Paul