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Old 01-12-2008, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by bmitchell82 View Post
I can vouch for the SBIG 402me, it is a alright cam, but the problem is that i have to use it for actual picture taking... it is "alright" but yeah. The sensitivity is great though, picking up decent galaxy's at 10 - 20 second exposures. yay.
Hi,

I was probably being a bit harsh on it - you know how it is when a piece of gear misbehaves. I posted the question a couple of times about the clicking sound and got no responses which is unusual. I have seen some incredible images from a guy using a 237 chip so it could easily do some great images.

By the way I got to use the FLI Microline 8300 last night. Awesome machine. Virtually noise free, cools down super fast. I got it to -40C dead accurate all night within less than 1 degree C and it took all of 4 minutes or so to get there.

15.8mb image takes about 1 second to download.

It is quiet.

It is light and compact and looks robust.

I can see this 8300 chip being very popular as more cameras come out featuring it. There is an Apogee Alta 8300 which is $1000 cheaper and would be much the same.

Greg.
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