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Originally Posted by bmitchell82
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.
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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.