[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by leinad

I've used the DMK21, DSI Pro then QHY5, now Lodestar.
Lodestar is far more sensitive than the others I've tried IMO.

Thanks Leinad. Its a nice little unit. I am finding dark subtracts don't seem to work too well in CCDsoft for some reason. Its the software not the camera as it does weird dark subtracts on my ST402 also.


SBIG also have the new Kodak KAI-34 SBIG ST-i which is meant to be pretty good too.

Yes that looks good but not being delivered yet.

Originally Posted by cventer

Greg,

Craig Stark in his autoguider review rates Loadstar as no 1. next in line but not far behind is the Atik 16ic, which is a cooled CCD.

I use Orion Starshoot and love it but am looking for somthing with a little less noise and better SNR.

My 2 choices right now are Loadstar or Atik 16ic.

I'll check out the Atik 16ic. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Seems to me, that if you really want to get fussy, like when yr stuck with a dim guide star due to OAGing or/and NF and long guide expoures, anything cooled is the go so you can use a full stacked dark library with DL.

Cooling is definitely an advantage. I see the hot pixels go and everything cleans up in the ST402 at -15C.

Originally Posted by leinad

I still use a dark library with the Lodestar. Even have to use a bad pixel map so the AO doesnt select a hot pixel by mistake in MaxDL.

Horses for courses.

I'd like to use Maxim but its not compatible with the PMX.PHD may be the go.

Greg.