Just waiting for the arrival of my new QSI683WSG-8 camera to arrive tomorrow. It left Sydney yesterday from Bintel, on overnight road transport. I suspect it will not arrive until Monday given Australian postal services but I might be pleasantly surprised.
Why did I buy a new QSI when I already have a good one in the 583WSG? Well there are a number of reasons.
- First and foremost my DSO imaging aspirations include doing images with L R G B Ha SII OII as full combinations. It was going to be too hard to do that with the current camera.
- Faster downloads.
- An increase in cooling capacity. My only gripe with the 583 is that cooling on warm nights (26 degrees C or thereabouts) meant that I had to increase the temperature to be held and that does not always suit me. Don't get me wrong the cooling is good 99% of the time, it is those rare nights that I want more cooling power.
In preparation I have picked up the refractor today and all the filters ready for the new camera. I will post images once it arrives.