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Yeah, I was quite worried until I finally got some images out of the scope. I had some problems with ASA, they made the wrong adapter for the camera, but the information on the Sbig website was not correct, so it wasn't to bad. They did take three months to replace it, even then it was still wrong. I got one from Precise parts in the US in about a week. A fortnight after that I got an email from their distributor in Aus that the adapter had arrived, after we had cancelled it. So there are still ASA eccentricities to deal with.
Having said all that, I was after images like this, so I'd have to say that I'm happy so far. The fact that they have a distributor in Aus was the reason I went ASA vs Orion Optics at the time, but that's a moot point now as both have Aus distributors.
I chose the 8300 based camera because I have had scopes that are supposed to cover the big sensors and have had lots of trouble with them. Sometimes the devil is in the fine print, conditions have to be perfect for the coverage to be flat, so a smaller chipped camera easily fits into the field of the scope. Also the scope/camera combo images at 1"/pixel.
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Stuart[/QUOTE]
The camera/scope combo seems to be a winner. 16803 chip is very demanding and I think if the camera is heavy (which most 16803 cameras are) that's when the flex problems arise. Microline 16803 though is not heavy so that would be an exception but yeah orthogonality sensitivity is still there with that.
Greg
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