IMX224 Sony chip CMOS camera

[Malcolm]

Does anyone have one of these? I have a Revolution Imager R2, it is an LN300 and I think it has a Sony ICX811 CCD Chip.
The version shown here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/GPCM...8-9c289efb8bbc
is also a guide camera. This is the cheapest I've found so far, and RI sell this setup for US$249.99, the only difference from what I can see is that an 0.5 focal reducer is included in the kit.
The R2 has a big in camera menu for all the settings available, and it can take a while fiddling about to get the right combination of settings to get a decent view on the screen. I'm thinking the cmos camera would be far easier to use for outreach. Live stacking with SharpCap etc.

[glend (Glen)]

The ASI224MC uses the Sony IMX224 chip. Bintel has them for $419 aud.
They are a well regarded planetary camera.

[Malcolm]

Originally Posted by glend

The ASI224MC uses the Sony IMX224 chip. Bintel has them for $419 aud.
They are a well regarded planetary camera.

Pricey, nice gallery btw. :-)

[eskimo20 (Robert)]

There is some discussion of the Rising Tech version here.

http://astrovideoforum.proboards.com...24-first-light

[Malcolm]

Originally Posted by eskimo20

There is some discussion of the Rising Tech version here.

http://astrovideoforum.proboards.com...24-first-light

That's a good read, thanks for the link. :-)

[ChrisV (Chris)]

and here
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/5...-alternatives/

a few alternative sources