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Hi, I have an asiair plus with a recent patch. However, I would like to sell it since I don’t use it anymore. Do you know how to clean it to avoid personal info or reset to factory but leave the OS version as it is now? Thanks for your reply

Could this be power with Cellphone power banks with USB ports? I cannot see DC to USB cable are supplied in the current versions? many thanks from Auckland

Beginner question... So, the autofocuser only works if used with the ASI wi fi unit. Many thanks

Ok. I bite. Just got this ASI585MC Pro for my Askar71F with focal length 490mm. Its starting to look like a ZWO warehouse in my garage with a RedCat51 (f/l 250mm) sporting the ASI183MC Pro, and the Astro Tech 115EDT (f/l 805mm or 644 with 0.8x reducer/flattener) equipped with the ASI294MC Pro (all are set up with guide scopes/ASI120MM minis and ASIAirs (Pro, Mini, and Plus, respectively). Configured this way, I can swap scopes fast on my AM5 equipped Primaluce pier. Which camera to put on which scope is a real head scratcher. Any recommendations?

Hi Simon, Great video I have an Omegon 104 ED 650mm focal length with a .8 x focal reducer/field Flattener with my ASI585mc pro I entered the focal length to be 520mm in the Asiair software my back focus is set at 55mm (which I would like you to confirm is correct) my problem is I cannot bring any stars into focus manually or af using the EAF and so polar alignment and plate solving naturally are also not working.. I am at my wits end here please help :)

Nice review, Simon! Thanks. I don't see any of these (perhaps the camera is too new) connected to an EFW. Is this bolted to the EFW, or is it screwed in (or either)? Thanks again! Looks like a great camera.

Great video and advice, thanks for your hard work

Any chance a "how to setup, use and process images" on Windows laptop?? I'm very new to astrophotography, just got a 8" Newtonian/ lx85 and the 595MC Pro. Thanks.

Can the EAF move between Hyperstar and 6.3 positions automatically? I have to twiddle like crazy today.

This was very useful information for me. At 70 years old I am a total newbie to astrophotography. There are so many choices when it comes to dedicated astro cameras. The 585 is definitely on my short list.

I am sure you have been travelling with NEAF and everything, but keep checking for new content. Any update on a bigger mount coming from ZWO? I think they would sell like hotcakes!

Should I ignore "Ensure DST (it is) is disabled on Mount Hand Controller. It is normal that the time on the mount is 1 hour earlier than local time.

Thanks for this but you move too quickly through some stuff that is confusing. You show the configuration page but don't explain what we are seeing. for example "WLAN Info" what is this? is this your home network or is this the mount's network? Either way, you say the mount has to be connected to the internet, so how do I connect the mount to my home network? You just skipped right over that. I greatly fear starting any firmware update process without being certain that I can complete it, so please don't say "Just follow the steps and you will understand as you go."

Which electronic assisted polar alignment is most accurate? Not sure if anyone has done a thorough comparison but anecdotally? Thanks for the video. I like the tip about extending the exposure time in ASIAIR PA. I was doing it wrong with the NB filter in place. Doh!

I’m new to this hobby. I just bought my first telescope the svbony sv503 70ed, and the asi533mc pro. Should I get a field flattener and if so, can you recommend something?

hello...I can't thank you enough for this review. I've been using a older Canon DSLR and wanting to venture into the CMOS ones but totally lost on all the versions and options. On a Forum everyone said go Cooled but most I saw were not cheap. then someone mentioned the 585MC and said it could do a bit of everything. Now I've seen this and it seems to fit everything; Budget, Planetary and DSO...very informative and covered everything....well done and thanks again...

This is absolutely wonderful And I’m happy I found this channel!!

So ZWO stopped selling the ASIAIR Plus 32GB, should I buy one of the last ones?

Excellent video! You taught me one thing I didn’t know, after seven months of exhaustive research, nobody has ever said that one set of calibration frames could be used on all your images if the sensor temperature remains the same. What a timesaver that is!

Oh yes. Went through all that described nonsense updating firmware on my Celestron cgem mount. Which then stopped working and had to send it in for “repair”. Bought an AM5.

For some reason my red light starts flashing and it wont respond to commands.....any idea what this is or why it does this..??

Very leery about quality of guidance when using spectrum of 3nm narrow band filters. That data would be helpful relative to value of such monochrome arrangement.

Very informative! Thank you for the great video.

I have an SVX102T and these are the specs: with 3" Focuser and SFFX-1: 43 mm with 3" Focuser and .74X Reducer/Flattener: About 40 mm. Am I good? I already bought the Duo.

Thats the concern. The duo will not perform with the various filters. A more thourogh test is required with the MM and ALL of the filters, LRGB and Narrow band. I suscpect the Duo will not perform well.

Hello sir, is this available already at the market ? Thanks

I find the price increase for the Peltier cooler that ZWO and others charge for these cameras is excessive. Peltier coolers, fans and heat sinks are not that expensive. And they don't even include an AC power adapter.

Simon, Thanks for the video. Any indication of what the anticipated ship date might be? In other words, how much longer will need to wait?

I have the color Duo. I have no problem guiding with the Optolong Ultimate NB filter with about 50 hours of data gathered to date using 90mm refractor at f/5.5. I do need to carefully focus the guide camera.

Excellent content, Simon, and thank you for the support. Is there any rumor/hope that a larger capacity harmonic drive mount is on the drawing board at ZWO?

This video on the 585 was EXACTLY what this absolute nubee needed to make his first ever purchase of an astrocam!! Thank you so much. I can finally stop reviewing specs I hardly understand and now can start photographing!

I have A6000 and ASIAir Mini. There is apparently no way to save to the cameras internal SD Card. I cannot get intervals less than 5 seconds no matter the setting. When using a USB stick I get a Hint popping up asking if I want to use the USB Stick, even though I already am using it. This results in an autorun error that stops imaging. Otherwise it works. I will try using the ASIAir for alignment, composition and GoTo, then unplug the camera and use an intervalometer for imaging. Sony RAW files on the SD Card are half the size of the ASIAir FIT files and I can get short intervals. It would be nice if ZWO would implement an "Intervalometer Mode" but people have been asking for that for years, so I don't think it will happen.

Would ASI Studio work better for me for DSO than my ASIair Pro? I have a Celestron NexStar 6" Evolution mount that does a good job of maintaining alignment. I also have ASIair Pro and ASI 462 camera. They work great shooting moon and planets in video mode. But, without a guide camera, it appears impossible (?) to take hundreds of 15 second exposures automatically and save them to the USB drive for off-line stacking. Would one of the apps in Studio make this possible? I can connect the camera to a laptop next to the scope vs. remotely with WiFi. Will Studio work with the ASIair pro?

I just got the Svbony version of the 294, the SV405CC, and I spent the last few hours trying to get the calibration sorted. I was thrown off by Siril, and their article _"Enough with dark flats"_ and the fact that the Siril program seems to insist on you using bias files instead. So I went through a lot of trial and error trying to use bias files, and the results kept ending up worse than using no calibration files at all. But after using your method here, and dumping the bias files, I finally got a good result without any of those weird shadows at the sides, and my master-flat finally removed the few dust spots that are somewhere in my rig. It was also a kind of a eureka moment when I realised that I had to calibrate the flats using the "dark" checkbox instead of the "bias" checkbox when calibrating in Siril.. which became blatantly obvious as soon as I thought about it! I think I'm on the right track now, thanks!

It truly is an amazing unit, love mine.

Do we know when this camera may arrive?

Now my question is : how can we guide a harmonic mount such as the AM5/3 that requires a 1 s exposure with this guidecam with a 5nm filter ( you also mentioned the Antlia 4.5 edge wich I also have)? I haven’t test the mono version of the duo but I own the color version for few months now and I can say that it doesn’t work well with my AM5 + f4 scope + Antlia ALP 5nm. It works at exp 3s but not at 1s that’s for sure. So if you want to guide sub-second as recommended with this kind of mount and with a narrower filter you will probably put the guide scope back on the tube, at least this what I did.

When are you producing the AM7? It will sell….and I want one for my William Optics FLT 132.

Any news on this yet? “We have been made aware that Spike A Flat has been discontinued since this video was produced - we are looking at suitable alternative.”

i enjoyed the video, but my question is IF you're in NZ why are you quoting the price in USD ? instead of NZD or AUD ?

correct! 2:16 i had to design and print a custom bracket for the televue tv-102. thanks for the video, it was confirming of many things!

is this out yet? not available on amazon and prepurchase on ZWO

Would something like this work to auto run a sequence for a ZWO OSC camera for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse? If so any thought on what a good sequence would be? Thx

Try talking abit slower lol

Player One have had this sensor out in a cooled camera for a while with the Uranus-C. Good to see a like for like competitive product. Anyone that wants to see how this sensor performs, take a look at shots taken with the Uranus-C. The Player One cameras can run uncooled off of the usb and the 12v only cools the camera, which is handy for setup etc as it will run uncooled. Not sure why ZWO haven't done the same.

Watched, thanks. Does answer my question. Think an Optolong L-Pro light pollution filter would also work?

Too bad i am not a millionaire.

The memory is 512 not 256

Already put my order in.

Very informal video, thank you. I have a Celestron c6 and was wondering what your thoughts about the camera with the c6 over the 533. I do have the .63 reducer