I have the QHY168 and did not run into any issues when using N.I.N.A. I shared the concern you had about having driver/technical issues getting things going but it was pretty much seamless. Glad to see that your much more sophisticated set-up is off to a positive start. Thanks for sharing. I always learn from you and enjoy your presentations.
Love your love for this hobby. Always keeping it fun and a joy to watch. Thats why you are my 5th favourite astro youtuber😂😂. Just kidding keep the great videos coming bro
Love watching your videos as always so excited, this one was next level. Never apologise for geeking out 😝😝 It is exactly what we are all doing watching these results 🥳👍
LOL...Cuiv, you cracked me up. Like a kid in a candy store. This is a really nice camera and looking forward to some processed images. I'm working on 1 month with no clear skies. Really getting under my skin.
The full well capacity makes all the difference... gonna be a while before I can get my hands of one of those, but the results are amazing, fully understand why you are geeking out ^^
Cuiv, you deserve a lot more subscribers, your content is really awesome and helpful. in my case I just start to use NINA with your tutorials and advice and everything is fine, some tweaks here and there but as always with this hobby, constant learning (and spending jejeje). thanks for your work and dedication to this. my best wishes for you and your family from Chile in the (almost) other side of the world!!! maybe one day I will try to do something like your channel but in Spanish for all of those that love astrophotography but does not understand a word of English! jejejej ..... again my best wishes!
Hi Cuiv, great video again and very useful information. I just bought this camera and trying to get first SHO light at the moment. Statue of Liberty Nebula using the gain and offset and read out mode you recommended. I would love to see you make a video on how to get the correct back focus spacing and fixing the tilt with your set up, that would be awesome because I have no idea 😀 Thanks again for another great vid.
One thing that probably is not best practice is to automagically let the QHY Allinone application to install that QHYCCD.DLL into the NINA external folder. The NINA people prefer to (at some stages at least) let NINA control that DLL for the nightly releases. Luckily, all the versions are currently the same. Hey, what's up with us Aussies?
Ohhh...que limpieza de sensor. Fantástico!!!. Una pregunta: Se puede acoplar la cámara a otra rueda de filtros sin problemas?.(tengo la Starlight Xpress). Muy buen vídeo, y el detalle del soporte nativo de la rueda en NINA también un avance. Gracias.
Oh great Cuiv, he who summons fire without flint or tinder, you have produced yet another great video. I have been considering the Altair Astro version of this camera (26M) and was wondering if you had any input. Please keep up the awesome content.
Interesting first result, nice it worked perfectly in NINA, qualitywise it's the same as the ZWO asi2600MM PRO ofcourse, seen more images allready taken with the ZWO so I am very curious for your final results Quiv, because for myself I am still in doubt to go for the asi2600 or for the qhy268
Cuiv Great video Again! I was hoping to see the flat frame that you took. Can you post one? i was just curious what the vignetting was like using the 36mm filters. I would really like this cam but the thought of 50mm astrodons makes me sweat. Do you see much vignetting with the 36mm filters? Once again Cheers for the content. i always look forward to your videos
Looking very promising. Look forward to seeing a fully processed image. Interested in the recommended exposure feature of N.I.N.A. too. I haven’t tried that yet. Do you have to have done the sensor analysis in Sharpcap first or can you run it without? Maybe a future video explaining it? We wait to see if you give in and buy it. Maybe QHY will end up donating it if you put a few more scratches on it?
great video as always Cuiv! I cant help but think that this camera is somewhat over-engineered in terms of its method of connection to the scope which as you say makes it problematical to adjust backfocus distance. For that reason alone I think I would be inclined to go for the zwo version of this camera with the much simpler m48 attachment system. Thanks for the info and sharing!!!
I'm hoping to get my ZWO ASI2600MC Pro on Saturday. If UPS does their job as they anticipate. I might get a mono camera when I retire and I have more time to do all the extra work. I do realize they are a better camera, but from what I've seen with the 2600MC Pro I think I will be happy. Really happy. I was looking at the QHY 268C but it wasn't in stock and the 2600MC Pro was. I've been watching to see who has stock and who doesn't. And it looks to me like Highpoint Scientific was the first ones to get any stock. ;o)
I'm Aussie an I like your videos :D. Now we just need ZWO to send you an ASI2600MM for a direct comparison. I've only briefly played with a QHY camera late last year but I felt it's "preparation" sequence is a little bit more tedious than ZWO. i.e. with QHY FW/Camera/PC interaction seems to have a particular connection sequence prior to use whilst with ZWO and it's USB it's more plug 'n play. Also if I'm not mistaken with QHY FW, if you decide to use USB, you'd need a separate 12V power supply to drive it? Whilst with ZWO's FW, it's USB power driven.
I have that filter wheel. It doesn’t have any need for separate 12v adapter for use in usb. You just need to install drivers correctly and make sure you in the correct ‘mode’ by using a small pin to press in a recessed button on the blue bit to usb mode. Works quiet well. In N.I.N.A. Once the drivers are installed and system restarted it works in any order.
Resistance is futile. I have the QHY 268 one shot colour. I love the full 16bit well depth, and you can capture so much data quickly. It surprises me how much subtle data is there. Now I am thinking, wouldn't it be awesome to use the colour to get the colour data in one go, but then use the Mono version of the same sensor for a bewdiful HA Luminance. hehe
It is hard to resist, especially after such a great review. Should I get the qhy or the ZWO version? I've posted this question at the ZWO cameras group on facebook. The admins never approved my post. I wonder why.
Cuiv, I am curious about your experience with achieving a flat field with this camera; have you had any problems? Does your Sharpstar fully cover the sensor? I am using this camera with an FSQ106 which should easily have a large enough image circle but I am not getting as a perfect a field as I would have liked. Interested to hear your experience.
Wow those pictures are awesome Cuiv - I hear your excitement through the video.😎 AIso, I have a non related tech question since I am in the dark ages - "the computer", is that just a CPU with a flash-disk and a Wifi adapter? When I think of computer I think of a key board as well. If that is the computer, then is NINA downloaded on that and you access it form another computer remotely? Cheers
Hey Cuiv, try setting min. duration for cooling to some number (2 for example). In that case it will cool the camera in steps (2 degrees C step if you put 2 in that field).
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Sorry, looks like I got that parameter wrong. Did some quick search, what I found is "The timer, when cooling, slowly decreases the set point over the duration period you requested. Setting the time to say 5 minutes while cooling to -5C might allow for gradual cooling that would not overshoot, and give you a more predictable timeframe as to when you've achieved your ultimate desired temperature." Nevertheless, looks like it should help avoiding the issue with cooler power in qhy cameras.
Wow, that's a lot of mount for the Sharpstar. Did you give up on the AZ-Gti for a portable Astrophotography rig? I was really hoping that would work out for the 61.
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Nooooooo! I’ve only recently got my AZ-Gti trained with 10 minute exposures and guiding at 0.2” RMS thanks to your tips and tricks. The QHY looks like Star Trek technology to me ☺️
Hi Cuiv, I am new to astrophotography and have had a lot of fun this winter with the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer and my Canon dslr and lenses, 50, 100 and 300mm. I find your videos very useful and inspiering. In a previous vidoe where you talked about lenses (you showed a canon 200mm with a dedicated astro camera), you mentioned an adapter that let you control the focus on the canon lens. I tried to google but cannot find it. Could you provide a link? And again thanks for your videos! :-)
Hello from a fellow Tokyoite! Haven't even been thinking of upgrading the camera, but came across the surprisingly nicely priced package with this camera from Tomita, decided to read up and here I am scratching my head about it thanks to you :D Now that a year has passed since this review, do you have anything to add to this video or have you maybe changed your opinion about this camera? Thanks for all the amazing content!
I still think it's a great camera! Overall I do find the QHY to scope attachment system a bit less intuitive that ZWO, but that's probably just habit. I'd say that all the cameras with that same sensor (ZWO, RisingCam, QHY, etc.) all perform quite well!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Thanks! Now that my head is in the topic I suddenly realize that I may be a bit even late to upgrade from my KAF-8300 CCD (and I have 2 of them😬) as the prices on the secondary market have plunged. An SBIG ST8300M with the wheel went for less than 8万 JPY on ヤフオク and Atik 383+ for just 8800 JPY😅
Hi Cuiv, I have a question regarding this camera. When I image in NINA I connect the camera and it works well. I tried running the Exposure calculator routine and I could not get it to work so I went to SharpCap. Sharpcap reported that I was shooting in 8 bit mode and not 16bit mode. Do you know where I can find this 16bit setting in NINA please?
Try to set the cool down (and warm up) period in NINA to 5 min or so to help reduce the load on the TEC and reduce thermal shock. Does the fan run regardless if the the cooler is on or not? Thanks for the vids!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Seems QHY would have some form of fan controller for that nice camera. I picked up a used 247c and was a bit surprised the fan runs @ 100%. I have the 1600 combo but yet to check if it is 'dumb' as well :) My first light ever started last month so still enjoying OSC atm. Thx for all the NINA vids. Really made things easy to get up n running!
There has been a lot of construction by the station this past year, are you worried it's going to turn into a place like mizonokuchi? I am a little worried considering I have lived here in town (Nobo) for nearly 15 years and all of a sudden all this construction sprung up.
Yeah, I'm a bit removed from all these new buildings and stuff. It's fascinating to see them springing up everytime I bike to the post office there. On the bright side I guess the price of land will go up so I could always sell for a profit?
Hey, I'm new to astrophotography, I've done 400 frames (20 seconds each), after registering them in DSS, only 1 frame is good to stack and only 1 star is found within the 3% range. I have mid range telescope, (432 FL & 72 Aperture) and also Colour Camera Altair Hypercam 183C PRO, do you know what im doing wrong? Please Help. (I'm using APT Tools)
@@CuivTheLazyGeek great, thank you. I live in Los Angeles. I like astrophotography but I have to drive far-away from the city because of the light pollution. I am thinking to buy QHY268M and I hope that it will solve my problem.
Honestly I think it's pretty much potato pot-ah-to. If it were me now, with the ASIAir Plus, I'd get the ZWO version because it can be controlled with the AA+, and I like red :) Once the camera is setup overall I don't think it makes a difference. I will say though I missed the USB hub at the back of the camera!
Hey Cuiv! Could you do a video on the different file formats to save subs as in NINA? I see there is .tif and .fits but what's the difference and which is better?
I have the colour version of this camera and with high, middle or low gain set I have always 3 bad hot-warm? or still active? pixels. Always in the same place. Cooling helps nothing. Is this normal or my camera has damaged sensor?
You are not doing a very good job of dissing this camera! ;) Although nothing beats a properly dark sky, the super-low dark-current and read-out noise should make it much easier to process out gradients as well as shot-noise. RIP CCD :(
The classic joke with people in the Southern Hemisphere being upside down relative to people on the Northern Hemisphere, and thus the Like button looks like the dislike button :D
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Pas de tout un reproche ou rappel. Juste un peu d'encouragement pour que vous restez comme vous êtes et que l'astronomie/astrophoto reste un loisir/hobby (sans concours de "cliques" sur des medias sociaux pour gagner une photo signée ... !) J'espère que vous avez passé un bon Golden Week malgré le confinement ...
Amazing - your enthusiasm is so infectious
That resistance is what we all need. I am saying it loud since i am victim myself. LOL. Love the camera and pictures
HI Ray, are you using NINA as well?
I have the color version, and with your tutorials on NINA I snapped a few beautiful shots. It's Spring here in HK and damn the clouds are dismal
wow, this is that easy, how far we have come.
Thanks for sharing.
Agree with Chris ! Fun to watch!
I have the QHY168 and did not run into any issues when using N.I.N.A. I shared the concern you had about having driver/technical issues getting things going but it was pretty much seamless. Glad to see that your much more sophisticated set-up is off to a positive start. Thanks for sharing. I always learn from you and enjoy your presentations.
That seems to be a fantastic camera. Have not looked at QHY before. Great vid Cuiv.
Oh man! I love it. I can not wait until I get the filter wheel! Love your channel!
Thanks Amy!
Congrats on the new journey, Cuiv! This next gen of sensors are ridiculously good!
Hi Cuiv,
I hope you are feeling alright. I hope you make a full recovery from COVID. Take care. I missed your videos this last while. Cheers! John.
Got my first light on the 268m last night. Can't wait to process them!
Love your love for this hobby. Always keeping it fun and a joy to watch. Thats why you are my 5th favourite astro youtuber😂😂. Just kidding keep the great videos coming bro
Best moment... "Maybe I should tell QHY I'm buying it." Great post.
Love your channel, truly, but completely done with the hobby. Best wishes for the future. Goodbye.
Love watching your videos as always so excited, this one was next level. Never apologise for geeking out 😝😝 It is exactly what we are all doing watching these results 🥳👍
I love your excitement Cuiv I am feeling the same after getting my 2600 recently, it's the little kid in us all. 👍👏I clicked like and I'm Australian 🤣
LOL...Cuiv, you cracked me up. Like a kid in a candy store. This is a really nice camera and looking forward to some processed images. I'm working on 1 month with no clear skies. Really getting under my skin.
The full well capacity makes all the difference... gonna be a while before I can get my hands of one of those, but the results are amazing, fully understand why you are geeking out ^^
FW + Low Read Noise = awesome dynamic range. It's so amazing to have the core of M42 on such a picture! :D
Such a sweet camera.
Excellent first light video
You're the only channel i've clicked the bell icon. Great videos!
I'm honored! Thank you!
Cuiv, you deserve a lot more subscribers, your content is really awesome and helpful. in my case I just start to use NINA with your tutorials and advice and everything is fine, some tweaks here and there but as always with this hobby, constant learning (and spending jejeje). thanks for your work and dedication to this. my best wishes for you and your family from Chile in the (almost) other side of the world!!! maybe one day I will try to do something like your channel but in Spanish for all of those that love astrophotography but does not understand a word of English! jejejej ..... again my best wishes!
Thanks David!
This camera has an incredible dynamic range when used at cero gain and exposition is properly calculated...
Hi Cuiv, great video again and very useful information. I just bought this camera and trying to get first SHO light at the moment. Statue of Liberty Nebula using the gain and offset and read out mode you recommended.
I would love to see you make a video on how to get the correct back focus spacing and fixing the tilt with your set up, that would be awesome because I have no idea 😀
Thanks again for another great vid.
I'll probably be too lazy to correct for tilt and spacing since by my criteria, it's good enough as it is :D
Great video and images Cuiv! I’m interested to see how you handle the back focus and tilt issues if you decide to.
One thing that probably is not best practice is to automagically let the QHY Allinone application to install that QHYCCD.DLL into the NINA external folder. The NINA people prefer to (at some stages at least) let NINA control that DLL for the nightly releases. Luckily, all the versions are currently the same. Hey, what's up with us Aussies?
Ohhh...que limpieza de sensor. Fantástico!!!.
Una pregunta: Se puede acoplar la cámara a otra rueda de filtros sin problemas?.(tengo la Starlight Xpress).
Muy buen vídeo, y el detalle del soporte nativo de la rueda en NINA también un avance.
Gracias.
Have settled on that 268 sensor for my next cam, now deciding color v mono and ZWO v QHY :)
Or, also throw into the Mix, Altair 26M, so, ZWO v QHY v Altair. Gives you another option
Just want to add, in the UK, the Altair version is £300 cheaper than the ZWO.
Oh great Cuiv, he who summons fire without flint or tinder, you have produced yet another great video. I have been considering the Altair Astro version of this camera (26M) and was wondering if you had any input. Please keep up the awesome content.
Very impressive images. It would be interesting to see if you could adjust the spacing and how easy or difficult that might be.
That’s an awesome camera, do you know how often QHY brings new generation on their existing product lineups, 2 years 3 or 4 years ?
Interesting first result, nice it worked perfectly in NINA, qualitywise it's the same as the ZWO asi2600MM PRO ofcourse, seen more images allready taken with the ZWO so I am very curious for your final results Quiv, because for myself I am still in doubt to go for the asi2600 or for the qhy268
Nice Rig ! Merci 💪✌️
Now, the hard part is when it's time to return that camera. 😁
You can get additional spacers (5) from QHY down to .5mm to 7mm I believe the set is #87
Cuiv Great video Again! I was hoping to see the flat frame that you took. Can you post one? i was just curious what the vignetting was like using the 36mm filters. I would really like this cam but the thought of 50mm astrodons makes me sweat. Do you see much vignetting with the 36mm filters?
Once again Cheers for the content. i always look forward to your videos
Looking very promising. Look forward to seeing a fully processed image. Interested in the recommended exposure feature of N.I.N.A. too. I haven’t tried that yet. Do you have to have done the sensor analysis in Sharpcap first or can you run it without? Maybe a future video explaining it? We wait to see if you give in and buy it. Maybe QHY will end up donating it if you put a few more scratches on it?
You can do it without Sharpcap Sensor Analysis - I actually have a video on the topic of exposure time where I cover this :)
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Thanks. I must have missed it. I’ll check it out ASAP.
That IMX571 sensor looks amazing. The cost of the cooled camera and filters, though...
Yup... welcome to the rabbit hole...
great video as always Cuiv! I cant help but think that this camera is somewhat over-engineered in terms of its method of connection to the scope which as you say makes it problematical to adjust backfocus distance. For that reason alone I think I would be inclined to go for the zwo version of this camera with the much simpler m48 attachment system. Thanks for the info and sharing!!!
NINA continues to cool even with a warning. You can also set the time to 2 or 3 minutes to slow the ramp down so you don't get the warning.
I'm hoping to get my ZWO ASI2600MC Pro on Saturday. If UPS does their job as they anticipate. I might get a mono camera when I retire and I have more time to do all the extra work. I do realize they are a better camera, but from what I've seen with the 2600MC Pro I think I will be happy. Really happy. I was looking at the QHY 268C but it wasn't in stock and the 2600MC Pro was. I've been watching to see who has stock and who doesn't. And it looks to me like Highpoint Scientific was the first ones to get any stock. ;o)
I'm Aussie an I like your videos :D. Now we just need ZWO to send you an ASI2600MM for a direct comparison. I've only briefly played with a QHY camera late last year but I felt it's "preparation" sequence is a little bit more tedious than ZWO. i.e. with QHY FW/Camera/PC interaction seems to have a particular connection sequence prior to use whilst with ZWO and it's USB it's more plug 'n play. Also if I'm not mistaken with QHY FW, if you decide to use USB, you'd need a separate 12V power supply to drive it? Whilst with ZWO's FW, it's USB power driven.
I have that filter wheel. It doesn’t have any need for separate 12v adapter for use in usb. You just need to install drivers correctly and make sure you in the correct ‘mode’ by using a small pin to press in a recessed button on the blue bit to usb mode. Works quiet well. In N.I.N.A. Once the drivers are installed and system restarted it works in any order.
I also live in Japan. I could tell you were in Japan just by your rooftop lol
Yannick, check Agena Astro for Delrin spacers. Package of various thickness for around 20 US Dollars.
Thank you! I searched for them - they're M42/T Thread though, so I don't think I can use them...
Resistance is futile. I have the QHY 268 one shot colour. I love the full 16bit well depth, and you can capture so much data quickly. It surprises me how much subtle data is there. Now I am thinking, wouldn't it be awesome to use the colour to get the colour data in one go, but then use the Mono version of the same sensor for a bewdiful HA Luminance. hehe
It is hard to resist, especially after such a great review. Should I get the qhy or the ZWO version? I've posted this question at the ZWO cameras group on facebook. The admins never approved my post. I wonder why.
I guess really either works just as well in the end :）
Cuiv, I am curious about your experience with achieving a flat field with this camera; have you had any problems? Does your Sharpstar fully cover the sensor? I am using this camera with an FSQ106 which should easily have a large enough image circle but I am not getting as a perfect a field as I would have liked. Interested to hear your experience.
Wow those pictures are awesome Cuiv - I hear your excitement through the video.😎 AIso, I have a non related tech question since I am in the dark ages - "the computer", is that just a CPU with a flash-disk and a Wifi adapter? When I think of computer I think of a key board as well. If that is the computer, then is NINA downloaded on that and you access it form another computer remotely? Cheers
Great video and photos. What’s the computer you have in top of the scope? Did you do a video on it yet?
Hey Cuiv, try setting min. duration for cooling to some number (2 for example). In that case it will cool the camera in steps (2 degrees C step if you put 2 in that field).
Will do, thank you!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Sorry, looks like I got that parameter wrong. Did some quick search, what I found is "The timer, when cooling, slowly decreases the set point over the duration period you requested. Setting the time to say 5 minutes while cooling to -5C might allow for gradual cooling that would not overshoot, and give you a more predictable timeframe as to when you've achieved your ultimate desired temperature."
Nevertheless, looks like it should help avoiding the issue with cooler power in qhy cameras.
Wow, that's a lot of mount for the Sharpstar. Did you give up on the AZ-Gti for a portable Astrophotography rig? I was really hoping that would work out for the 61.
I had to sell a lot of equipment to cover some unplanned expenses - unfortunately the AZ-GTi was one of the victims...
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Nooooooo! I’ve only recently got my AZ-Gti trained with 10 minute exposures and guiding at 0.2” RMS thanks to your tips and tricks. The QHY looks like Star Trek technology to me ☺️
Cuiv. I just bought this camera; the black hole that Astrophotography continues. Incidentally, what filters are you using with this?
Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 3nm SHO! Enjoy the financial black hole of the hobby :)
Hey Cuiv glad to see you back ! what model is your mini pc ?
Hi Cuiv, I am new to astrophotography and have had a lot of fun this winter with the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer and my Canon dslr and lenses, 50, 100 and 300mm.
I find your videos very useful and inspiering. In a previous vidoe where you talked about lenses (you showed a canon 200mm with a dedicated astro camera), you mentioned an adapter that let you control the focus on the canon lens. I tried to google but cannot find it. Could you provide a link? And again thanks for your videos! :-)
Here it is! astromechanics.org/
Hello: I have a question. Do you use a light pollution filter on either side of the filter wheel? Which side? The camera side or the telescope side?
Hello from a fellow Tokyoite! Haven't even been thinking of upgrading the camera, but came across the surprisingly nicely priced package with this camera from Tomita, decided to read up and here I am scratching my head about it thanks to you :D Now that a year has passed since this review, do you have anything to add to this video or have you maybe changed your opinion about this camera? Thanks for all the amazing content!
I still think it's a great camera! Overall I do find the QHY to scope attachment system a bit less intuitive that ZWO, but that's probably just habit. I'd say that all the cameras with that same sensor (ZWO, RisingCam, QHY, etc.) all perform quite well!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Thanks! Now that my head is in the topic I suddenly realize that I may be a bit even late to upgrade from my KAF-8300 CCD (and I have 2 of them😬) as the prices on the secondary market have plunged. An SBIG ST8300M with the wheel went for less than 8万 JPY on ヤフオク and Atik 383+ for just 8800 JPY😅
Hi Cuiv, I have a question regarding this camera. When I image in NINA I connect the camera and it works well. I tried running the Exposure calculator routine and I could not get it to work so I went to SharpCap. Sharpcap reported that I was shooting in 8 bit mode and not 16bit mode. Do you know where I can find this 16bit setting in NINA please?
Try to set the cool down (and warm up) period in NINA to 5 min or so to help reduce the load on the TEC and reduce thermal shock. Does the fan run regardless if the the cooler is on or not? Thanks for the vids!
Looks like the fan runs regardless - and yes, I will use the minimum cool down and warm up in NINA!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Seems QHY would have some form of fan controller for that nice camera. I picked up a used 247c and was a bit surprised the fan runs @ 100%. I have the 1600 combo but yet to check if it is 'dumb' as well :) My first light ever started last month so still enjoying OSC atm. Thx for all the NINA vids. Really made things easy to get up n running!
There has been a lot of construction by the station this past year, are you worried it's going to turn into a place like mizonokuchi? I am a little worried considering I have lived here in town (Nobo) for nearly 15 years and all of a sudden all this construction sprung up.
Yeah, I'm a bit removed from all these new buildings and stuff. It's fascinating to see them springing up everytime I bike to the post office there. On the bright side I guess the price of land will go up so I could always sell for a profit?
Hey, I'm new to astrophotography, I've done 400 frames (20 seconds each), after registering them in DSS, only 1 frame is good to stack and only 1 star is found within the 3% range. I have mid range telescope, (432 FL & 72 Aperture) and also Colour Camera Altair Hypercam 183C PRO, do you know what im doing wrong? Please Help.
(I'm using APT Tools)
Resistance is futile lol. I already want one too.
Hello, did you take pictures right from your house in Tokyo or it’s outside of the city ?
Right from my roof balcony!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek great, thank you. I live in Los Angeles. I like astrophotography but I have to drive far-away from the city because of the light pollution. I am thinking to buy QHY268M and I hope that it will solve my problem.
What are your conclusions about the QHY268M, would you keep it or buy the ASI2600?
Honestly I think it's pretty much potato pot-ah-to. If it were me now, with the ASIAir Plus, I'd get the ZWO version because it can be controlled with the AA+, and I like red :) Once the camera is setup overall I don't think it makes a difference. I will say though I missed the USB hub at the back of the camera!
tienes que probar la ASI 2600mm antes de comprar.
Saludos.
Hey Cuiv! Could you do a video on the different file formats to save subs as in NINA? I see there is .tif and .fits but what's the difference and which is better?
Sounds good - short answer for now: go for fits! Or xifs if you have PixInsight
I have the colour version of this camera and with high, middle or low gain set I have always 3 bad hot-warm? or still active? pixels. Always in the same place.
Cooling helps nothing. Is this normal or my camera has damaged sensor?
Can't say for sure - don't darks + dithering take care of that? If not, you may want to check with QHY
Which mini-PC are you using?
You are not doing a very good job of dissing this camera! ;)
Although nothing beats a properly dark sky, the super-low dark-current and read-out noise should make it much easier to process out gradients as well as shot-noise.
RIP CCD :(
Tsunami incoming?
Hey, what was that thing about dislike if you're Australian??!
The classic joke with people in the Southern Hemisphere being upside down relative to people on the Northern Hemisphere, and thus the Like button looks like the dislike button :D
@@CuivTheLazyGeek ah, I thought you had some bad feedback from one of us. All good.
@@NeilW210 Oh I hadn't thought it could be interpreted like that. Stupid of me... Apologies about that!
This bit had me worried a little too.
Just buy it😅
Tell them you will buy a used camera
Malheureusement pas beaucoup de cibles SHO en ce moment.
En effet...
J'espère que vous allez garder l'esprit des vos videos et pas devenir un "RUclips influenceur" comme certains autres dans leur "backyard" ...
Plutot arreter de faire des videos que de vendre mon ame! Je reste aussi objectif que possible avec cette astro-cam! Merci pour le reminder!
@@CuivTheLazyGeek Pas de tout un reproche ou rappel. Juste un peu d'encouragement pour que vous restez comme vous êtes et que l'astronomie/astrophoto reste un loisir/hobby (sans concours de "cliques" sur des medias sociaux pour gagner une photo signée ... !)
J'espère que vous avez passé un bon Golden Week malgré le confinement ...