Grants Astronomy Review Blog

Greetings fellow astronomers.  Unfortunately the weather here in western Canada has been really cold and cloudy during my first look at the new wireless camera from Svbony-"The Svbony SC311 Pro ".  Clouds and clouds, lots of snow, really windy weather and very cold temperatures here in Western Canada have haunted my Feb 2026!  To go along with this newly released wifi camera there is also a newly developed android and IOS based mobile app called "SvbonyAstroCam" to control it.  Svbony has been kind enough to send me the early-release version of this new wifi camera for testing and review.  As many of you already know I have already done a comphehensive review of the original Svbony SC311 which the new SC311 Pro wireless wifi camera is based off. In this review I will explore some of the new features and improvements on the new Svbony SC311 Pro wireless camera comparing it to the originally released Svbony SC311 wireless camera along the way.  In addition, w...

Geetings fellow astronomers.  I just recently purchased the Svbony SV705C planetary camera during the Svbony black Friday sale.  The Svbony SV705C planetary camera uses the larger Sony IMX585 sensor released around 2021 with a 1/1.2 pixel sensor.  The Svbony SV705C camera like most newer astro cameras on the market have several new technologies in them such as backlighting sensor technology removing virtually all amp glow that existed in older sensors so the image brightness is completely uniform across the sensor field ( Sony STARVIS 2 ) which should help produce great captures.  Like other modern sensors the Sony IMX585 sensor uses HCG to increase dynamic range while lowering sensor noise another great feature which allows you to capture images with great dynamic color range and very low noise compared to older cameras (but there is still some noise at very high gains of course).  And yes the Sony IMX585 sensor in the Svbony SV705C camera has a much higher ...