About Me

I am a amateur astronomer who started in this hobby over 5 years ago working on very limited budget. I have done a several reviews with some companies on some of their new astro products and equipment. I like to do my own personal reviews for testing and informational purposes to help to inform others looking to purchase equipment. Please feel free to enter any comments, suggestions or questions you may have on my contact page and I will respond when I can. Happy star gazing to you all and be well.

Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada

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My review of my new Svbony SV705C camera - First test on Planetary imaging!

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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 ...
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Svbony SC311 WIFI camera followup review

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Follow up on the Svbony SC311 WIFI camera 1 year later-Has it improved? Greetings fellow astronomers.  A little over a year ago in Dec 2023 I wrote a review on the new Svbony SC311 WIFI camera - see my first light review of this camera on my review blog and the Svbony website.  At the time this was supposed to be a new and improved WIFI camera on the block from Svbony based on the Sony IMX662 ultra low noise sensor and because of this astro camera had a lot of promise due to two significant features- totally wireless via WIFI and a well known fantastic ultra low noise and highly sensitive Sony sensor.  The Sony IMX662 sensor put in this camera and currently used in many other wired planetary cameras is known to produce great Astro images for both Deep sky and for Planetary capturing . I have used the Svbony SV305C planetary camera with the same very sensor the IMX662 and captured fantastic planetary and dso images from it actually and this is one of my favorite planet...
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Svbony SC311 Wifi Camera Review - First Light and Impressions

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PLEASE NOTE :  There is a new review of the recently released Svbony SC311 Pro wifi camera please read it here-   Svbony SC311 Pro - Svbony's newly redesigned wireless Camera Greetings fellow astronomers.  I am going to review the newest WiFi camera on the block from Svbony! The SC311 wireless astrophotography camera!.  Svbony kindly sent me a pre-release version of this new camera for testing and review for full disclosure here.  In light of that fact I do promise to perform a fair and balanced first light review of the good and not so good on this newly released wireless camera from Svbony.   You may ask well doesn't Svbony already have a WiFi wireless camera and the answer is yes they do and I did previously review it 2 years ago actually - the SC001 WiFi wireless spotting camera.  This initial WiFi camera was designed for spotting scopes using it for nature viewing, spotting shooting targets, etc but was never designed for any Astro imagi...
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