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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 planetary c...

Greetings fellow astronomers.  I recently purchased the new Player one Neptune 664C camera as a Christmas gift in early December 2024 and my family chipped in.  I purchased it in hopes to use it for astrophotography for deep sky imaging and of course for Planetary imaging.   I was quite impressed with the previous Svbony SV305C planetary camera I purchased in the summer time of 2023 when it was first released.   The Svbony SV305C planetary camera from Svbony produces very low noise and very clean images of both planets and deep sky targets I was very impressed so it seems buying the Player one Neptune with the 664C was a safe bet.  Please see my reviews on this planetary camera for more information on the Svbony SV305C camera. Why did I buy the Player one Neptune 664C camera when I already purchased the Svbony SV305C? Well the new Player one Neptune 664C has a sensor twice the area or size of the Sony IMX662 sensor in the Svbony SV305C and I wante...

PLEASE NOTE : There is a newer follow up review on the Svbony SC311 wifi camera please read it here- Follow-up-on-svbony-sc311-wifi-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 imaging in mind.  Having said that it could captur...