Congrats, Angus!! I'm using a Touptek version of the imx 571 mono camera. It's just fantastic, no other words to describe it.

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, this is an amazing sensor!

Congrats on the new camera Angus! I'm looking forward to your images you get with it!

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am too! Hahaha after spending the last 4 months or so just learning it, I hope it pays off! Thanks for visiting!

Wow, major upgrade, congrats. The Sony IMX 571 sensor is so fun to use. Paired up with that l-extreme, one heck of a ride. Best of luck!

Very good, informative, accurate video!

Nice shot. You're going to have a lot of fun with the new camera.. provided the weather cooperates!

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

I am looking forward to it, I spent several months just trouble shooting (no fault to the camera, just my own stupidity and ignorance). Now that I've learned how to use it, I am super excited! Thank you for visiting! :)

Great image! And quite the leap, from a DSLR to this dedicated astrocamera!!. Enjoy it, keep the videos coming! P.S. After watching your videos (and other youtuber's as well) I recently decided to get the l-extreme filter, and man I don't regret it, for the images of nebulae are now very much full of details (I could not have ever gotten same level of detail without it, unless taken from darker skies I suppose...). So thank you very much for sharing your experiences here. Clear skies!

@nocturneastro2539

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the visit! Yeah, above all else, this camera houses an amazing sensor! That L-eXtreme is a great filter, can't wait to see your images with it!

Good discussion on moving to dedicated astro camera from a DSLR, thanks!

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I hope it was helpful! Nothing wrong to imaging with a dSLR, I mean I will continue to use mine. But there are some considerations to take into account. I hope people consider them before switching over. Thanks for visiting! :)

Thank you for sharing your review. It is a very informative video!

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the visit and support as always! :)

You deserve more subscribers and views. I found your video to be highly educational. I think I learned more about these cameras from your simplified explanations than through my googling and spec-reading. I'm on the fence for a dedicated astro-camera myself, still trying to contemplate if the short AP-season (September - April) and unpredictable weather we have this far north is worth it. I have an 80ED and an EQ6-R Pro which I use a ha-modded DSLR with today. Liked your picture too. Funny story - When I first got my Star Adventurer and wanted to try my 70-200mm on it, the very first target I did was just to center Sadr and do about an hour worth of exposures.

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Those were some really kind words and they're enough to keep me going! I really hope that I can help de-mystified this amazing hobby. Like you, I generally found help and advice to be difficult. The unpredictability of my own weather is what holds me back from going monochrome, I fear it will take me months to complete a simple picture. I switched to a dedicated camera because I personally think my Canon 60D's sensor is on its last legs (but I'll keep using it until it dies), that and I want to use harsher filter like the L-eXtreme. The longer exposures required just didn't work well with the Canon. I think an upgrade is worth the consideration but only if you feel like you're approaching the limits of your HA-modded camera. I know I did, and therefore, I switched.

Angus... Definitely a superb image of the Sadr region, here sir. Awesome video! :) Thanks for sharing Angus!

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting! I hope you will stay around for more contents to come! I have several exciting reviews coming up! 😃🙌

@djregan9121

3 жыл бұрын

@@nocturneastro2539 Definitely staying tuned, sir. :)

I'm sure you're very much enjoying the dedicated camera, great image. I had to laugh at the comment describing yourself as the SF weather channel.🤣 It does feel like we're all 50% weather reporters. Nice video Angus👍

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, definitely spend most of my videos reporting the weather instead of astrophotography. But I just couldn't wait another week or 2 because I have other videos that I need to complete. I have a slew of reviews coming up! :) Thank you for visiting and the support as always!

That's a great image!!

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😀

Nice job on the video. I still have my tired old Canon 60D, so this gives me a good perspective on what moving to a dedicated cooled astro camera would be.

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of yelling, a lot of cursing, a lot of "why the f*** does my picture look like that?!"... But then finally, that one magical session where everything falls into place, and you know you've got it. And it will make all of your wasted sessions worthwhile.

I absolutely love my 26C hypercam, it’s my third Altair camera, my whole setup is Altair , wood like to get the 26M next to can do narrowband and osc . Your image in bortle 9 with out filters is mind blowing , Weldon

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! But I did use a filter. I used the Optolong L-eXtreme filter to help block out light pollution and to really isolate the HA signal. I think I noted it on the picture. I WISH I didn't have to use a filter.

@merc500sec

3 жыл бұрын

@@nocturneastro2539 ahhhh got you , I am bortle 5 so use the AA quadband , also have the triband , pretty awesome filters too 👌🏻

Wow that’s a nice upgrade : this camera is a solid and serious piece of gear. Sure you will bring your Astro photos to the next level. I’m about to save bucks to get the zwo 2600mc pro. Dslr’s are so convenient to use for beginners but also for portable, lightweight nomad setups. I’ll continue to us it on my night trips with my staradventurer mini and my widefield lenses. I just see the limits with the hot summer nights we have here. It’s a lot more difficult to process noisy images and the fact dslr’s are not cooled, takes me much more time ´cause of the need to shoot calibration images during each session. It’s just the way to go if we want to take our imaging to the next level. By the way, nice and pedagogical video as always !

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! dSLR are far easier to use and setup, and you can be more portable with it. But there's just no getting around the fact that normal dSLR/Mirrorless were never designed to perform under such low light conditions, and have exposures in the scale of minutes. I've never processed such clean image before. My SF nights aren't hot, but it definitely doesn't help with the overall noise generated by normal camera. Plus, I just couldn't bring myself to pair filters such as L-eXtreme with a dSLR. The resulting exposure time would just be too long.

I like the purple

I thought I'd try commenting on from my other channel to see if it works Angus The Dumpy Dalek Observatory; 1 week ago I did comment before about the 26C & ASI 2600MCpro but it seems to have disappeared now, anyway I didn't have the budget for either of the two I've just mentioned but I did manage to buy an Altair 269C from Altair astro over the weekend at a star party for a very good price, I even managed a first light with it but DSS was saying no stars detected so looks like I'm on a bit of a learning curve with this one. Loved the video & yeah these cameras are very purple lol

@nocturneastro2539

2 жыл бұрын

This worked! Hmmmm DSS should have no problems reading these files though... 🤔

@tichwykes

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure I'll figure it @@nocturneastro2539 reducing the star detection value % did nothing so I ended up changing the values in the Fitts settings so DSS could detect the stars, probably the wrong way going about it but it worked not that the resulting image was anything to go by as the dew at the star party was soooo bad even the sensor was fogging up.

Thank you Angus I really loved this video. I am starting out as a beginner in, astro photography,I have a spacecat 51, and Ioptron skyguider Pro,and am about to modify a Canon T3i. I hope to get some great Nebulae this winter! I am really excited about this amazing new hobby,wish me luck. P.s what is the end music called? Thanks once more,cheers.

Nice results! What sort of power source did you use for it when rigged up? I'm wondering if its compatible with LiFePo4 battery.

I came to watch asi2600mc vs qhy268c vs 26c though 😁 Why choose Altair over the others?

@nocturneastro2539

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could do that kind of comparison, but I don't have the ZWO or QHY to compare. Why did I pick the Altair Astro version? 1) It retails less than either ZWO or QHY, I think the buffer memory is different, but that's irrelevant to me because I won't be doing planetary imaging with it. 2) An used example became available for less, and it was basically brand new 3) It comes in purple 💜 😃

Sad moment. Rip DSLR