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Post by johnno on May 23, 2014 14:29:57 GMT
I've bit the bullet and ordered one, as Chris has gone for the ZWO which I fancied and the price has gone up, so I thought i'll give this one a bash and see what's the difference.
They should be in the country next week as this is the latest model. Didn't order the cooler as a new one is due out later this year.
The only thing I'm not to happy with is the customer support can't find any specific forum about them so fingers crossed I don't have a problem with it.
what I've read about the software seems to be similar to miloslick and astrolive with stacking and adjustments and also if I set up a ascom remote focuser I can control it from within the software
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 15:06:18 GMT
Looking forward to hearing about this one.
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Post by johnno on May 23, 2014 15:30:51 GMT
Looking forward to hearing about this one. me too
just had a email, could take up to 28days depending on customs.
the planetary images with the mono version don't look all that bad but no doubt they would be using better and bigger scopes than me.
Its a French company and popular in France but not elsewhere, I few in the uk have the earlier models and seem quite pleased with them, just have to see how it goes for planetary if its better than the Sammy i'll be happy.
as the saying goes 'nothing ventured nothing gained' lets hope it doesn't turn out to be a lemon
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 17:45:43 GMT
Sounds good John! Im sure it will do the job nicely! That is a brutal wait tho lol. Im so impatient when it comes to waiting on something arriving!
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Post by johnno on Jun 8, 2014 23:39:57 GMT
Bit of a update, well there's none really, must say their customer service is great, sent 2 emails off to them in France one 17 days ago and another 10 days ago and have heard nothing from them, all I wanted was a bit more info than what's on the retailers website.
from what I can make out on a French forum [using google translate] is that there is a delay with them shipping it out to retailers June 4th due to the fact they originally was going to use a different sensor but under testing they've found that it was not as good as the Aptina MT9M034 sensor which is used in the ZWO ASI120MC camera's so they have changed it over to the MT sensor and testing it out before shipping.
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Post by johnno on Jul 1, 2014 9:54:08 GMT
Its arrived this morning, smaller than i imagined.
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Post by davy on Jul 1, 2014 11:39:57 GMT
Is that what you're mrs said ..arf arf
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 11:43:30 GMT
Great johnno. look forward to the tests.
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Post by Dragon Man on Jul 1, 2014 12:39:07 GMT
Its arrived this morning, smaller than i imagined. How can we tell, there's nothing in the photo to compare size to LOL. It could be the size of a loaf of bread in that photo
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 12:48:55 GMT
Its arrived this morning, smaller than i imagined. Nice one Johnno, look forward to seeing how she blows!
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Post by johnno on Jul 1, 2014 13:35:46 GMT
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Post by johnno on Jul 1, 2014 13:37:34 GMT
loaded the software but when I click it, it won't start
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Post by davy on Jul 1, 2014 14:23:48 GMT
Yeah you're right looks small in your hand..
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Post by Dragon Man on Jul 1, 2014 15:16:01 GMT
Wow John, that is small!!!! WOW! Unless you have a HUGE hand
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 15:54:15 GMT
Looking good man! Got it working yet? Cant you just use sharpcap or something?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 16:01:04 GMT
Can you give some details of the Lens, Thanks Patrick
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Post by johnno on Jul 1, 2014 16:22:34 GMT
software dongle that came with it to give you a idea of the size of it. @ Patrick, its a old M42 screw fit 80 - 200mm F4.5 - F5.6 Pentacon slr lens with c mount adapter. @ Chris can't get it to work with anything. When I click on the desktop shortcut or the exe file in the program the little mouse cursor changes to the spinning wheel for a while then stops, the program won't start, I've uninstalled and reinstalled umpteen times and nothing.
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Post by johnno on Jul 1, 2014 16:35:19 GMT
Is that what you're mrs said ..arf arf That's why she calls it a maggot
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 16:52:41 GMT
hmmm not good... i assume you've checked the website to check for a download? Nothing daft like needing a system restart? Does your pc recognize it in device manager when you plug it in?
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Post by davy on Jul 1, 2014 16:58:09 GMT
With it being french..you should ask was it made on a friday..
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