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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 18:12:42 GMT
It's been a while since the A7s has been out, and so far from everything I've seen the camera has much promise for live astronomy observation. The main constraint seems to be the newness of the camera and software support. With Canon cameras, for example, one can use Deep Sky Stacker live or Deep Sky Stacker with the Observer add-in toolbar to get good live views of DSOs. Unfortunately I've been told DSS does not support Sony raw format, and there may be other issues I'm not aware of. In addition I had asked the author of BYEOS if he was going to do a Sony version and he said not at this time. So it's looking like for live view DSS live or DSS w/observer toolbar are the best options. I've got two basic questions about the A7s for live astronomy, one is if it's worth the cost vs the CCDs that are available given that many of them will work with Astrolive for live Astronomy (a shootout is in order here IMO). My second question is, assuming it's worth the effort, what would it take to get the A7s working as a live astronomy camera? (It would seem to me that someone that owns the A7s now would need to provide data to a programmer)
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Post by Dragon Man on Oct 30, 2014 3:56:58 GMT
Curtis, I have a question for you, and it is extremely relative to understanding your post. What is an A7?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 7:01:48 GMT
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Post by Dragon Man on Oct 30, 2014 10:31:53 GMT
Thanks Curtis. It'd gets hard to keep up with all the Acronyms and model designation codes
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 20:16:29 GMT
2500 bucks seems a lot for this.. canon i think can be had for a lot less. and all the software works with it
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 19:50:53 GMT
Yes, but AFAIK canon does not have a competitive camera that has comparable low light sensitivity.
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