Although they aren't top-of-the-line for astrophotography, I suspect the older imagers might be great as guiders. Of course, that wouldn't be as nice as dual-chip imagers, with a separate chip for guiding. But for my lowest-end SBIG camera, which does not have internal guidance, this sort of setup might work well. I intend to try my Meade imager as a guider. -- Joe On Aug 2, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Don J. Colton wrote:
Don't buy if you want to do color. Orion just came out with a larger format camera and single shot color with cooling for only $699. Cooling is essential for good dark frames. That is why Meade is having the blowout sale. The specs indicate the Orion camera is much superior to the current Meade version. I suspect Meade is only waiting to clear the supply line before announcing an improved camera at a similar price.
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Fisher Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:15 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Blow-out sale on Meade DSI Pro Monochrome Cameras
Apparently Meade has authorized a blow-out price sale on its DSI-Pro Monochrome cameras [ DSI Pro (Deep Sky Imager) Monochrome CCD Camera [ME-04523] ] at $129, discounted from $499. Per the AAVSO yahoo group, these cameras are suitable for variable star photometry (unlike the color DSI-1), for anyone interested in that direction. There also is a discounted price for the DSI-Pro with the three color flat filter at $229, discounted from $599. Supplies are limited. I bought a monochrome DSI through Oceanside - www.optcorp.com . - Kurt
P.S. - If Meade is dumping the DSI's, I wonder what the replacement in their product line will be.
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