SVBONY SV305 Pro Telescope Camera, 2MP USB3.0 Astronomy Camera, 1.25inch Astronomy Guiding Camera, Telescope Eyepieces for Astrophotography
$ 199.99
| Product Dimensions | 6 x 5 x 3 inches |
|---|---|
| Item Weight | 1.3 pounds |
| ASIN | B08F3M474W |
| Item model number | FCAF9198B |
| Customer Reviews |
4.2 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | #130 in Telescope Eyepieces |
| Date First Available | August 1, 2020 |
| Manufacturer | SVBONY |
| Country of Origin | China |
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Product Description
The IMX290 chip with a pixel size of 2.9um can capture fine details of astronomical objects. It is also a back-illuminated high quantum efficiency camera, which is very suitable for planetary photography cameras.
SV305 Pro telescope camera is a sensitive and high-speed color astronomy camera for planetary imaging, lunar and solar imaging (with a safe solar filter), and some bright deep space objects imaging. This camera is also great for ‘lucky imaging’ of planets, double stars, and other compact objects, especially for telescopes with longer focal lengths. So if you are an astrophotography enthusiast who likes to photograph the Moon, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and other planets, then this camera is just what you need.
128MB DDR Buffer: The benefit of the image buffer is that the memory will cache the image and transfer it to the computer when the USB interface is not busy or being interrupted, and the frame will not be lost or corrupted.
NOTE:
1.Computer configuration requirements:
1) The configuration of desktop computer is not less than Intel 4 generation i5, and the memory is not less than 4G.
2) Laptop configuration is not less than Intel 6 generation i5, memory is not less than 8g.
2. This SV305 Pro telescope camera is best used with a refractor or reflector telescope mounted on an equatorial mount that can accurately track the motion of the sky. It is not intended for taking images through the eyepiece of a telescope. You may also require additional accessories and filters to get the best results. If you want to use the SV305 pro telescope camera capture images through telescope eyepiece. You need buy an eyepiece projection adapter.
ST4 Guiding Port
Built-in ST4 automatic guide port, the camera is easy to connect to the automatic guide. Support PHD2 software and work with ASCOM plate form. You can use a computer to control the telescope mount. The autoguider has a port that connects directly to the autoguider, for analog signal processing.
USB3.0 Interface
Using USB3.0 interface, built-in 128M cache, preview frame rate up to 130fps under 1920*1080 resolution, limited by computer configuration and sharpcap software, the actual test is 40fps, the picture is smooth to ensure that each frame shot is transmitted to the computer without losing frame.
0.7e Ultra-low Readout Noise
The sensor has very high QE and very low 0.7e ultra-low read noise, improving sensitivity in the visible and near-infrared regions for industrial applications.
ADC 12 bit
The SV305 Pro camera offers 8 bit RAW output or 12 bit.
Special Heat Dissipation Structure
The unique heat dissipation design makes the product run more stable. Long-term exposure time during use reduces the noise to a certain extent, resulting in better image quality.
1 Connect 2 Work for microscope 3 ROI function 4 Comptible systems 5 1.25-inch interface
1 IMX290 CMOS Sensor
2 BSI CMOS Sensor
3 128MB DDR Buffer
4 F9198 Series Comparison
Specifications
Sensor ： 1/2.8″ CMOS Color Sensor Model： IMX290 Pixel Size： 2.9µmx2.9µm Resolution： 2MPixels(1920*1080@100FPS) 1280*960@135FPS 1280*720@146FPS USB Type: USB3.0 Shutter: Electronic Rolling Shutter Exposure Time: 1ms~30min Gain: Automatic/Manual Maximum Frame Rate: 100FPS(1920*1080) 35FPS(1280*960) ADC: 10 bit/12 bit Out 8 bit/12 bit Filter: IR CUT filter Interface Type: Standard UVC protocol Support OS: Windows, Linux Support Telescope: Telescope with 1.25” diagonal base hole Power Consumption: 230mA@5V Cable Length: 2m
ST4 Guiding;SV305 Pro camera is designed with ST4 guiding port; supporting the PHD2 software; and works with ASCOM plate form
1ms to 30min long exposure; long exposure can reach 30 minutes;you can use it for planetary imaging; lunar imaging and some bright deep space objects imaging
Back-illuminated CMOS Sensor;the SV305 Pro uses an extremely sensitive IMX290 CMOS sensor; this sensor has very high QE and very low 0.7e- read noise; which improved sensitivity in the visible-light and near infrared light regions for industrial applications
128MB DDR Buffer;this buffer also allows a slower computer with USB 3.0 socket to capture every frame without loss even if the USB socket is occasionally busy with other peripherals; this buffer also makes it possible to run multiple cameras using one computer without USB transfer problems
Any Area ROI Support; a smaller region of interest ROI is read out from the sensor; leaving the image scale of the object being imaged; unchanged; allow arbitrary resolutions to be set
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Andrew Thrall –
guide scope
no issues. worked right out the box
Koustubh Sharma –
Great camera, wish it came with more detailed user guidelines
Excellent product, great quality photos, just wish it came with better and more complete user guide. Had a minor issue regarding an accessory and the seller promptly communicated and supplied the missing accessory. Highly recommend. Already managed to take some neat pictures of the moon and Venus with the camera. Awaiting other planets to become visible
Carlette Hanson –
Great for the price, but tiny sensor, therefore very magnified
I don’t have much experience with this yet, so I am sure with some effort it is very possible to get much better images than the ones that I attached, especially the one of Saturn since I suck at planetary imaging. It was very easy to connect to SharpCap and there are no problems imaging. I would estimate that, with my 130SLT, the field of view was about 15×27 arcminutes.
We Tr –
Great camera chip for the price, solid build
The SV305 Pro is a great guide camera for astrophotography. That was the only way I use it so I cannot comment about the planetary imaging capability. I would have loved it to be mono rather than color, for my use, but it still tracked stars great.It needs to be connected to a computer to guide. There is a guide port in case you want to use it to directly control your mount, but it also works guiding through the mount’s connection to the control computer.
BeK –
Wanted it to work, too unstable, returned it
It seems there are people who own this camera and have had decent results. It was upon that basis that I took the plunge. My experience was not good enough to keep the camera. I need something that works, correctly, and every time. For me, this was not that camera.The behavior was flakey. It would work well for a period of time, then not work at all until it cooled off and was restarted. That’s a no go right there. It was unclear if this is a hardware issue or software. I suspect software and drivers, but not sure. AstroDMx showed the bad behavior more often than SharpCap, but neither was rock solid stable with this device. Some examples of issues, changing modes caused the device to lock up more often than not. I tried different USB 3 cables including short ones of extremely high quality — no change in behavior. Also, mine had a nigh number of hot pixels right in the most frequent area of interest that glowed right away at modest gain. All sensors are likely to show some anomalies at some settings, this one made it unusable, for me. Maybe I received a dud. It happens.Also, customer service may be new at this. They were responsive, and to their credit did try to be helpful. However, they do not appear to have the vocabulary required nor understanding of the needs of an astronomy camera. If you’re selling astro gear, you need to understand the domain and the gear in order to support it effectively.If you are a tinkerer and willing to work with it, and do not need to rely on it to be stable, this may be an okay choice,. It is certainly affordable. The build quality was very good, I think, no complaints there at all.If the driver or software issues were resolved, assuming that is the problem, I would likely try the camera again. For now, I just can’t sue it. My ZWO cameras, even with their own quirks, work ~100% of the time.
Amazon Customer –
Great for beginner astrophotography!
For the most part the camera is very easy to use, it takes a bit of tweaking to get it to focus, but once you get it figured out you can take some great pics. I took these on my first day with it.
R. Daneel Olivaw –
It worked well while it worked
Had this setup on a 60mm guide scope. It did a great job while it worked, but it did not hold up for long. I used it a grand total of about 4 hours and the CCD sensor failed. I have returned the unit for a refund since I would rather have the support of a ZWO system.
Matt –
Works… somewhat
After using this camera for 4 months I’m regretting buying it instead of going with a more mainstream product. While I did manage to get some good images of the moon, trying to use it for guiding has been a struggle I didn’t need to take on. It took quite a while to get working, between drivers, software, cables, etc. While the Windows driver works as is should, the ASCOM driver is terrible to the point of being useless. The biggest and most frustrating initial problem is that the camera was frequently not seen by SharpCap. Unplug and reconnect the USB cable and it will show up and work. However if you change the colorspace, resolution, or ROI the camera will frequently lock up, requiring another unplug and reconnect. I control my scope remotely from inside by connecting to a laptop next to the scope. These lockups were so frequent that I wore a path in the carpet going outside to unplug and reconnect.The locking up has become less frequent but the frustration now is that the camera absolutely will not work (will not be seen) if going through any type of USB hub. I’m not using unusually long cables either, 4ft laptop to hub, 2ft hub to camera. I used an unpowered hub which ran my mount, focuser, and DSLR without issue, but the SV305 would only be seen when plugged directly into the laptop, not through the hub. I switched to a powered hub, tested indoors, and the SV305 showed up as it should. Move everything outside without changing any connections and again the camera doesn’t show up, and in fact never did show up again, only showing up when connected directly to the laptop. The problems with this is that there’s now an extra cable to worry about getting caught up in something, and that USB ports on the laptop are in short supply.I bought the SV305 Pro version because of the USB3.0 port, not for the ST-4 port. In looking at questions on the non-Pro listing I see it came with a USB cable with 2 connectors on the PC end, enabling it to draw 1A current instead of 0.5A through a single connection. The Pro version does not come with this type of cable. That’s when I realized the connectivity problem all along has been that the camera needs to draw more current than a single USB port can provide, so it either locks up or just doesn’t function. They need to provide either the same type of cable as with the other version, or add a power connector to the camera.
Alex D. –
It’s my first dedicated camera for a telescope.I’m running this on an older laptop I7-3610QE w/ 8GB.Using AstroDMX. Install/config was a breeze.Where I had some difficulties was focusing the camera with my Celestron Astromaster 90EQ. Without the upright an extension tube is required even with a Barlow. Using the upright made focusing easier but it did cause major fringing.The thing I wasn’t prepared for is the annihilation of disk space when capturing. it might be only 2mp but this thing will gobble up 2-3GB/min when you let it loose.
Amazon Customer –
Excelente producto, calidad superior, bonito diseño y color, llegó super rápido, gracias!!!!!
Michael –
Great, just as expected , works well
Dr. Tim Parker –
I hade been using the SVBONY SV305 CCD camera on my Meade telescope (review posted here on Amazon) and was quite impressed with it, but when I saw this Pro version, I had to try it to take advantage of the faster uploads to my laptop. The SC305 Pro is quite a bit different from the standard SV305, but at a higher price, of course. To start with, the presentation of the camera is a lot better with the Pro: you get a nice box, plus a real user manual (instead of a folded piece of paper). At it’s heart, it’s still the same 2MP CCD and 128MB SSD RAM, but it now supports USB 3.0 and hence communicates faster with the laptop, good for both downloading bunches of images taken in bursts, as well as better guiding when you use the CCD as a guide camera. Software is downloadable for PCs and Linux machines/I tried the SV305 Pro as a guide camera on a few objects, feeding from the CCD to the laptop to the mount of my Meade. In guide mode, it worked really well: identify the guide object (usually a star) and leave the unit alone. For extended exposures, this worked really well. I would not use the 2MP CCD for deep-space imaging, as it simply doesn’t have the resolution needed, but as a guide camera it is easy to use and worked perfectly, guiding my 12-inch Meaded for long-term exposures of Messier objects and other deep-sky items.As a primary camera itself, it works well on planetary objects, and produced excellent shots of the moon. 2MP allows decent blow-ups of planetary objects, but not deeper items. Exposures up to 30 minutes let you get decent stackable images of objects like Jupiter and Mars. While the non-Pro SV305 could overload with burst image transfers, occasionally losing an image or failing, this never happened with the Pro.While the standard SV305 was a good first CCD camera for those getting into astronomy, working well on smaller ‘scopes, the SV305 Pro is more for the harder-core astronomer. While it can be used as a primary camera, like the SV305, the best use for the Pro is as a guide camera, and it worked well in this role for me. Considering the price, this is a bit of a bargain compared to the guide camera I was using from a “big name” astronomical supply company. Well worth the investment.
IB –
My wife bought me this camera to use as a guider on my Celestron 8″ Edge HD with an AVX Computerized head. The camera after a month of tweaking and fiddling with software and drivers is still not providing adequate image quality to guide my scope. the old ZWO guider works smoother and interfaces with the software much more seamlessly. I would have retuned it had I been able to try it out sooner.