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Thanks for the replies guys. I have managed to contact the OEM and they said I can send it back to them and they will repair it. Cheers Wayne

I think I've found the culprit. Its the component circled in the image. Any ideas? Thanks Wayne

Hi All This is a cry for help. I think the control chip on my camera has just fried. (NINA no longer recognises it as connected although it is powered on and plugged in) There was a click and a puff of smoke, its clearly drawn too much current. The camera is a RisingCam IMX571 (basically a rebranded version of a Touptek camera). There is no way in a million yrs I can afford to replace it, does anyone out there know of any possibility of getting this camera repaired, Any help or advice would be greatly welcomed. Thanks Wayne

Brilliant Thanks, I will try this. thanks for the advice

Hi Guys I have recntly been playing with a new portable rig (Canon 600D with the kit lens operating at 100mm on a Skywatcher AzGTi with equitorial firmware). It's looking very promising for taking on visits to dark skies. I took a couple of images the other night and noticed this blocking in the background during processing. The attached image was preprocessed in Siril (Flats, Darks and Bias frames all used) with photometric colour calibration and background extraction applied. I then moved it to PS where I did a couple of curves (one Arcsinh10 and one gentle manual one) with a couple of levels adjustments. The stars were then removed with StarXTerminator. Attached is the starless image. Can anyone tell me what is causing the blocks seen in the image and if they know any processes I can follow to fix/mitigate them. Thanks in advance for any advice or guidance you can offer. Wayne

So I know its been a long time coming but the skies have been awful. I finally have my second proper image taken with the RisingCam IMX571 and I LOVE THIS CAMERA. It works seemlessly in EKOS the attached image was taken with flats and bias but no darks. There is absolutely no ampglow with this camera the controls are untuitive and it is some of the best money I have spent. I can happily recommend this to anyone who is looking for a camera with this Sony Chip but can't stretch to the £1600-2000 that is being asked for ZWO 2600 mcPro or the Altair Astro version. I am still playing with the settings (and learning) and took a bunch of images before I realised I had to change the settings to RAW in INDI to get 16 bit images. I set the mode to HDR which puts the Gain to 100 (which i believe is the optimum for this chip) But, to cut a long story short I am very happy with this camera and think it will serve my purposes for a long time yet. if you are thinking of grabbing one you'd get my nod. Clear skies 🙂🌑🪐

Hi Goran My initial thoughts are earlier in this thread, but that was only really based on a single night of good data (after a few false starts that were my own fault). I plan to give an update when I have had a proper chance to put it through its paces. Cheers Wayne

I got the AR window. I can always put an IR cut filter on myself. I use filters (Altair Astro Triband & Skytech CLS-CCD) which have the appropriate IR cut off. I read reviews of people who got this camera with the IR/UV cut window and they still seem happy with thier purchase but I thought the AR made sense and left me flexibility. Very happy with the camera. especially at this price. 👍

For anyone interested my initial impressions are in the original discussion, Cheers Wayne

Hi all. Got first light on this camera, so here are my initial thoughts. Being new to dedicated OSC I had a few teething problems (and the gremlins decided to have a play with my mount which didn't help) It defaults to RBG in the image settings which sets the bit depth to 8 bit. Spent 2 nights shooting the western veil on this setting and being underwhelmed with the image definition when processed (that could be my still developing processing skills and I will go back and have a go at the data again). When I noticed I had a look at the image settings and changed RGB to RAW, this changed the bit depth to 16 as expected. My main rig is an Orion 80ED on an EQ6 controlled by EKOS on a RPi and I powered the Pi and camera from the same power distributor and the Pi shut down several times, I did read this on a forum after the fact that RPi can shut down in these cases, although I have had this issue previously before I ever got this camera. Still, I gave the camera its own power supply to be sure. The interface is fairly straightforward (in EKOS) when I took the time to take a proper look around. The fan is quiet, the cooler works as expected and I took these images at -5 degC (this is my first TEC camera and I'm loving it (especially considering how warm its been)). I decided to switch to the Eastern Veil once I'd dealt with the above issues. The image was taken with the Orion 80ED using an Altair Astro Triband filter. I pushed it to 10 min subs (could never have done that with the DSLR, especially in summer). There are 4hr 30min in the image. Flats/Bias/Darks included. I have attached a 10 min master dark (No amp glow). The FOV of this chip is the same as the Canon 600D so already familar with what targets fit. Overall very happy with the experience so far, communication with seller was good and got a great camera at a great price (thanks for the original comment nfotis). Images attached. (Tried to attach the .tif but it wouldn't so uploaded a jpeg instead) Clear Skies Wayne EVeilTriBandV2.tif

Shooting in RAW still produces FITS files, not sure what it does when I change the setting to RGB but if changes the bit depth to 8 bit. I have my first image (Eastern Veil) with this image ready to process now. Initial thoughts will be on the other post soon but I can say that I think its money well spent and a bargain. I am new to dedicated astro-cams so still on a learning curve but no regrets as yet 👍

It was outputting .fit files and the data was looking good even at 8 bit. The early signs are good, I will be giving a full run down of my experience in my earlier post below when I have some processed images.

May have solved this myself. The image setting was RGB.. when I changed this to RAW the bit depth changed to 16 bit 👍. Hope this helps anyone else having similar issues if this is indeed the solution. Cheers Wayne

Can anyone help. I am using the RisingCam IMX571 camera and it uses the Touptek drivers in EKOS. It defaults to 8 bits per pixel in the settings but I am sure this is a 16 bit chip and I can see no way of changing this in the settings. I am new to OSC dedicated cameras (using a Canon DSLR up until now). Am I misunderstanding something here? Any advice gratefully received. Cheers Wayne

Would this work for you? https://www.firstlightoptics.com/zwo-accessories/zwo-filter-drawer-for-canon-eos-lenses.html I know its a drawer and not a wheel but alegedly this would give perfect back focus to an EOS lens and with a T-ring will connect straight to a scope too. I saw it used here. Considering one myself as it looks like it makes switching cameras/scopes/lenses a breeze Cheers Wayne