QHY8, have I boobed

[myk68]

Hi All

Now I hold my hands up and have to admit I didnt realize I was making a bid on ebay. I thought I was asking if they would accept £500 for the thing but I have so hay ho.

Any way my question is- is this a good price or have I just paid more than I should have for this camera.??

Mike

[knobby]

Just done a quick Google

... All I could find was a few in the U.S. went for 900 Dollars.

looking good?

wish you some clear skies with it

[Earl]

Its not a bad price, and you would be fair to sell it on at that if you do not get on with it.

[myk68]

Lovely, cheers for the reassurance guys.

[r3i]

Assuming it's in full working condition, I'd say it was a good price. The last similar one that sold on ABS was a QHY8L and that had an asking price of £750.

[Grotemobile]

http://www.modernastronomy.com/camerasQHY.htm#qhy8

Dont know if this helps.

Steve

[myk68]

sounds about right then.

Cheers for that steve. I cant find anything about a guide port on it anyone know if i can use it for guiding as well as imagining?

[sloz1664]

Hi Mike,

The good news is you have a quality ccd sensor, assuming it works.

If you google for images taken by the QHY8 you'll see what I mean.

In the past the QHY8 suffered from dewing of the front lens, if you

do suffer from this, don't dispair, contact Bern at Modern Astronomy and

purchase a modified nosepiece. I had to with my QHY8Pro and I

haven't had a problem since.

Again a great camera at a good price.

cheers

Steve

[myk68]

Cracking, it does have one column of pixels that are dark but this can be corrected for.

mike

[r3i]

Cracking, it does have one column of pixels that are dark but this can be corrected for.

mike

The build quality of the QHY8 isn't the best by a long shot but you do get a lot of camera for the money and I've managed to get some decentish pics with mine despite my decidedly limited skills. I think QHY have learnt quite a bit over the last couple of years and it looks like the quality is getting better on their newer cameras.