Which CCD is your primary DSO imaging camera

[Earl]

Im curious as to what people use,  I have noticed a swing to QSI as i have noticed lots of forum members taking them up over the last year or so, but I could be missing other posts ofc.

I will admit im one of the new QSI users and do sing thier praises.

[ollypenrice]

My own cameras are Atik but I use an SX belonging to Yves as well. I do like Atik, both the cameras and the company, and they are on the right side of the pond for me. Having the whole system integrated has been a huge marketing coup for QSI and their cameras are very well made. But, so far as I've been able to discover, so are Atik's. Atik are moving towards integration as well, of course. It has to be the way.

Olly

[Earl]

Yes the all in one box is imo essential for mono, OSC can get away with it however if you are happy without an OAG

[steppenwolf]

OSC can get away with it however if you are happy without an OAG

Until late last year, my primary imaging camera was an OSC (SXVF-M25C) but my vote above was for QSI as that is now my primary CCD camera. However, I am interested in your comment above because I routinely use my OSC with an OAG and it would be easy to produce an all-in-one casing with an OSC sensor and OAG?

[Earl]

I agree it has advantages, i just dont see them making OSC's with oags built in, i think it all started with built in filterwheels as Atik have started to do, I guess to get 1.25" filters as close to the sensor as possible avoiding the cost of 2 inch filters, which is a nice saving and size reduction too, this progressed to oag options, did Sbig start the trend? Sbig also do guide cam in the same box dont they?

[Earl]

If QSI popped another usb port on the camera so you could link the guide in easy like the new sxpress cameras that would be good

[NickK]

I owned a 16IC and 383L before even starting to write the drivers for ATIKs on the mac.

Seemed to be a dependable sort of camera.

[RikM]

I was saving for an Atik 314L+ when a second hand Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 popped up at a price too good to pass up. I have been very happy with it

[DaveS]

SX for me though I'm still climbing the learning curve.

[Thalestris24]

I have a qhy8l - I suppose it's a budget one-shot ccd but for the money it's quite good, and I'm not wealthy enough to able to buy any 'high end' kit

[RAC]

I've been very happy with my Atik 383L mono.

[swag72]

I have moved from Atik to QSI and I have to say that the build quality improvement for one is considerable. Then there's the built in filter wheel and OAG that just makes life a breeze!