black5f Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Hi I've been looking for one of these for ages. So thought I'd share it. A remote way of capturing / viewing live view from a canon, light portable and low cost. I found a Windows 10 tablet from Ebuyer for £39. Works great with EOS movie record and got Stellerium on it as well. Seems well made and has a grippy rubberised case. Getting 20 - 25 fps. Wifi, blue tooth and a sd card slot. A cheap solution for me. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCPC Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Sounds good. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy-kat Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 They are great aren't they, there's another thread Link here you may find interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black5f Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 7 hours ago, happy-kat said: They are great aren't they, there's another thread Link here you may find interesting Interesting and thanks. Price seems to have plummeted, cheap enough to just have as an astro tool. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adder001 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Would deep sky stacker work on this as my old laptop keeps overheating when running anything intensive like dss and this may be a cheap solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adder001 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Well I decided to bite the bullet and get one. I was hoping that somebody would know the answer to the above question but it seems not so I took a chance and got one. Well I am impressed, it does indeed run Deep Sky Stacker and it does it much better than my old Toshiba Laptop running Windows Vista, now I can just let it run and not worry about overheating and crashing. It is the full version of Windows 10 Home edition. I have connected a Usb Keyboard and mouse to it and it behaves just like a normal laptop rather than a tablet. You can adjust whether you want tablet or desktop modes so it really is the best of both worlds and for £39 its brilliant. Also it is a known brand(Viglen) with an Intel chipset so I had a bit more confidence in it rather than some unknown brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtis Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 42 minutes ago, adder001 said: Well I decided to bite the bullet and get one. I was hoping that somebody would know the answer to the above question but it seems not so I took a chance and got one. Well I am impressed, it does indeed run Deep Sky Stacker and it does it much better than my old Toshiba Laptop running Windows Vista, now I can just let it run and not worry about overheating and crashing. It is the full version of Windows 10 Home edition. I have connected a Usb Keyboard and mouse to it and it behaves just like a normal laptop rather than a tablet. You can adjust whether you want tablet or desktop modes so it really is the best of both worlds and for £39 its brilliant. Also it is a known brand(Viglen) with an Intel chipset so I had a bit more confidence in it rather than some unknown brand. Hi have you got a link has I was wondering if it would work with sharpcap an a cheap web cam if it as full size USB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy-kat Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I have used sharpcap with our win 8.1 tabet and the usb plugged into a OTG cable from memory and it worked fine. They are not full size USB ports so I mus have used one of my OTG cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 And 'Intel Inside' - that means you can use it with BBC Basic for Windows :-) On my wish list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy-kat Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Ebuyer still have them available what a cheap price (I think it might be the same one the OP bought) and free delivery, if we didn;t alread have an 8 inch linx w10 I would be getting one at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 If your after something with full sized USB ports the Lenovo MIIX is worth a look (both full sized ports are in the keyboard), around £100. Argos have refurbished ones at the moment but I picked a new one up for the same price a couple of months ago http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-10-1-Inch-MIIX-310-2-in-1-2GB-32GB-Tablet-From-Argos-ebay-B-Grade-/351922679566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adder001 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 On 03/02/2017 at 16:58, gtis said: Hi have you got a link has I was wondering if it would work with sharpcap an a cheap web cam if it as full size USB Hi Here is the link http://www.ebuyer.com/762783-connect-8-32gb-windows-10-tablet-nxr08001?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=51482417339&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CjwKEAiAoOvEBRDD25uyu9Lg9ycSJAD0cnByHdDuI1dIMAnY86Kfgo2VcVzlJuNfJfdkDOeSBGMGVRoCUVjw_wcB The USB is micro USB but you can get a converter that goes from the small micro usb port to the normal Usb size (it is often called a USB on the Go or USB OTG cable, they are only about £2 from amazon). I got one ages ago for my Hudl2 only to find out that it didnt support USB OTG on the later Android version but I am pleased to say that this Windows tablet does so I now have a use for it and so far I can connect anything and it seems to work. I have mine connected to a 4 port hub which I plug in my keyboard and mouse. Cant comment on sharpcap as I dont have it but so far I have installed Deep Sky Stacker, Registax, Stellarium, GIMP2, VLC, Firefox, Google Chrome and everything works fine just like an ordinary PC. I much prefer this to Android as navigating the file structure is so much easier with the windows system eg Drive C:/ drive D:/ etc rather than the android method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black5f Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Just for info 9 months on its still going strong. You have to be wise and keep the HD clean, get rid of old vers of windows etc. BYE trial and eos movie record is giving 10 - 12 fps. Stellarium is fine. Managed to share it on network so can see the vid directory on my old trusty desktop pc (XP). Bit scratched but £39! Haven't done much scoping, bit of a boring year for planets in my preferred direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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