Orion Starshoot 6.1mp camera....

[Tim]

I've just seen this little fella advertised in a US magazine.

http://www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/Products/Orion_USA_StarShoot_Pro.html

http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~category_id=fall2008new/~product_id=52084

The price in $$$ looks a lot more attractive than the price in £££. (£750)

Anybody know of any feedback about this camera? Which other cameras use the same chip?

Not that i'm thinking of getting one you understand..................

The intriguing thing as far as I am concerned is the 16bit images. From my DSLRs the images (I think) are 12 bit.

How would the difference manifest itself?

Thanks

TJ

[ngc2403]

on paper it is the buy of the year however it looks to good to be true!

The extra 2 bit will give you 4 times the dynamic range of your DSLR and on things like Orion this will allow you to be a good signal all the way from the core out, While not having the brighter bits over exposed.

i don't know much else about the camera and i could not say that i know any other chips that are similar.

ally

[Tim]

Looks like the same size chip as the qhy8, same physical size plus 7.8um x 7.8um pixels, sony chip.

I dont know enough anything about these things to know the difference. Anybody?

Thanks

TJ

[Eddie]

The starshoot uses the Sony ICX413AQ chip, which is an interline chip. The QHY8 uses a progressive scan chip (the ICX453AQ)

Put simply progressive scan CCD's are better than interline ones.

Eddie

[Tim]

Thanks Eddie, but I understand that it is only during short exposures that interlacing lines will show up?