Aiiz 414ex colour reviews....

[paul mc c]

Has any one any links to this camera,i cant seem to find much on it,or if any one has any experiance using it would be good.

Thanks Paul

[festoon]

Do you mean Atik 414ex colour?

If so yes I do have experience using it. Any specific questions?

[paul mc c]

Yes the colour, how would it be as an upgrade from a modded dslr as first dedicated camera. 

[newbie alert]

Atik 4 series but with the 314 sized sensor

What scope are you pairing it with and what are your targets?

[paul mc c]

Scope would be 80ed and deep sky,I know the larger nebula would be sacrificed with the small sensor, so smaller nebula and galaxy's probably. 

[festoon]

In my experience it’s a really nice camera. It’s ICX825 sensor is very sensitive and with being cooled there is very little dark current.

The only down side compared to a DLSR is the sensor chip size at 11mm diameter.

I mainly used this camera paired to a C5 with a f/3.3 focal reducer for EEVA but did save a few of my stacked fits with 5-10 minutes total exposures

 

[rnobleeddy]

New or second hand?

 

It'll be a noticeable upgrade from a DSLR in terms of noise, but also has a much small sensor size. 

Personally, if I was buying new, I'd go with a cmos from zwo or qhy (such as the zwo asi 1600) as they're  cheaper and have more real estate.

 

 

[newbie alert]

8 hours ago, rnobleeddy said:

New or second hand?

 

It'll be a noticeable upgrade from a DSLR in terms of noise, but also has a much small sensor size. 

Personally, if I was buying new, I'd go with a cmos from zwo or qhy (such as the zwo asi 1600) as they're  cheaper and have more real estate.

 

 

In terms of cmos a 1600 is an old camera.. cmos moves on fast.. 

As in the real estate comment, I'm not up there on American slang but does that mean that you want to  my a camera to use or as a investment?

[newbie alert]

22 hours ago, paul mc c said:

Scope would be 80ed and deep sky,I know the larger nebula would be sacrificed with the small sensor, so smaller nebula and galaxy's probably. 

M81, m63 etc would be a good fit, if you use a  .85 reducer that would help on targets like m42..

I was using a similar sized chip on my atik 16, and now use a 460 which blows my mind everytime I use it.. excellent cameras

[rnobleeddy]

30 minutes ago, newbie alert said:

In terms of cmos a 1600 is an old camera.. cmos moves on fast.. 

As in the real estate comment, I'm not up there on American slang but does that mean that you want to  my a camera to use or as a investment?

The 1600 is old, but perhaps the 414 is older? Either way as far as I know, the newer CMOS are larger and more expensive. I may be wrong - I just picked a popular model at a comparative prove - so obviously do your research! 

 

 

By real estate I mean the surface are of the chip!

Edited February 14, 2021 by rnobleeddy