Action Camera for astrophoto

[ozcarlosa]

The TinyMos Nano1 camera for astrophotography with Sony IMX377 sensor, the camera was fabricated in 2018 at a price of 300USD but it is no longer commercial. On the other hand, there is the Gitup Git2 (WiFi) action camera with Sony IMX206 sensor with control exposure time up to 1 minute and iso1600 for 90 usd. An idea is using the M12 * 0.5 adapter (male thread) for telescope try to couple it to the Gitup . My question is any ideas to use action cameras (sony sensor) with adapter for astrophotograpy or other brands ?

 

 

[vlaiv]

Probably most important thing to check is if camera supports RAW format.

Action cameras are really geared towards creating HD video of action at high FPS - which means that primary format will be compressed video. One of the reasons web cams are not adopted more in AP role is precisely that - they are designed to work over USB 2.0 connection which has low transfer rate and web cams use lossy compression for video.

Lossy compression is good for daytime photography but looses information - and that information is very important in low light scenarios when we stack the data to get good SNR.

[ozcarlosa]

6 hours ago, vlaiv said:

Probably most important thing to check is if camera supports RAW format.

Action cameras are really geared towards creating HD video of action at high FPS - which means that primary format will be compressed video. One of the reasons web cams are not adopted more in AP role is precisely that - they are designed to work over USB 2.0 connection which has low transfer rate and web cams use lossy compression for video.

Lossy compression is good for daytime photography but looses information - and that information is very important in low light scenarios when we stack the data to get good SNR.

Yes, your are right. This camera has raw capture. But I am not sure about the light sensitivity.