Player One ZEUS Full Frame
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
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What a quality bit of kit they build Luke. I think when you pair this up with 2000mm of focal length with the RC it's gonna shine. Nigel would be proud of the image 👍
Thank you Paul my friend!! :-) It'd be cool to pair with the RC for sure, I'll probably need a field flattener though to get it to work right!
Clear skies!
Purely visual observer myself however I get excited when you and cuiv the lazy geek post on YT, you both have a natural way of talking to your audience, I stopped imaging 10 years ago and cannot believe the advances in imaging kit. Maybe one day I’ll start again.. Fantastic looking camera!
Ah that's really lovely to hear mate, thank you ever so much! :-)
I'd personally love to find a way to enjoy visual again and share it on the channel, I really feel the connection to the universe is at its strongest when looking through the eyepiece! 👍
Clear skies to you, my friend!
Really great that you’re working with player one! I’ve made many purchases directly after watching your videos and have been extremely happy with them. You thanked us for watching and interacting, but we are the ones in your debt! Keep up the fine work my friend. Also, did you exercise today??
Ah mate that's really kind of you to say!! Thank you ever so much my friend 👍👍
I did exercise by the way, thanks for the checkup! :-D
@@lukomaticoVery good to hear!
What a nice tribute, great image too.
You put Player One cameras on my radar, and in large parts made me decide to go with them for my first, real dedicated astronomy-camera (swore to the modded DSLR prior to that). I went for the Poseidon-C Pro and I do not regret that one bit. Awesome camera, superb quality. I can only imagine that the same standards are kept with the Zeus.
That's really lovely to hear mate, thank you ever so much!! :-) Clear skies!!
That was a nice tribute to your friend. Sorry for your loss
Thank you my friend, I appreciate that :-)
Stunning image Luke and quality piece of kit. Clear skies.
Many thanks! Clear skies my friend :-)
Oooooh nice full frame sensor. Looks like a beauty.
It's a nice bit of kit mate!! :-D I'm a lucky bloke to be trying it out!
Clear skies to you my friend
Nice Luke looking forward to seeing more
Thank you Stu, my friend!! Hope you are doing well 🙏
Looks a beast of a camera!
Thanks matey!! :-D
Full Frame is a game changer glad to see some alternative options to the usual!
Thanks mate!! It's pretty wild to have such a big sensor to use, a lot of fun! Clear skies to you my friend :-)
What a beautiful tribute to Nigel! Player One has done it again, great camera! Thanks for the video mate!
My pleasure Dave mate!! :-) Thanks so much for your support!!
I mentioned I'd ordered the Player One Artemis-C Pro after your video on it a couple of months back. The sky finally cleared and I got a few hours of data with it under a 70% moon and think it may be the best image I've ever made.
The player one cameras build quality is really incredible, as is the whole purchasing/unboxing experience...
I used your OSC pixinsight tutorials too, so my first image with the new camera was my first pixinsight attempt too...
You're a credit to the astrophotography community mate - 100%
Aw mate that's really lovely to hear, thank you ever so much!!
I'm chuffed that you've been enjoying the Artemis-C Pro, congratulations on it and I wish you many happy nights imaging :-)
Thanks again and clear skies to you my friend!
@@lukomatico it's been really great thus far, though I do miss the well depth of my old CCD. Alas, the times are changing.
Though I will say, without a doubt, that the Artemis-C Pro pulls more signal in a 3 min sub than the old KAF-8300 would in 5 mins. So maybe not all is lost! I just need to remember a small set of 60s subs for star colours and I should be sweet!
These cameras look so well built I can only imagine the file sizes for each frame.
Cheers mate! - They are pretty huge files, 120mb each before debayer, so around 360mb after - ouch! Still, there's no way around it I guess hah!
Luke, as much as you appreciate us, we appreciate you and thank you for your insights in your astrophotography journey, keep doing what you are doing, mate ! Clear skies !
I appreciate that! Thank you so much mate :-) Clear skies!
Absolute stunning image as usual Luke. Best astronomy channel on you tube bar none. !! Stay golden pal !!
Aw mate that's really kind of you to say, thank you!! :-) Clear skies!
nice camera from PO and love the low light drone clip at the end looking through Nigel`s eyes.. may his soul rest in peace..
Thank you ever so much Chris mate, honestly 🙏 hope you're having a lovely day!
Beautiful results....😊 I have the Poseidon-C, but for full frame, I use a Canon 5-D MKll that I had modified... it does a pretty good job. This Zeus camera is a nice one.😊
Thank you mate! - I think that sounds like a nice camera combo you have going on there, options are good! :-)
Cracking camera that mate & a cracking image to I look forward to see how it pairs up with the RC.
Clear skies!!
You and me both! Clear skies mate!!
Hey friend, you deserve every bit of this good stuff that happened in your life, thanks for guiding us in this amazing journey!!!
That's really kind of you to say, my friend! - Thank you ever so much :-) Clear skies to you bud!
Thats such an impressive image of the rosette neb. All i have is seestar right now
Thanks so much!! :-)
Thanks, Luko !!
Thank you my friend!!
Gorgeous work, Luke!
Thanks so much, mate! :-)
Hello. Your video is convincing, after thinking about it I'm going for this model rather than the 6200 ASI. We're counting on you for a few little videos in addition to this one on this camera. See you😉
That's really cool to hear, my friend! - I'm sure you'll love the camera!
Definitely more to come from this :-D
Fantastic image Luke
Thanks Tony mate!! :-)
Excellent video as always Luke. That's a nice looking camera. I'm thinking about going full frame on my RC as well to make use of the TS field flattener. Great final image, I was always a bit wary of going full frame on my Esprit 100 as it's imaging is not quite large enough but it looks like Nigel had a good example🙂
Thank you ever so much Pete! :-) It's a lovely camera so far, very premium bit of kit - can't wait to test it more! :-)
RE: the TS field flattener, I'll have to look into that for the RC10 potentially, it'd definitely need it for the FF cam I think!
Hope you're doing well my friend!
I've never used a full frame camera, astronomy or DSLR, either, I tend to stick with cropped sensor sizes, partly due to them being cheaper, and also as I'm not sure if they would be suited to my scopes. Very impressed with that image of the rosette nebula Luke, the colours look great.
Thanks Kevin my friend! - I'm usually the same, this is the first ever FF camera I've tried! :-) Clear skies!
Thanks for this quick review! I hope we get to see more in the future. By the way, the FLO link is broken.
Thank you my friend!! :-) Certainly more to come! (as soon as it's clear anyway, haha!) - FLO link should be fixed now! cheers for letting me know!
looks great! the only way i think i would switch to an astronomy camera is if i got to stay full frame, so i’m always glad to see more options on the market. and i do think that final image is quite lovely, and i’m sure nigel would agree :)
Your loss...
@@Masoch1st it has its upsides! full frame BSI sensors for less than $1000, no need for a laptop or mini PC, or external power, easy colour management, has use outside of astrophotography
@@gabewrsewell im sure it does, but it also has plenty of downsides too. cooling, requires modification to get the best performance, weight, etc.
I'm not dogging it, i'm just saying its never going to offer the performance and flexibility of a dedicated astrocam. that doesn't mean it can't get close though.
In the end, i'm sure it boils down to price, and I totally get that. But i'd rather have a 1" mono cmos astrocam than the best full frame dslr/mirrorless. but i get where you're coming from.
Thanks so much Gabe, mate! - I'm also really glad to see more options on the market for us :-) Hope you're doing well!
Great to see you back in your element!
When I am a big boy and they let me out of Astronony kindergarten, I would also like to own a Zeus 😂!!
Thank you my friend!! :-D I'm definitely very lucky to be testing out this gear! Hope you are having clear skies mate!
This demonstrates once again why Player One kick ZWO ass. 😎👍🤩🔭👊
Haha! Glad you liked it mate! :-D
Quick tip on loosening the spacers after they've been made up for while - got this from the support at Moonlite Express Focusers. I had removed my Nightcrawler to send in for some TLC after three years of use, but I could NOT get the extension adapter off - recommended to get the focus range better aligned with the range of the focuser. When I let Moonlite know of the issue, he told just heat it up for a few minutes with a hair dryer/blow dryer. As tight as it seemed, I was a bit skeptical, but I should not have been. About three minutes of applied heat from the blow dryer and the extension just spun off, not seemingly tight at all.
FYI for anyone facing a similar issue.
I was strongly attracted to OSC imaging, until I was finally convinced to give monochrome a try. Yes, it requires a bit more effort, but the results, reduced noise and better image detail make it no brainer, once you've experienced it. IMO - YMMV
Thanks so much for taking the time to share that helpful tip my friend! :-D
RE: the mono vs osc mention, I'm just a lover of OSC I think haha! I have some very nice mono gear but OSC just keeps me coming back, the image quality ceiling isn't quite as high as mono, but I find a different kind of satisfaction from it!
Clear skies to you mate! :-)
Yow ... They certainly named it correctly with Zeus, the king of the gods. 61megapixels, holy mackerel. Yeah, those files have to be humongous, to say the least. Speaking of humongous, I just peeked at the price. Even though it is the camera of the Kings, It is just too much image for my systems. I will stick with the Poseidon.
Have fun with your toy while you have it. Clear skies, Luke
Thank you ever so much Pat my friend!!
It's certainly an expensive piece of equipment, realistically a bit out of my league really haha! I'm lucky to be testing it though :-D
Hope you are enjoying that Poseidon Pat, it's such a nice camera!
Clear skies,
Luke
Great video as always. Just got a few questions: 1-have you tried this on your 10” RC? I have a similar beast but manually built from CCF telescope, and was wondering about the field coverage and the overall performance of the combo before dropping the cash to get one of these. 2-your initial processed image looks HSO like, just playing around with PI or using some sort of color magic filters? 3-I think a killer combo without bothering with filters might be to use a Zeus Mono for luminance in bin1, and a Zeus Color for Colors in bin2. As 9t seems you have an “easier” access to Player-one, might be worth to give it a try. I suspect that might produce a result quality wise as good as original LRGB? Thanks again for your great vids.
A perfect tribute to Nigel....👍👍
Thank you buddy!! :-D Hope you are well!
Excellent 👌..!!! Encore..!!.
Thank you mate!! :-D
Could you do more of those EAA streams? Idk if you stopped doing them or anything but Thatd be cool to see
I certainly want to do that mate, yeah!! :-) Clear skies!
Not sure I can handle this full frame power mate! Looks a very nice piece of kit. Just an aside question do you happen to know if you can use existing Zwo EFW or filter drawers with the Player One cameras? Just wondered if they all use a standard spacing?
Cheers Pal 👍
Hey mate! I'm not sure I can handle it myself! 😂
Re: spacing etc, it's all pretty standard yeah! I currently have a Poseidon attached to the ZWO-eos filter slider system and it works perfect 👍
Hope you're well mate!
Luke, do you use flatners or focal reducers on your refractors? I always wonder how you manage to dial in your back focus so quickly.
Hey mate! :-) I do use a field flattener on the Esprit, yes! RE: back focus, it's working pretty well at around 56mm - usually starting at 55mm is a great point to go from and just assess from there :-D
Clear skies!
That's a massive sensor. Damn.
Oh, your FLO affiliate link is dead.
It's pretty huge hey haha! - RE: the link, sorry about that! - Hopefully fixed now :-)
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Thank you very much Luko for this great video. I am planning to buy a Player one Zeus 455M Full frame to use with my Planewave CDK 12.5 inch telescope. My focal length is 2555mm at F8. Do you think that even if this camera has small pixels, it would be a good fit for this telescope?
Regards
Denis
Hey Denis! :-)
I think it would be a great match for the planewave, I regularly use mine on a C11 edgeHD at native 2800mm F10 and it gives quality results I feel 👍
Clear skies to you my friend!
Presumably you meant that it is only that the longer exposures means that there are fewer images to process (and therefore less total data), and not that the exposure length affected the individual image file size?
You got it mate, sorry about not being very clear with that! :-) Thank you for watching!!
@@lukomatico I would have a word with your hair stylist though 🤣
Hey Luke, How big are the file sizes mate? Cheers.. Oh and Awesome capture too.
Thank you mate!! - They are around 120-something MB each image before debayer, around 360mb after. Pretty huge!
Good Golly Miss Molly, gonna need a bigger boat lol
Okay.
Idk if it's just me but your flo referral gives me a 404 error, you might want to look into it
Edit: 90m image looking much better than my 11hrs damn
Still out of action mate.....
Sorry guys should be fixed now 🙏 thanks for checking the links out by the way, they really help keep me afloat! ❤️