Great review and analysis! Showing the differences between the filters and none is the most instructive and really helpful. Also great video production and edit - keeping everything really tight and no fluff! Thanks!
Thank you, Luca, for your excellent review of this soon-to-be-released filter. The QEF vs. PARA results are stunning, with such a noticeable difference in contrast, saturation, and tighter stars-an impressive dual narrowband filter for astrophotography! Even without RGB stars, the halo is very minimal. Outstanding! Do you have any thoughts on possible directions Optolong might take to grow as a company, perhaps with a focus on increased product quality control for their customers?
Thank you for the kind words. I have no information on the future plans of Optolong. Even the parallels I drew in this video (i.e. newer filters from the past 2 years vs. older versions) were just entirely my theories and thoughts, they have communicated no such things to me! I can only hope they will keep coming out with more great filters - the more choice we have the better :)
Interesting comparison. Can you also check and confirm that the R channel signal is the same with L-enhance and L-Para filters? In theory it should be.
I really like your reviews, you usually give me a perspective that I hadn't considered before. In this case, it's the effect of the L-Para on the Flame Nebula. In hindsight, it should've been obvious to me, but it wasn't, and I think back to those occasions with other filters when I frowned at the colours I was seeing and thinking it was my lack of processing skills. Thank you for another insightful review.
G'day beautiful soul, You are an absolute gem! I am new to astronomy and have heavily invested in a $6400 Sky Rover 130mm Super APO. Can I deploy this Optolong L-Para filter to a one shot colour camera like ZWO ASI2600MC Duo? Is it also suitable for MY new Canon 90D DSLR? Thanks and many blessings from Newcastle in Australia! 🌍💫🔮🍹🔭
Thank you for the kind words. Yes you absolutely can use it with your 2600MC Duo - that's the same sensor I used in this test. You can also use it with your DSLR, however unless you have that one astro-modified, you will see only a fraction of the H alpha signal.
yes you could and it would work. But it is an expensive game. I mean the nicer filters start at $300 and the sky's the limit. Mounting it externally means exposing it to the elements, I wouldn't want that for one of my nicemfilters.
@the_space_koala have you ever stacked filters? I was looking at extreme and covering it with the uv/ir 400-700 as protection and unfortunately a through away if/when it got messed up. I have physical limitations so that's why I'm stuck with S50. My original HW list was 9.25 edge plus all the goodies, couldn't do it. Will stacking even work?
@@johndaley9188 I've never done that but theoretically it would work. Of course anything you add into the optical train will compromise your data so it's a trade-off. The Vespera smart scope uses externally mounted filters
My biggest complaint with these filter companies is they don't want to make filters for Nikon or even Sony cameras. Not all of us want to waste our money on astro cameras.
I don’t believe it’s a waste of money, but everyone has different preferences. Optolong also makes clip-in filters by the way - at least the l-enhance is available. Hopefully they will add more options to the lineup
Great review and analysis! Showing the differences between the filters and none is the most instructive and really helpful. Also great video production and edit - keeping everything really tight and no fluff! Thanks!
thank you so much for the kind words. Happy you find it helpful :)
Thank you for the clear review , 1st step buying it.
Just a small correction. L-Enhance is triband filter since the 24nm in OIII allows also to pass HBeta signal. Ha, OIII and HBeta to be specific
that's a very good point, thank you!
Quality content as always Luca! ✨🤗
Thank you 🙌
Will you be doing the video about taking flats with the seestar so we're able to stack mosaics with better results? Love your videos btw
yes I will! but there are just so many new things nowadays I'm having a hard time keeping up with the videos haha
@the_space_koala hahaha yes, I hear ya :)
Informative and clear as always. Thank you
I love the L-eNhance filter. I was tempted to buy other dual NB filters but have always been happy with my results.
No need to change as long as you're happy! My favorite Optolong duoband filter is probably the L-Ultimate
Must be a very new filter as it is not even on the Optolong website :)
Thx for the review.
indeed, they haven't announced it yet! It should come out soon.
@ privileged reviewer ;)
Saw a giveaway and this was a prize. Knew it was coming out but could t find any info. That was about a month ago
Thank you, Luca, for your excellent review of this soon-to-be-released filter. The QEF vs. PARA results are stunning, with such a noticeable difference in contrast, saturation, and tighter stars-an impressive dual narrowband filter for astrophotography! Even without RGB stars, the halo is very minimal. Outstanding!
Do you have any thoughts on possible directions Optolong might take to grow as a company, perhaps with a focus on increased product quality control for their customers?
Thank you for the kind words. I have no information on the future plans of Optolong. Even the parallels I drew in this video (i.e. newer filters from the past 2 years vs. older versions) were just entirely my theories and thoughts, they have communicated no such things to me! I can only hope they will keep coming out with more great filters - the more choice we have the better :)
@ Oh rats, I was hoping you had some inside info-haha! So true, though, the more variety we have in equipment choices, the better!
I heard another telescope reference, I think it's time for a "these are my telescopes"-video 😇.
that would actually be so cool!
Interesting comparison. Can you also check and confirm that the R channel signal is the same with L-enhance and L-Para filters? In theory it should be.
I don't have an L-enhance at my disposal but I agree the red channel should be completely identical!
I really like your reviews, you usually give me a perspective that I hadn't considered before. In this case, it's the effect of the L-Para on the Flame Nebula. In hindsight, it should've been obvious to me, but it wasn't, and I think back to those occasions with other filters when I frowned at the colours I was seeing and thinking it was my lack of processing skills. Thank you for another insightful review.
thanks so much for saying that! It is a very common thing I see so I figured I'd take the opportunity to point this out in my review :)
Excellent review lady, thanks.
thank you for saying that
Fantastica come sempre :)
G'day beautiful soul,
You are an absolute gem!
I am new to astronomy and have heavily invested in a $6400 Sky Rover 130mm Super APO.
Can I deploy this Optolong L-Para filter to a one shot colour camera like ZWO ASI2600MC Duo?
Is it also suitable for MY new Canon 90D DSLR?
Thanks and many blessings from Newcastle in Australia!
🌍💫🔮🍹🔭
Thank you for the kind words. Yes you absolutely can use it with your 2600MC Duo - that's the same sensor I used in this test. You can also use it with your DSLR, however unless you have that one astro-modified, you will see only a fraction of the H alpha signal.
@the_space_koala
Woweee . . . . . Thank you kindly dear friend.
Eternal light and much love from Australia.
Annika
Seestar's internal filters are not the best. Wondering if better external filters would help improve the captured image. Any thoughts?
yes you could and it would work. But it is an expensive game. I mean the nicer filters start at $300 and the sky's the limit. Mounting it externally means exposing it to the elements, I wouldn't want that for one of my nicemfilters.
@the_space_koala have you ever stacked filters? I was looking at extreme and covering it with the uv/ir 400-700 as protection and unfortunately a through away if/when it got messed up. I have physical limitations so that's why I'm stuck with S50. My original HW list was 9.25 edge plus all the goodies, couldn't do it. Will stacking even work?
@@johndaley9188 I've never done that but theoretically it would work. Of course anything you add into the optical train will compromise your data so it's a trade-off. The Vespera smart scope uses externally mounted filters
@@the_space_koala I think I'll try it. Definitely need to do some compares. I'll let you know how it went. Shopping time.
the filter is only for camera or can be used for visual too ?
It is for photographic purposes. You can't really see H alpha and oxygen is usually faint
My biggest complaint with these filter companies is they don't want to make filters for Nikon or even Sony cameras. Not all of us want to waste our money on astro cameras.
I don’t believe it’s a waste of money, but everyone has different preferences. Optolong also makes clip-in filters by the way - at least the l-enhance is available. Hopefully they will add more options to the lineup
speaks like a 🐸 😂😂😂
how is that
Seestar's internal filters are not the best. Wondering if better external filters would help improve the captured image. Any thoughts?