Small and Cheap Telescope - Dwarf II - Beginner's tutorial - Is it hype or Real?
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- This is a complete video about the Dwarf II tiny telescope. It is cheap when you look at the whole package. It has a built-in camera, star tracker, and telescope with wide-angle and 100 mm lenses.
#small #cheap #telecope
Watching this guy basically teach himself how to run the telescope and it’s still getting beautiful images like this. It’s amazing.
Well said!
Great video. I just got mine last month and teaching myself how to use it. I love how you took it step by step and will look forward to learning how to process the photos.
Every time I see someone review this scope, I'm convinced more and more; I have to get one! Thanks for the video Ray.
Thanks Paulette! This is okay to get one!
Do it, encore the price goes up, I ordered one, will be with me in 2 weeks, excited
Thanks Ray. I just ordered mine (Deluxe) in hope I will be able to take it to my trip to Fiji next month.
Don’t do it! Get a Seestar S50, it’s better in every single way, and cheaper too! The dwarf 2 was a great device, but it’s overtaken now (that’s how technology works, as you know 😉)
Very good explanation of the Dwarf II. I wish I had one 60 years ago when I bought my Edmund Scientific 4” refractor on a GEM mount.
I like your modest and honest approach of learning and showing how to use this scope. It is very helpful to me because I am a complete beginner. I ordered it yesterday.
cant wait till monday!! The dark photos are key i've read to getting great results. Ive watched a billion Dwarf 2 videos so far, very excited.
I’m thinking about one for travel. Good to see you today Ray 💫
Thanks much! Good one to carry for travel
I have had mine for several months and have not been about to figure it out, hopefully this video helps while we still have clear summer skies
It’s both. It’s a lot of hype of a genuinely good product.
I cant wait to get mine in the mail, every video Ive seen has only been good, so exciting :)
Great review Ray, ordered one a month back, waiting for delivery. Looks like it will be great kit for travelling with.
It is decent. Need to process the picture well, other than that it can handle the rest easily.
How to order? Can someone please guide
Same here, can’t wait
Mine's arriving tomorrow, looking forward to trying it out.
Thanks Ray. I am learning the Dwarf 2. Please do a video on post-processing as I have no idea what tools are best. Thanks again for the quick tutorial. Great job.
Thank you! Noted
Siril and GIMP are gonna be good free tools for starting out with post-processing, lots of great guides on it. After those there's more advanced software like Pixinsight and Photoshop
To be honest...if you take your darks in "Astro Dark" mode...it does a pretty good job of automatically debayering, stacking, stretching and giving you a final image.
As a beginner...you will spend a bunch if time in Siril and GIMP and end up basicalky with the same image they provide you instantly when done.
To touch up the final image "snapseed" is great to use directly from your phone.
Now I want to see a review of the robotelescope ZWO Seestar S50 from you
Thanks Ray. I would like to see the processing. 👍🏻👍🏻🔭
Sure will do Ron!
Nicely done… thanks for doing this how-to on the D2.. Hoping my order will arrive sometime in April. A follow on vid on post processing would be great.
Glad it was helpful Les Scott! Sure will do
Nice one - mine is in the post. Complete novice, never done anything like this before. I would appreciate the processing video. And if you have used it again - the results from that. Thank you.
That is really cool!
Thanks Kym!
Thank you so much for your step by step functions video... You made it easy to understand and we learned along with you! This machine has so much to offer, and I can't wait to take delivery of mine. I will suscribed to your page, and hope you will share more with us on processing photos and other functions that will enhance our Astrophotography!
Thanks LJI!
Great video Ray I would love to see you process with free software. Thanks for sharing..
sure will do AZ. Well this is a second request already !!
I need a video to process astrophotography on iphone too for those without computers. And yes do that post process video please🙏🏻
Hi Ray,we are also waiting for your news! All the best!
Yes. I will work on this week. Things started moving in that direction
Ray.. How u doing..?
Long time I had to stop nurturing astronomy... I believe you r doin great ...
Take care
Hi Avishek! Doing great and good to hear from you!
Do you think they bait and switched? I bought mine when they advertised you would get a significant discount if preordered.. months and months went by and I finally got mine at the same time everyone else did.. and the price has never changed. I feel lied to. I could of just ordered 6 month later at the same price and saved myself the headache of waiting several months.
Thanks for the video.. looking forward to receiving mine..ordered months ago..apparently been shipped.. but no updates 😢
Awesome video! 😃
Thanks Shun!
Thanks for the great video and want to know about the processing. Thanks
Thanks Michael! You got it!
you gotta do more cool new tech space watching astronomy vods this was so cool another thing to add to the wish list
Thanks for the feedback Nicholas!
You got the Running man nebula as well! Well done!
Thanks Tommyr R - Cool !
Thanks! Ray🌠
You are welcome Brent!
Very nice!!!
Thanks Galen!
Thank you so much for sharing all your interesting information!
@@galengloetzel1441 You are welcome - Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy to answer!
please, we need a video showing how to process the images to get the best possible result. Thank you very much for the video!
Noted!
DO NOT BUY FROM DWARF LABS!!!!! I purchased my Dwarf 2 on the 3rd of February and today is the 17th of MARCH. FUCK this company. They are sending those out to reviewers but fuck anyone who actually paid for it, plus those assholes want $47 in shipping...I could have walked it from them to me by now. This is not a company to trust or give a dollar to. Their customer service tried to explain why they were sending those free ones as to help judge the market. Well, I finally got my money back by filing the bullshit transaction as FRAUD.
If you go to "Astro dark" mode and take your darks...it will automatically integrate with your live stacking and get rid of thise red and green pixels you're seeing automatically without having to do it later.
I didn't know about that. Thank you
@@RaysAstrophotography Neither did I until yesterday.
It will automatically take darks for each gain setting and put them in a folder...and then apply the appropriate darks to your current gain while live stacking, and the final stacked image...and it looks SO MUCH BETTER!
I did my own darks at first...honestly their automatic darks/integration do a better job than I got out of Siril manually. I'm not a Siril expert...so it could be me...but haven't seen a hot pixel since I did the Auto Darks...and overall noise seems much better.
I'm even enjoying my dwarf during the day just as much as night tracking birds, airplanes, and a family of otters by my house.
8 weeks since ordered. Still hasn’t arrived. (UK)
and it looks pretty real to me
Absolutely Nicholas!
Great video! I just pre-ordered mine! Keep up the great work!
Hi Ray
This is really good
You need to tell me more why this is really good. Thanks Kirit!
@@RaysAstrophotography this is very small and good to take it any where and hope easy to use too.
@@kiritengineer7506 I agree 👍
I don't think that we have to do polar alignment
And counter weigh for balance
DO NOT BUY FROM DWARF LABS!!!!! I purchased my Dwarf 2 on the 3rd of February and today is the 17th of MARCH. FUCK this company. They are sending those out to reviewers but fuck anyone who actually paid for it, plus those assholes want $47 in shipping...I could have walked it from them to me by now. This is not a company to trust or give a dollar to. Their customer service tried to explain why they were sending those free ones as to help judge the market. Well, I finally got my money back by filing the bullshit transaction as FRAUD.
sd card for what?😊
Does it take calibration frames to ? and stack ? great video , you convince me to get one for sure. thank you for the video my friend.
dark frames yes
You can take dark frames. I believe flats are unnecessary if you just keep the outside glass clean. Everything is sealed
V nice 🙏 Is there any ability to take calibration frames with this?
Yes Graeme! I took darks same as lights except I put the lenses closed by flipping the roller. I also put a big towel on top of it.
DO NOT BUY FROM DWARF LABS!!!!! I purchased my Dwarf 2 on the 3rd of February and today is the 17th of MARCH. FUCK this company. They are sending those out to reviewers but fuck anyone who actually paid for it, plus those assholes want $47 in shipping...I could have walked it from them to me by now. This is not a company to trust or give a dollar to. Their customer service tried to explain why they were sending those free ones as to help judge the market. Well, I finally got my money back by filing the bullshit transaction as FRAUD.
If you use a traditional DSLR tripod, you essentially have the functionality of a wedge. Is there any EQ tracking setting for longer exposure shots?
You can just put a ball head under this with this and get functionality like a wedge
Cheap or inexpensive? Big difference
Both! Not to bad.. worth it!!
So the final image was heavily processed by Pixinsight EUR 250 + BlurXTerminator $99.95, am I right? I don't think it's possible to achieve same results with this scope and free software.
You are almost right! If you know both these you are already contaminated. LOL
@@RaysAstrophotography "almost" - you mean the final picture is made by another scope? How did you get rid of the field rotation without cropping the image?🤔
まあ自分はSeestarを買ったのだけど、ドワーフ2は最も望遠鏡らしく見えない望遠鏡ですね。
驚異的です。
EVScoopが出てから日本のメーカーが安価な自動望遠鏡を出してくれないかな、と期待していたのだけどアメリカや中国の方が目敏い感性を持っているようでした。
Thanks to you! Are you rooting for ZWO Mount? Please do send me one to play around
I’m having the biggest problem calibrating. It’s tried up to ten times and always shows “Plated Failure” do you have any ideas.
Hi Andy! Turn off every thing and turn it back on. Make sure you are starting in the home position. No obstructions to the left, right and center. Make sure you cell phone connection can identify your location. Make sure you connect to internet once before you use the app for dwarf II. Make sure sky is clear not cloudy. It works only in the clear night
Make sure you are in focus and stars are clear/pinpoint before starting calibration
Less of a telescope and more like a camera
He has one of the most technically advanced smart telescopes and calls the LED indicator panel the green thing. Ha
Time 10:35 ... left ... ufo .. triangle
Beginners, don’t buy this astronomical camera. I did, I regret it, and find it is far more frustrating than fun.
Another video that uses stock footage of people TOUCHING a telescope while using it. Don't use stock images, full stop. If you're going to tell us about something, show it.
Pre recorded images , not real.
Okay Marcos. I've been doing this for a while. Let me know if you have any questions
Trash zoom. So unclear