Interesting camera, I like the silver color too. Please if you could consider making a video about the solar mod you did to your svbony 122, that would be great! Did you attached a presure tuned etalon at the rear end of the scope or was it a tilt tuned one? Is there an energy rejection filter inside the scope? Thanks, clear skies!
Thanks! I attached a pressure tuned one. I use UV/IR cut filter in front of the etalon as an ERF. I'll possibly make a video about this solar mod since a couple more people reached out about it too
Great video ! IMX 174 would be much more suitable with your particular setup ( for critical sampling ) I would personally ditch ADC and use 3x barlow for closeups instead ( just tilting camera slightly ) There are only two cameras which can be compared directly with this one - ZWO ASI 432M and Player one Apollo M Max ( there is also third new camera from Player one based on imx 428 coming next month, but it is much more expensive ) other cameras are TEC cooled so different category and price bracket . Cheap Amazon TEC mobile phone cooler does much better job ( only £15/$20 ) then this fitted SVbony cooler - mine for example keeps my Apollo M mini 12 degrees below ambient regardless of the load...
Hello, Bart! Thank you for your comment! I actually started with 3X Barlow Lens (SvBony SC213) once I finished my mod (you can see it it in some clips). 2x + ADC is a part of experiments and learning more about solar astrophotography. I might end up with an achromat telescope for that since I want to go back to deep sky imaging with 122mm APO Thanks for the advice about a cooler from Amazon. I'll check it out!
Using the “Drizzle” option can slightly increase image size, but this camera isn’t about resolution; it’s designed specifically for high-focal-length Ha solar imaging. Its larger pixels capture varying brightness without saturation and maintain a good FPS rate, which is essential for capturing sharp, dynamic solar details. Meanwhile, in some cases IMX174 sensor would be more suitable, and it has a bit higher resolution.
Interesting camera, I like the silver color too. Please if you could consider making a video about the solar mod you did to your svbony 122, that would be great! Did you attached a presure tuned etalon at the rear end of the scope or was it a tilt tuned one? Is there an energy rejection filter inside the scope? Thanks, clear skies!
YES PLEASE!!!
Thanks!
I attached a pressure tuned one. I use UV/IR cut filter in front of the etalon as an ERF. I'll possibly make a video about this solar mod since a couple more people reached out about it too
Great video ! IMX 174 would be much more suitable with your particular setup ( for critical sampling ) I would personally ditch ADC and use 3x barlow for closeups instead ( just tilting camera slightly ) There are only two cameras which can be compared directly with this one - ZWO ASI 432M and Player one Apollo M Max ( there is also third new camera from Player one based on imx 428 coming next month, but it is much more expensive ) other cameras are TEC cooled so different category and price bracket . Cheap Amazon TEC mobile phone cooler does much better job ( only £15/$20 ) then this fitted SVbony cooler - mine for example keeps my Apollo M mini 12 degrees below ambient regardless of the load...
Hello, Bart! Thank you for your comment!
I actually started with 3X Barlow Lens (SvBony SC213) once I finished my mod (you can see it it in some clips). 2x + ADC is a part of experiments and learning more about solar astrophotography. I might end up with an achromat telescope for that since I want to go back to deep sky imaging with 122mm APO
Thanks for the advice about a cooler from Amazon. I'll check it out!
Thank you for this informative video. The title says ‘be careful’, but after watching the video it is not clear to me what to be careful about?
Thanks! The idea is to be careful with solar astrophotography in general.
Ah, I see
very interesting, is this the official svbony channel?
Thanks! It is not :)
Спасибо.
But honestly, it isn't even 2 Megapixels, how usable are the images going to be except viewing on 6inch phone screens?
Using the “Drizzle” option can slightly increase image size, but this camera isn’t about resolution; it’s designed specifically for high-focal-length Ha solar imaging. Its larger pixels capture varying brightness without saturation and maintain a good FPS rate, which is essential for capturing sharp, dynamic solar details.
Meanwhile, in some cases IMX174 sensor would be more suitable, and it has a bit higher resolution.
@AstroCreation I see. Thanks.