Orion 53083 StarShoot G3 Deep Space Monochrome Imaging Camera

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Price: $399.99    

Product Feature

• An affordable and capable monochrome astrophotography camera for anyone interested in taking amazing tri-color or LRGB astrophotos with a telescope and specialty filters
• Features a 1/2" format monochrome CCD sensor and an on-board thermoelectric cooler (TEC) which are normally only available on much more costly cameras
• High-tech features such as 16-bit A/D conversion, regulated thermoelectric cooling, on-board fan and more
• The Orion StarShoot G3 Monochrome can also be used as a dedicated, high-performance, low-noise autoguider with ST-4 output jack built right in

Product Description

Our affordable third generation entry-level monochrome Orion StarShoot Deep Space Imaging Camera lets you take beautiful astrophotos without emptying your wallet. The Orion StarShoot G3 Deep Space Monochrome Imaging Camera has been designed with performance enhancing features and software. Built around the popular Sony interline ICX419AKL Monochrome CCD chip, which boasts a 752 x 582 pixel array with sensitive, 8.6 micron by 8.3 micron pixels, the StarShoot G3 is capable of detecting fine details. This bigger, 1/2" format CCD sensor usually isn't available in cameras priced as low as the StarShoot G3, and it provides a much larger imaging field of view than cameras equipped with 1/3" format chips so you can shoot more sky in far less time. Featuring a monochrome imaging CCD chip, the StarShoot G3 Monochrome Imaging Camera is capable of performing advanced tri-color imaging techniques when used with proper LRGB or narrowband astrophotography filters. The StarShoot G3 Deep Space Monochrome Imaging Camera is the only monochrome camera in its price range to feature regulated thermoelectric cooling (TEC). Regulated thermoelectric cooling significantly improves astrophoto quality and reduces noise by enabling accurate dark frame acquisition. This regulated cooling feature is usually only found in much pricier cameras, and makes the StarShoot G3 a truly amazing value.

Orion 53083 StarShoot G3 Deep Space Monochrome Imaging Camera Review

The Starshoot G3 has been working well for me.
If you want to hear the reasons I'm only giving it 4 stars: well, it's not perfect. The chip is a bit small (752 x 580, if memory serves), but with some fiddling, it has worked for most of what I've wanted to image. Taking great pictures of galaxies (which I'd never been able to do before) has been easy.
The included software could be a little better, but I've found work-around for everything. (sometimes it will crash if I mistakenly hit a button while it is busy with image acquisition; the histogram feature doesn't want to let me type numbers into it, so I have to settle for the imprecise sliders; etc.)
The number of hot/stuck pixels seems acceptable to me (maybe 20 out of the 400,000+- pixels on the CCD chip).
Light sensitivity seems very good to me.
Setup was so easy that I felt like I must have missed something! (install the software, put it in the end of the telescope, plug in the cables, take some time to focus, then start taking pictures)

Overall, I'm having a great time and taking some beautiful images with the camera.
In my opinion, there ARE better cameras out there, but they also cost 5 to 10 times as much! For me, that's just too much to pay (right now) for very minor improvements in quality. Someday paying 4 times as much for a chip 4 times as big will, I'm sure, appeal to me. When I DO buy it, I'll being looking at Orion again ALL THE WAY!

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