Bart is right. Does not make sense to cripple an expensive camera with slow USB connection.
Good results with a 80mmf/6, Quark and ASI120 are possible if the Sun cooperates. Just have a look (one of the first I took with that equipment).
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New camera but which one?
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Re: New camera but which one?
I agree with Bart above. Before any new camera you will need a new computer with a very fast write speed SSD for capturing and USB3 / C.
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Hi all, it seems common sense has to reign, I recently bought a new 8gb laptop but sadly no usb3, oh well. I will have to save up a bit longer to buy another laptop and a new camera, but in the meantime try to get better with what I already have, but be warned sometime in the future I will splash out and come again asking for your help.
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Hmmm, very strange that a recent laptop would not have USB3 connections. On laptops USB3 ports are not always blue. They might have a superspeed label next to them, which is also USB3.
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Thanks Paul I have just looked at all of the ports an my laptop and there is one that has the super speed sign next to it. Thanks.
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Does the laptop have a SSD drive?
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Hi Mark, not being a techie at all, how will I know if it have an ssd drive as well as it’s size, if that matters. My laptop is a Dell inspiron 15 300, if that helps
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Hiya, it's not an SSD laptop, you will struggle to run the 174 cams, either make, on it without it buffering and dropping frames etc. Getting a hi spec camera and running it on a laptop that isn't up to the specs of the camera will probably get more problems than with the 120.
My advice would be to master the camera you have already, getting a new camera isn't going to improve your imaging, the only thing that will do that it is perseverance, technique and experience.
Concentrate on getting rid of the newtons rings, focus, getting the right exposure and getting the tuning of the quark correct would be what I recommend doing.
My advice would be to master the camera you have already, getting a new camera isn't going to improve your imaging, the only thing that will do that it is perseverance, technique and experience.
Concentrate on getting rid of the newtons rings, focus, getting the right exposure and getting the tuning of the quark correct would be what I recommend doing.
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