On the USB 2.0 thing, don’t even try the camera unless you’re running 2.0. focal reducer to get your scope down to a reasonable focal ratio or you’ll be imaging with the equivalent of about a 9mm eyepiece. Well, this is true if you have the following True to the advertisement, you’ll be able to start imaging your first night out. HAD Color CCD array with 9.6x7.5 micron pixels. The DSI boasts a “high sensitivity” Sony Super. The heart and soul of any CCD imager is the chip itself. Autostar Suite Installation CD ROM (contains instruction manuals) USB 2.0 cable (it’s a short one, beware) The DSI comes in a small box containing the following This seems to be the turning point in DSI history for shortly after the camera designer posted information, confidence in the camera began to grow. When user problems and complaints began to far outweigh satisfaction, I sought out the camera’s designer and invited him to address concerns to the user’s group.
Here is where I first learned from fellow enthusiasts about the travails of Autostar installation, the imager not being recognized, hot pixels, the need for USB 2.0 to do just about anything, and the challenges of coloration and processing.īack in the “early days” of DSIs in the field (Nov-Dec 2004) consumer anger began to build against Meade for it’s advertising claims, “Take pictures like these your first night out.” While showing striking galactic and nebular images from a “casually aligned Meade 8” LX200 GPS”. While awaiting delivery, I spent time on the Yahoo DSI user’s group. Like many, I waited nearly a month on the DSI backlog list. However, overall happiness did not come without some frustration. Bottom line up front: I’m very pleased with the performance of my Meade Deep Space Imager (DSI) and would make the purchase again.
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