SVBONY SV305C Pro Telescope Camera, USB 3.0 High-Speed Transmission, 2MP IMX662 Sensor 128MB DDR Buffer, 1.25" CMOS Astrophotography Camera, Electronic Telescope Eyepiece for Astrophotography

The perfection of clarity Vs other models. The price was unmatchable. This is a great addition to my telescopes.For my astrological needsworkd out. For. The best. On a xt8 and a meade etx60mm telescope

Fantastic camera for the price! I use it as both my guide camera and planetary camera. Guiding has been incredible with it attached to a 60mm guide scope on top of my Celestron 8SE. Works great when imaging planets at native f10 and with added 2x or 3x barlows. No issues with NINA or PHD2 when connected via ASCOM and SharpCap recognizes it directly. Only issue I encountered was it kept disconnecting from my imaging software while in use. I realized it only happened when the USB was plugged into my powered USB hub and not when it was plugged directly into my laptop. Not sure why but it’s not a big deal. I’m sure there won’t be any issues once I switch to a setup with a mini PC or Pegasus Powerbox.

Update - I have now used the camera and it is pretty good for a camera it's price range. But WARNING - unlike most other cameras (including for example SV205) this is NOT plug-and-play with Windows 11 (although it seems to be with Windows 10). You MUST download and install the SVBONY device driver. This should be made very clear in the Amazon listing to avoid customer aggravation.

The sensor is excellent, very sensitive, improvements being made to drivers to fix some glitches changing between settings in Sharpcap but its a relatively new camera . The latest Sharpcap 4.1 released this week helped a lot. It will make a good guide camera.

Cuesta con sistema operativo Mac, todavía no logro conectarla para sacar fotos con mi DX130AZ

Received the camera and tried it out on our Orion 16" dobsonian telescope. Total waste of time. Camera does nothing. I downloaded and installed the two software packages (SVBONY camera software and the recommended Imagery software). The camera produces a white glare when pointed at a bright light (end of a flashlight for example), but shows nothing from the telescope. Tried all manner of settings, exposure, focus options, etc - nothing. The camera never showed a single image or even a blur through the telescope. Returned the unit.

Using a 700mm was a challenge as opposed to the 480mm of the sv48p 90mm scope with a .8 reducer/flattner. The 50mm guiding scope and a AstroStreet 120 sensor 1.2mp wasn't doing it for my new scope. I was not holding on to targets for long. I got the svbony 60mm guiding scope and the sv305pro and what a difference. I was able to hold on a star for all night, well until the clouds showed up. Lol great purchase and it works well.

It seems there are people who own this camera and have had decent results. It was upon that basis that I took the plunge. My experience was not good enough to keep the camera. I need something that works, correctly, and every time. For me, this was not that camera. The behavior was flakey. It would work well for a period of time, then not work at all until it cooled off and was restarted. That's a no go right there. It was unclear if this is a hardware issue or software. I suspect software and drivers, but not sure. AstroDMx showed the bad behavior more often than SharpCap, but neither was rock solid stable with this device. Some examples of issues, changing modes caused the device to lock up more often than not. I tried different USB 3 cables including short ones of extremely high quality -- no change in behavior. Also, mine had a nigh number of hot pixels right in the most frequent area of interest that glowed right away at modest gain. All sensors are likely to show some anomalies at some settings, this one made it unusable, for me. Maybe I received a dud. It happens. Also, customer service may be new at this. They were responsive, and to their credit did try to be helpful. However, they do not appear to have the vocabulary required nor understanding of the needs of an astronomy camera. If you're selling astro gear, you need to understand the domain and the gear in order to support it effectively. If you are a tinkerer and willing to work with it, and do not need to rely on it to be stable, this may be an okay choice,. It is certainly affordable. The build quality was very good, I think, no complaints there at all. If the driver or software issues were resolved, assuming that is the problem, I would likely try the camera again. For now, I just can't sue it. My ZWO cameras, even with their own quirks, work ~100% of the time.

An excellent camera for the price and easy to set up

Compré esta cámara como actualización a la SV305 que ya tenía y que actualmente la uso para cámara guía. Aunque el sensor de la sv305C se supone que es más actualizado, no detecto diferencia con la cámara de versión anterior. Hubiera sido una excelente actualización el cambiar de USB2 a USB3. La cámara funciona muy bien y da buenos resultados con planetas, luna y sol (en compañía de una diagonal Herschel y sus respectivos filtros)

Excelente producto, calidad superior, bonito diseño y color, llegó super rápido, gracias!!!!!

It's my first dedicated camera for a telescope. I'm running this on an older laptop I7-3610QE w/ 8GB. Using AstroDMX. Install/config was a breeze. Where I had some difficulties was focusing the camera with my Celestron Astromaster 90EQ. Without the upright an extension tube is required even with a Barlow. Using the upright made focusing easier but it did cause major fringing. The thing I wasn't prepared for is the annihilation of disk space when capturing. it might be only 2mp but this thing will gobble up 2-3GB/min when you let it loose.

Great, just as expected , works well