Great review and images. So nice to see a company move away from 3.76 micron pixels in a full frame sensor. Some will complain of undersampling but just look at those images, stunning. Always another thing to dream about!
Thank you. It is good to see a sensor with difference and I really like the larger pixels. As for the undersampling, well you can always drizzle....whats good for Hubble and NASA is surely ok for us too. I think this hobby will keep innovating and coming out with new gear to tempt us all. Clear skies
Thank you Ian. The camera really pulled out a lot of details, the stars got very bloated as conditions were not perfect with a lot of thin high cloud. But even though without perfect conditions this camera rocked. Is this a target you have tried?
Cooled OSC is a good step and definitely simpler than mono in that you won't need multiple filters, filterwheel and electronic focusers. The 24CFX certainly is an impressive spec camera. Thanks for watching
Hi Tony and thank you very much. I have quite a few videos in the making. Been a very hectic time at home what with the weather generally and of course storm Babet throwing a spanner in the progress of work I was doing. Getting back on track now though so hopefully a new video much quicker. Clear skies
Cracking images & review mate that camera is a lovely bit of kit so I can dream lol, I hear ya with the weather it's been pretty dire of late. Clear skies
Great review and explanation Glenn, I have to say I have the aa61cfx its amazing, as you know i owned that camera also, altair have always had great support and buying equipment from them is a pleasure
HI Mate and thank you for watching. The 61cfx is also a lovely camera. I am happy to recommend Altair as they always give excellent service and support. How are you getting on with your set up?
Hi Glenn, Did I hear correctly ... 5.94-micron pixel size? WOW. Good review of the camera and the use of SharpCap for the sensor analysis. And those final images ... Holy Moly ... super clean and superb focus.
Hi Pat. Yes mate 5.94 pixel size. Very impressive spec and it really does soak up those photons. That well depth of 104K also. It took some lovely images and I have really enjoyed using it.
Thanks Jeremy. It can certainly seem very confusing and technical at times. Basically its a fantastic camera with a full frame sensor so really grabs a lot of light and details, just what we need for Astrophotography. Hope you are keeping well and doing good, speak soon and clear skies mate
@@davidschaeffer5322 how are the Optolong ? I have some of their LRGB filters to try out. Looking forward to testing the Altair ones as they look good. I currently run Antlia snd Chroma.
@@Astrobloke Yeap doing well I've been in to astronomy for 40years now I mainly observe double stars now but next year I want to buy a HEQ5 to start astrophotography.
Great review as always Glenn👍, one thing that puzzles me on most images taken with CMOS cameras in the lack of star colour, with the well depth of this camera I would have expected more star colour.
Hi and thank you. Some of that could be down to my editing but most of those images were taken with filters. I want to take some good data without any filters to get a good example of that and will hopefully follow up with that info. clear skies
@@Astrobloke Thanks for the reply, I can appreciate just how difficult testing is with our weather, the brief clear spells are just too short. It's a nice camera, one I would love to try on the 12" Newt.
@@astroskyman thank you and it sire is tough trying to test with bad weather spells. That would work great on your 12, it certainly was a lovey match on my 10”. What make is your 12
Looks like the camera for me, large pixels just the job. Just retired last week yep I’ve taken the red pill and now been flushed into the real world, but may have to do the odd contract to afford extra Astro gear. Hope alls well with you, hoping for clear skies and a brighter future for all… Just a quick thing I’ve started some retro audio restoration so first project was an early 80 s Sharp VZ-3000 upright linear that plays both sides of lp, cost me £100 original speakers I’ve re conned etc, all internally restored re belted caps etc, could potentially fetch £6to800, just another hobby apart from my T2 Bus and some sea fishing…Atb Tom.
Hi Tom, Congratulations. Those red pills are all the rage as I am taking one in a couple of weeks. All good here but the weather is still very challenging especially for astro. Its good to have lots of hobbies, my deck is an old 1980's Rega Planer3 although its like Triggers broom in that I have basically changed every part. Really enjoyed upgrading it and getting the best out of it. Hopefully some clear skies soon. G
Great video and images Glenn. It's certainly given me food for thought, I have a new scope coming and need to order a new camera for it. I've always used ZWO cameras and have been very happy with them, but they are very expensive so maybe it's time to try something else! FLO have some good discounts just now on ZWO cameras but the 24CFX is still significantly cheaper than the equivalent ASI2400MC-Pro. The difference in the RRP between the two cameras is actually quite astonishing!
@@Astrobloke It's a StellaLyra 12" Truss Tube Ritchey-Chrétien. I'm mainly a widefield imager but want something with a longer focal length to capture galaxies and smaller nebulae. Starting to question my sanity though as I have recently finished a widefield dual StellaMira Apo rig that still hasn't seen first light due to the awful weather we've been having!
Awesome vid Glenn!👍I really appreciated seeing what Sharpcap can do.👍Lovely images too...and as you point out...really vivid star colours from the camera!👍A few questions... (1) Could you please kindly share the numbers & lengths of sub-exposures for the photos you took showed in the vid? Thank you! (2) Do you see any artifacts, limitations or other disadvantages in practice that can be attributed to the camera being a 14 bit system, rather than 16 bit? (3) Will you be sharing more analysis/feedback re the Altair RGB filter? It seemd to provide a darker background, as well as a different colour balance, but I'm not sure if the latter was better or worse.
Hi Derek and thank you for watching and commenting. I'll get back to you with the acquisition details. These images have been taken over a long time so will need to go back and work it out. To be honest the camera being 14bit did not seem to be lacking anywhere and I was not aware of any artifacts or clear disadvantages. I will be doing a full review on the Tri TGB filter but it is still being developed as Altair want it to be as good as it can be. As soon as they have it finalised I will do some tests and report back on its performance but its looking very promising. The final images have been edited of course and some of that process has not been easy as I have not always had ideal data due to bad seeing or lack of acquisition time. I hope to have better images to share for the final review. Clear skies
@@Astrobloke Thanks Glenn! I greatly value your observations & appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions!👍👍..and, fingers crossed that you will start getting clear skies MUCH more often! Cheers🙂
Hi Arnstein. The Altair cameras are much better value for money compRed with ZWO, firstly equivalent models are cheaper but more importantly come with a lot more features and extras. I can also vouch for Altairs after sales service, they look after their customers. Are there any cameras you are looking to get?
That is one hell of a camera, the size of that sensor. Lovely images as always mate, clear skies
Hi Mark, yes mate it really is nice. The fullframe sensor makes a big difference. Have you fancied or got one.
Great review and images. So nice to see a company move away from 3.76 micron pixels in a full frame sensor. Some will complain of undersampling but just look at those images, stunning. Always another thing to dream about!
Thank you. It is good to see a sensor with difference and I really like the larger pixels. As for the undersampling, well you can always drizzle....whats good for Hubble and NASA is surely ok for us too.
I think this hobby will keep innovating and coming out with new gear to tempt us all.
Clear skies
Great video Glenn. That VB152 image is amazing. Clear skies
Thanks mate. It certainly did capture a lot of detail even though I had quite poor conditions
Those pulse lines in the vdb152 image are amazing
Thank you Ian. The camera really pulled out a lot of details, the stars got very bloated as conditions were not perfect with a lot of thin high cloud. But even though without perfect conditions this camera rocked. Is this a target you have tried?
@@Astrobloke not one I’d even considered, but it’s on the to do list now
Looks like a beast of a camera. If I ever progress from DSLR, I think a OSC is the best match to my patience threshold!! Great review, Glenn.
Cooled OSC is a good step and definitely simpler than mono in that you won't need multiple filters, filterwheel and electronic focusers.
The 24CFX certainly is an impressive spec camera. Thanks for watching
Looks like a very nice camera Glenn. And 104k well depth - holy molly!
Thanks Logan. Yes its a very impressive bit of kit. Those large pixels as well really pull in the light
Hi Glenn very nice review with good information, excellent images , great to see a new video from you mate
Hi Tony and thank you very much. I have quite a few videos in the making. Been a very hectic time at home what with the weather generally and of course storm Babet throwing a spanner in the progress of work I was doing. Getting back on track now though so hopefully a new video much quicker. Clear skies
Cracking images & review mate that camera is a lovely bit of kit so I can dream lol, I hear ya with the weather it's been pretty dire of late.
Clear skies
Hi Tich. Yes the weather, least said the better lol. Its a great camera and lets hope your dreams come true, clear skies mate
Great review Glenn, sounds like a really nice camera mate! Shame you’ve got to give it back🤣 Excellent images 👍 Clear skies
Thanks Simon. Been a lovely camera and hopefully I can play with it a bit more before returning. clear skies
Great review and explanation Glenn, I have to say I have the aa61cfx its amazing, as you know i owned that camera also, altair have always had great support and buying equipment from them is a pleasure
HI Mate and thank you for watching. The 61cfx is also a lovely camera. I am happy to recommend Altair as they always give excellent service and support. How are you getting on with your set up?
@@Astrobloke love the edt 130 and the aa61cfx, works great with the 4nm filter, we just need some clear nights now don't we
@@libertywinguk Ah yes....clear skies. What are they?
Thats a sweet set up and I am sure you'll get a chance soon
Hi Glenn,
Did I hear correctly ... 5.94-micron pixel size? WOW. Good review of the camera and the use of SharpCap for the sensor analysis. And those final images ... Holy Moly ... super clean and superb focus.
Hi Pat. Yes mate 5.94 pixel size. Very impressive spec and it really does soak up those photons. That well depth of 104K also. It took some lovely images and I have really enjoyed using it.
Interesting camera with great potential thanks for Sharing Glen
Thank you and agree its a different type to the usual offerings with smaller pixels. Thanks for watching, clear skies
Fantastic video Glenn, but for me as a beginner, mindboggling information which I will have to unpick in the future!!
Thanks Jeremy. It can certainly seem very confusing and technical at times. Basically its a fantastic camera with a full frame sensor so really grabs a lot of light and details, just what we need for Astrophotography. Hope you are keeping well and doing good, speak soon and clear skies mate
Nice review Glen!! I love my Altair 26M and have pretty much given up on any other brands. They make some realy great equipment.
Thank you David. The 26M is a lovely camera. _ am going to be using one on some Altair 3nm filters as a future video. What filters do you have?_
@Astrobloke I use the 3nm optolong SHO and the Astronomik Deep sky RGB, and then I use my Altair/Sky Tech L Pro max.
@@davidschaeffer5322 how are the Optolong ? I have some of their LRGB filters to try out. Looking forward to testing the Altair ones as they look good. I currently run Antlia snd Chroma.
@Astrobloke They've been really great. No halos and the transmission seems to be dead on.
Hi Glenn excellent video, hope you are well.
Hi Steve, thank you for asking mate. I am very well and hope you are too. How are you getting along with the hobby?
@@Astrobloke Yeap doing well I've been in to astronomy for 40years now I mainly observe double stars now but next year I want to buy a HEQ5 to start astrophotography.
Had to turn the sound down at the end but great review, fantastic images.
You not a raver then Woody? 🤣
Thanks for watching mate, glad you liked the images
Great review as always Glenn👍, one thing that puzzles me on most images taken with CMOS cameras in the lack of star colour, with the well depth of this camera I would have expected more star colour.
Hi and thank you. Some of that could be down to my editing but most of those images were taken with filters. I want to take some good data without any filters to get a good example of that and will hopefully follow up with that info. clear skies
@@Astrobloke Thanks for the reply, I can appreciate just how difficult testing is with our weather, the brief clear spells are just too short. It's a nice camera, one I would love to try on the 12" Newt.
@@astroskyman thank you and it sire is tough trying to test with bad weather spells. That would work great on your 12, it certainly was a lovey match on my 10”. What make is your 12
Looks like the camera for me, large pixels just the job. Just retired last week yep I’ve taken the red pill and now been flushed into the real world, but may have to do the odd contract to afford extra Astro gear. Hope alls well with you, hoping for clear skies and a brighter future for all… Just a quick thing I’ve started some retro audio restoration so first project was an early 80 s Sharp VZ-3000 upright linear that plays both sides of lp, cost me £100 original speakers I’ve re conned etc, all internally restored re belted caps etc, could potentially fetch £6to800, just another hobby apart from my T2 Bus and some sea fishing…Atb Tom.
Hi Tom, Congratulations. Those red pills are all the rage as I am taking one in a couple of weeks.
All good here but the weather is still very challenging especially for astro.
Its good to have lots of hobbies, my deck is an old 1980's Rega Planer3 although its like Triggers broom in that I have basically changed every part. Really enjoyed upgrading it and getting the best out of it. Hopefully some clear skies soon. G
Great video and images Glenn. It's certainly given me food for thought, I have a new scope coming and need to order a new camera for it. I've always used ZWO cameras and have been very happy with them, but they are very expensive so maybe it's time to try something else! FLO have some good discounts just now on ZWO cameras but the 24CFX is still significantly cheaper than the equivalent ASI2400MC-Pro. The difference in the RRP between the two cameras is actually quite astonishing!
Hi Peter and thank you. The Altair cameras are not only cheaper but come with extras the ZWO cameras do not. Whats the new scope may I ask?
@@Astrobloke It's a StellaLyra 12" Truss Tube Ritchey-Chrétien. I'm mainly a widefield imager but want something with a longer focal length to capture galaxies and smaller nebulae. Starting to question my sanity though as I have recently finished a widefield dual StellaMira Apo rig that still hasn't seen first light due to the awful weather we've been having!
Nice one mate
Thank you Ryan, hope you are keeping well mate
Awesome vid Glenn!👍I really appreciated seeing what Sharpcap can do.👍Lovely images too...and as you point out...really vivid star colours from the camera!👍A few questions...
(1) Could you please kindly share the numbers & lengths of sub-exposures for the photos you took showed in the vid? Thank you!
(2) Do you see any artifacts, limitations or other disadvantages in practice that can be attributed to the camera being a 14 bit system, rather than 16 bit?
(3) Will you be sharing more analysis/feedback re the Altair RGB filter? It seemd to provide a darker background, as well as a different colour balance, but I'm not sure if the latter was better or worse.
Hi Derek and thank you for watching and commenting.
I'll get back to you with the acquisition details. These images have been taken over a long time so will need to go back and work it out.
To be honest the camera being 14bit did not seem to be lacking anywhere and I was not aware of any artifacts or clear disadvantages.
I will be doing a full review on the Tri TGB filter but it is still being developed as Altair want it to be as good as it can be. As soon as they have it finalised I will do some tests and report back on its performance but its looking very promising. The final images have been edited of course and some of that process has not been easy as I have not always had ideal data due to bad seeing or lack of acquisition time. I hope to have better images to share for the final review. Clear skies
@@Astrobloke Thanks Glenn! I greatly value your observations & appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions!👍👍..and, fingers crossed that you will start getting clear skies MUCH more often! Cheers🙂
Exiting camera Glenn, if you compare with Zwo products, what would you say?
Hi Arnstein. The Altair cameras are much better value for money compRed with ZWO, firstly equivalent models are cheaper but more importantly come with a lot more features and extras. I can also vouch for Altairs after sales service, they look after their customers. Are there any cameras you are looking to get?
Hi Glenn, yes, maybe a camera with the same quality and specs like the ZWO ASI 2600 MM :)