Anthony's Astrophotography

Hi Everyone,

I was very lucky over Christmas as my Family all chipped in to purchase me a new Camera for my astrophotography.  I really wanted a Central DS CDS-600D camera and while I haven’t received it yet (these are a custom built unit to order so they take about 4 weeks to be completed) I am very excited to have it on it’s way here. This will be my first dedicated Astro camera so I am very hopeful this will lift my image quality to the next level.

While I could write up a hole blurb on these cameras, there is already a great deal of info on the web so will point you to those locations rather than repeat their details: Central DS, Cloudy Nights Review and some images taken with these cameras at AstroBin.

In a nutshell Central DS have 4 goals in mind with their designs and I think they have achieved all of these with the CDS-600D.

1. Good User Interface
2. Good Image Quality
3. Good Price
4. Good Design

While I have not used one of these cameras, I based my decision on wanting one from information in those sites above, relying on investigations on the web and of course a friend at Astrofest that purchased the CDS-1100D camera (she is very happy with hers). What I can say about my experience is that the purchasing process has been smooth and trouble free, I made the transaction via Credit Card/ Pay Pal and was promptly notified of my order, additionally Yun Lee has always responded to my email queries so all in all a good experience.

One thing I will comment on however is that when Ralph Laplanche was writing the Review at Cloudy Nights he states the High ISO Expansion is set to off by default, I had emailed Yun at Central DS to ensure this was enabled, he kindly replied that this is now standard in their build process for all new cameras.

Anyway enough blurb from me and some pictures, as soon as I get this and have a chance to point it at the stars I will let you know what I think.

Cheers

Anthony

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