Best Budget APS/C Astro Cam? First Look - ToupTek IMX571 / 2600
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Thanks to ToupTek for sending this camera over for review! more to come, when the weather plays ball anyway haha!
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HI Luke.
I've had this Camera for about 2 years now and absolutely love it. Even better... that after sales service is great, Eddie is quick to reply to emails and when I fried my Camera 😭 with a power surge Eddie got me to send it back to them and they fixed it for about £40 incl. postage and kept me informed of the progress the whole time. Very happy.
That's really super service mate, so glad to hear that!! Thanks for sharing!
Looks like a great camera Luke looking forward to seeing what it can do under clear skies mate
Fingers crossed for some clear soon Tony mate!!
I always thought that if sensor is IMX571, then camera manufacturers don’t matter.
I changed my opinion in this regard. Ended up with cameras from QHY (professional grade) and Moravian, and have no regrets. No tilt, no vibration, no light lick (yes, it matters in city with houses around), stability (due to bolting filter wheels) and better dynamic range (this is unexpected).
I got the same camera from OGMA with a tilt adjuster. I called a few camera sellers before chosing a brand and they were the only ones that picked up the phone. Really nice folks with great reviews at CN.
I eventually want to set up a dual 80mm rig and I think I will be putting the Ogma on that one
Awesome to hear that mate! I may have the opportunity to check an ogma out at some point! 👍👍
@@lukomatico Its a touptek camera rebranded. Based out of North Carolina with extras. Jaun is very responsive. I think you will like it. It comes with a tilt plate corrector
At Christmas i got myself this very same camera, and i love it.
Superb mate!! Glad to hear it :-D hope you're enjoying it!
I got the Altair Astro version, the Hypercam 26C, last year. I believe they're exactly the same cameras aside for the shape and colour of the housing. It also behaves exactly the same in N.I.N.A as what was shown here in the video. At £999 (international price w/o VAT) + my country's 22% VAT at import time, it came out to just over 1400€, a crazy price compared to any other IMX571 model you can get in Europe. It replaced the ASI 533MC Pro that I started with and it's been an amazing upgrade, the improved FOV of the larger sensor gives so much more flexibility.
I purchased their version of the IMX585 sensor, very pleased so far! I like the fact that Touptek use a standard body size for all their cameras! Have fun with it Luke
Thanks so much mate, I will do! 👍👍 I hope you're enjoying that 585 too, they are such nice cameras!
Yes I love the IMX585 sensor, now I have two 😅 Uranus-c and the Touptek
got myself the 533 from tt some months ago, great cam and as with all the other brands that pop up it's good competition to zwo and qhy
Shame about the lack of a tilt adapter but I think Altair cameras which I believe are made at the same company will be having built in tilt adapters fitted, so hoping it will go across the whole of the Touptek range. My only niggle is that I wish more UK vendors would sell these so should anything go wrong it can be repaired or replaced & give us more choice rather than ZWO. If you use it with your RASA some tape over the LED's would help with any odd reflections to as I've had them using mine.
However in saying that the 26C is a great performer so I'm betting the Touptek will perform very well to, have fun with it & clear skies!!! (I hope!!!)
Thank you mate and that's good to hear!! I hope they do add the tilt adapter as an option, it's pretty much required for certain scopes hey!
Hope you've had more luck with the skies than I have lately, jeez it's been bad 😂
With all the new gear you keep getting/looking at we should get a clear night around May 2026
Hahaha, it's been ridiculous lately - a big pile of gear I need to review and absolutely no skies to do it with 😂 what a frustrating pursuit this is!!
I have this camera and love it - am setting up for the night - looks lioke it will be stunning, but windy.
These cloudy nights are beginning to get beyond a joke, of the four nights I've been able to get outside this year none have been clear for more than four hours. I look forward to your review when you've actually been able to image with it, I hope its not too long.
It's been so bad mate, I agree - a phenomenal amount of bad weather even by seasonal standards!
Hi Luke,
Looks like a great camera. I am looking at their IMX 410 color sensor and am trying to reach a deal with them but their New Year celebration (Year of the Dragon) put things on hold. Question: what type of sensor cover glass did you get ... the AR Glass or UV/IR cut? Here's wishing clear skies for you as I am anxious to see "First light" from your camera.
Hey Pat! I hope that imx410 deal works out for you my friend!! :-D that'll be fantastic!
I believe the one I have comes with AR glass 👍
Clear skies to you my friend!
Another piece of kit I'm considering! I know you won't have even had chance to test the 120apo yet but was wondering if a direct comparison between Askar 103 triplet and RVO's 102 Horizon Doublet might be possible in the future. Askar glass may be lower 'quality' but it's a triplet. Does it result in a significant difference?
Fantastic channel Luke. Keep the great work going 👍
Thanks mate!! If the chance presents itself there will likely be more comparisons to come! Cheers! :-D
Luke I picked up one of the OSC's used on Cloudy Nights from a guy who decided to buy the mono version. I really love this little camera. My Altair 183C found a new home on my little 70mm. Both were made by Touptek. It works just fine with Nina and Sharpcap..
Great to hear that, my friend! I kinda wish I'd got the osc version to test, I bet it's a lot of fun! :-)
Clear skies to you!
We have been covered by clouds for a while. I don't know when the next clear sky is gonna be. Are you on cloudy nights?
@@Ghostflyer63 it's been the same here mate, endless clouds and stormy weather - I have an account on cloudy nights but I never log on!
@@lukomatico You should come join us in the Winter in Texas thread.
I think the M42 nosepiece adaptor may be the one that also reduces the camera backfocus to 12.5mm. My camera is about a year old and didn't come with that part, so I bought one separately on Aliexpress.
I think you're right mate yeah! Takes it to 12.5mm I believe 👍👍
Clear skies to you!
I got a Touptek planetary/guide camera which came with the same overly thick USB 3.0 cable. The weight and stiffness of this is enough to mess up guiding or possibly twist on the camera socket. They may as well not even include this as few will use it. See you switched to a ribbon cable during your power test :). I'd be interested in seeing some darks from this cam to see how the amp glow of the circuitry holds up.
Thank for the review!
So I can just get a custom USB 3.0 cable for the cam?
@@caviestcaveman8691 A USB ribbon cable should work just fine. Amazon should have whatever length you need - 1,2,3 or 6ft.
I think you can use small grub screws with the outer most adapter to adjust tilt.
I think without a push/pull arrangement on each adjuster you'd be forever at the mercy of thread-to-fastener tolerance
Nice.
Nice first look Luke. If nothing else cameras like this are making the likes of ZWO sharpen their pencil a bit to compete on price (the ASI2600MC looks to be similarly priced once you factor in duty and vat on the Touptek) which is a win for everyone. Looking forward to seeing the images taken with this👍
Couldn't say it better myself Pete mate, we need as much competition as possible! 👍
I just bought the very same camera 2 months ago! Do you have an idea on what are the settings whose default is off? The "high fullwell mode" and the "binning average pixels" one, I couldn't find any reference!
This video should show you what was defaulted to on/off in the later segment 👍
@@lukomatico thank you for the reply, but I'd like to know what they actually do! Do you know how "high fullwrll mode" and "binning average pixel" work? 👍🏻
Nice video Luke, I am awaiting the 533c version from Touptek for review, with the possibility of buying if it works out as am in the market for a 533 based camera for my Williams Optics White cat scope..👍🏻
If that is the same camera as the Altair Astro 533 which I think it is I think you'll like it. I bought one for my White Cat 51 but also use it with my Ascent 115APO and have been very happy with it.
@@user-lt9py2pu6u yes, it’s the same camera inside, many brands are TOUPTEK camera internals and software, with different outer cases…thanks 👍🏻
Awesome to hear that mate!! I love those 533 sensors, so clean and sensitive and framing is always easy as you never really need to worry about rotation, removes one stress haha!
Good luck and clear skies bud 👍
@@lukomatico yes, looking forward to trying it out 👍🏻
Hi Luke I have that camera and 3 other ones from touptek
I just had the urge to build a blue Pegasus Astro setup with a WO blue scope.
Haha!! Colour matching your kit is pretty darn satisfying 👍👍
Nice review! I think they sell the tilter as an optional accessory so maybe they are really confident of their sensor being completely flat? Either way would have been nice to have that included. Otherwise Touptek has come has made a nice piece of kit there. I know @cuivthelazygeek loves his. Looking forward to the field trials 🙂 Cheers!
My touptek IMX571 has a higher cooling delta than my ZWO 2600.
Hey Luke. Does the camera have anti dew heating like ZWOs 2600?
Yes it does. Not had any problems with mine fogging up
It does indeed mate yeah, you can see me switch it from the default '4' full-power setting down to 2 in this video's first frames test segment too 👍
their equipment is so fucking cheap. In taobao, you can buy a 6200mm+oag+efw +new controller (like aisiar)+715c， only cost 3k5 dollar no taxes. You still can talk with dealer to get potential discount. That’s so crazy. I hope there will a day they can sell imx461 under 6k dollar😂
Isn't that front section the tilt adapter?
No mate I think that's just to hold the camera body/shell to the front plate as there's just 'pull' screws, with no push counterpart
It was, but not anymore, now i can't have either the mono or the color at good prices as before, and i mean it, as before, now the prices is very similar and close to ZWO/QHY ones.
And to add to that, i first bought the OSC, then followed by the mono, pity i didn't test the mono yet since i bought it, while i tested the OSC only twice or one time for two targets, using old filter of IDAS D2, wasn't good really, hate it, but it was the filter fault and not the camera, i carried out in my life and ignored imaging so i didn't use/test most of what i bought since 2 years ago, now this year i am deciding to put what i bought under real and serious test and see, and i am very sad that i bought only two of this camera, i should buy 4 when it was cheaper, now it is gonna be like i should only buy third one as OSC then wait longer to afford second mono of it.
Trop cher pour moi…je prends la 533 mc pour mon hyperstar c11 v3.
If nobody else is willing to say it I will. Luke, you should probably review some of your videos to see what I'm talking about, but your lighting setup creates a potentially awkward situation where the shadow of your nose looks like an unfortunate style of mustache. I'm not a lighting expert so I can't recommend anything specific, but you may want to reconsider the position of the light directly above your head. 😬
Other than that I enjoy your videos and find them very helpful, thanks 🙂
Hahahaha, that's a new one for me mate!! 😂😂😂 I certainly haven't heard that one before!
Clear skies!
... and I thought the light directly above your head was a halo....lol