D. Henderson

Jun 06, 2026

Cooled Color Astronomical Camera SV605CC | Svbony

Plug and play imaging, all you need is the driver from their site I like it so far!

Money maker

Jan 16, 2024

Cooled Color Astronomical Camera SV605CC | Svbony

Great Camera I bought this SVBONY 605 camera because it was less expensive than competitive cameras with the same image sensor. This camera takes great images and works with the software that I use for automated astrophotography. I shared some of the photos with other members of the astrophotography community and people were impressed with the picture quality. I have used this camera weekly over the last several months and I am pleased with the performance and reliability. I do not have a camera from brand Z for comparison but, I trust the Svbony brand and I recently purchased the Svbony SV405 camera as it is on sale right now on svbony. In fact, I bought two of them!

jpard2357

Dec 24, 2025

Cooled Color Astronomical Camera SV605CC | Svbony

Equivalent to the ASI533 Great camera! Just as good as the ASI533 without the exorbitant price.

Amanda Cole

Apr 16, 2025

Cooled Color Astronomical Camera SV605CC | Svbony

Better than asiBetter than asi Constant issues with an asi533, they even sent a second unit and it wouldn’t even power on. Got this clone for $200 less and it came with a power cord and more adapters. Was up and running in 3 minutes, and the image is fantastic, if you can’t image with this camera you need to slow down, read, and try better software because I am far from an expert.

DF

Apr 12, 2023

Cooled Color Astronomical Camera SV605CC | Svbony

WOW - definitely can capture some great images quickly I live under Bortle 4 skies (rural/transition) so they are fairly dark. I have previously done a bit of astrophotography with a very small-chip astrocamera and an APS-C chip-sized DSLR camera. So I was able to put this camera on my 72mm ED-glass refractor and a good, driven equatorial mount and capture some amazing images in about an hour on the same night. The M42 nebula and M81 / M82 galaxies were both live-stacked in the SharpCap software that this camera is designed to use. I did do some post-processing, but not a lot. The M42 image shows a bit of red on one side because the nebula was starting to go behind a tree - it's not an artifact due to the camera in any way - just operator error (me!)., Also, I don't quite yet know how to process from this camera, so the colors are off a bit. Processing astrophotos is its own hobby and learning curve unto itself. The solar image is when I attached the camera to my Hydrogen Alpha solar telescope to see what solar flares and other phenomena I could capture. I also used Sharpcap to do this. It offers a pretty wide field of view from which to frame objects when using the 1-bin option in my 72mm f/6 telescope, though I am not quite sure I can get M31 fully even with a 0.8 reducer/corrector. You can opt for high binning options and gather more light in a narrower field of view with a bit more pixelation if you prefer. The chip is square, not rectangular. But any image can be cropped to any aspect ratio if the object is small enough too. The cooler was fantastic as I was able to cool the camera pretty quickly using Sharpcap - I still need to work on figuring that out though. And there's a lot of other features that I do not really yet know how to use fully. But having enough knowledge of astrophotography to be dangerous, I was able to set this up relatively quickly and get going and start capturing objects in about an hour outside. That said, there were several previous hours spent downloading updated drivers for my laptop and the camera, along with a pretty thorough perusal of the instruction manual for Sharpcap and the camera. Overall if you are familiar with astrophotography, have a decent telescope and a driven mount, it is relatively straightforward to use with a little knowledge. If you are NOT used to astrophotography, you may have a steep learning curve - but - plenty of people have dove right into this hobby and gotten pretty amazing results with some reading, asking questions of others in the astrophotography community on social media and in forums, and a lot of time outside under the sky. The camera comes with a nice carrying bag, a large USB cable, quite a few adapters for various telescope types and sizes, and a small but usable manual for the basics. This will be a really fun little camera to use for a long time. I would definitely recommend it. UPDATE 10/6/2023 I have taken more photos with this camera and it continues to perform very well. I added some images of the Veil, Swan and Lagoon Nebulas all taken with around an hour or so of livestacking with a bit of post processing. Not sure what software the other reviewer who left a one star review was using, but I have never had a problem with the cooling staying as the intended temperature (typically 0C when it is even 65F out) or line banding (literally seen none whatsoever on any images, darks, anything) or any other issues listed when I use SharpCap. I think the photos I posted speak for themselves - very good images are certainly possible, and I am still not even very proficient at this yet.

Trevor Cosby

Oct 09, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

"SVBony SV555 first light reviewSVBony SV555 first light review SVBONY SV555 I don’t often complete an svbony review on products but this wholeheartedly does fully deserve one. At the start looking into the product, I had some reservations about the telescope based on reviews on YouTube, so reached out to the company selling the item Retevis Direct’ who reassured me that if issues were found they would be dealt with. This and the fact the items were being sold at very good price on svbony Prime Day, along with the fact that the advert alluded to the fact it was an updated version made me go for it. It dually arrived and I was initially a little disappointed that it was the older version not the new one as advertised on svbony, which did worry me a bit. I will say that as soon as I saw it, it shouted quality, and as an ex mechanical engineer, in my eyes it was a thing of beauty. So, I contacted Retevis Direct who apologised, stating they would amend the svbony advert which they quickly did, offering to exchange it for the new version at no extra cost to myself. I did give this some thought but to be honest not for very long, as previously stated I preferred the ascetics of the first version, So I recontacted RetevisDirect and said I would like to try it, to see if any quality faults did materialise, they came back and said that was fine and it could be returned directly to them at any time after the 30days, at again no cost to me and a new version would be sent from China at again at no cost to me, how’s that for excellent customer service, which I have never experienced in all my 67 years from any other supplier. Now those who are involved with astronomy know as soon as you buy a new piece of equipment the clouds role in, and boy they do role in across the North West England. So, what have I found when some clear skies eventually did arrive, well my approach was to set up the 55mm back focus without any filters, with the idea to look for pinched and non-round stars across the field of view. This approach resulted in no issues being found, which backed up a YouTube reviewers view that all issues had been sorted out with existing product still held by the company, so happy days. Please find attached a single 60 second image adjusted in Siril and Graxpert."

CHARLES I.

Aug 08, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Un excellent Astrographe PetzvalUn excellent Astrographe Petzval Lors de la sortie, les exemplaires fabriqués avaient certains défauts de jeunesse avec une forme d'étoiles "pinçée". SvBony a une capacité de réaction, il a depuis rectifié le tir. Une mise à jour élimine ce pincement et aussi pour répondre aux premiers testeurs , cette mise à jour augmente la capacité de l'étendue de la mise au point. J'ai eu l'opportunité de contrôler 3 exemplaires à des fins statistiques. Il n'y a absolument pas ce qui est mentionné de l'avis trés négatif et ce qui est curieux c'est qu'il était dans l'incapacité de mettre au point son appareil photo et dire tel défaut sur l'aspect de l'étoile. J'ai bien entendu à titre personnel un exemplaire SV555 et les étoiles sont d'une rotondité exemplaire. Je vous mets la preuve sur les fichiers brut une seule pose de 20 sec sans aucune modification sortie du boitier, une image intégrale et les autres avec de gros recadrages sur des zones avec étoiles brillantes réalisés la nuit du 7 Août 2025 en quasi pleine lune et en centre ville. Parlons de cet instrument. Qualité de fabrication , matériaux utilisé et finition sont exemplaires. Esthétiquement c'est réussi. J'effectue mes mises au point en manuel ( j'ai 45 années d'expérience en matériel astro , ce fut mon métier et astrophoto idem ). Certes il n'a pas de mise au point démultipliée mais celà ne m'a nullement gêné , la grande bague de MAP est suffisamment douce. Le SV555 a un kit pour reçevoir une mise au point "assistée" ....ça n'est pas pour moi. Le champ de netteté est total sur l'APSC. Je n'ai pu donc vérifier en plein format mais certains testeurs ont pu le confirmer. Cet astrographe va trés bien avec un petit équatorial de voyage et la Star adventurer GTI de Sky Watcher est un must. Etant expert en optique , j'ai quand même constaté de l'aberration de sphéricité....parce que je contrôle sur étoiles en visuel. Le rapport F/4.5 dans cette formule optique , donc trés ouvert en est peut-être la cause. La plupart des réfracteurs dont les Apo de petits rapport F/D donc trés lumineux photographiquement sont tous plus ou moins affecté de cette aberration. Pas le moindre chromatisme pour cette SV555 , elle est une authentique Apo. Celà n'affecte finalement pas l'astrophoto des champs stellaires dont les plus petites étoiles , si parfaite mise au point , sont comme des aiguilles. Je rajouterai une critique. SvBony a du modifier le réceptacle dans lequel on place un filtre 2 pouces pour répondre à un des défauts des premières production permettant la mise au point à l'infini qqe soit les systèmes d'imageur et ça n'est pas pratique. Il faut dévisser 4 toutes petites vis du couvercle arrière afin d'accéder au filetage interne de 48 mm des filtres 2 pouces ( 50.8 ) et il sera facile sur le terrain d'en perdre 1 ou 2. J'ai envoyé un message à SvBony , trés réactif ! , qui soumettra celà aux prochainex productions afin de rajouter des vis supplémentaires. Oui le porte filtre externe évite cet inconvénient pour ceux utilisant des caméras astro ou des boitiers sans miroirs à conditions pour ces derniers d'utiliser une bague T étroite. Exemple le tirage d'un Canon sans miroir est de 20 mm. On trouve cette fameuse bague T 48 EOS R chez Bresser épaisseur 10 mm et il suffira de compléter par une bague M48 de 5 mm. Ainsi en y plaçant en intermédiaire le porte filtre le quel est épais de 21 mm , on arrive à un total de 56 mm et la mise au point est bien atteinte avec le SV555. Pour les reflex encore nombreux à l'utiliser ( Mon EOS 600D est le seul défiltré parmi mes boitiers ) , je ne puis donc n'y mettre que la bague T ( tirage boitier 45mm + 10 mm bague T ) et donc pas de possibilté de rajouter un tiroir à filtre. Pour ceux désirant utilise le SV555 en longue vue , il suffira de rajouter l'adaptateur M48 femelle sortie 31.75 et y glisser un oculaire ( par exemple SV41 chez SvBony mais il y en aussi chez d'autres fournisseurs ). En visée coudée , prévoir une petite rallonge M48 de 5mm + renvoi coudé à miroir et visser le groupe avant d'une barlow x2 ( il y en a qui le permette ) et enfin glisser un oculaire. Le renvoi redresseur 45° ont un tirage optique incompatible. Ainsi on atteint la mise au point si on veut jeter un oeil sur le ciel. Sur les photos jointes , fait "à l'arrache" depuis mon parking , il y a un petit défaut de suivi. Le but est de montrer , malgré le tout petit défaut de suivi , la belle rondeur des étoiles sans défauts de déformation. Je rajoute parmi les images prises cette fois-ci sous un ciel favorable dans le dpt du Cher , NGC 7000 en douceur ,montrant la beauté des étoiles et finesse avec ce SV555 Petzval F4.5 image en pose unique , one shot donc , sans aucune transformation Pinxinsight et les logiciels "arrangeurs" !, uniquement fichier brut raw dématricé puis réglage niveau avec photoshop élément tout bête.

Fausto Accordi

Feb 05, 2026

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Tutto Bene Perfetto articolo consegnato velocemente e con cura

Spechti1962

Nov 29, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Perfektes Produkt So, das Produkt kam heute nach einigen Hin und Her mit DHL nun endlich an. Absolut sauber verpackt und in 1a Qualität. Da passt einfach alles sauber zusammen, nichts wackelt oder macht einen billigen Eindruck. Alle Einstellfunktionen / Räder / Ringe sind ohne "schleifen" oder dergleichen. Da hat Svbony was richtig, richtig gutes geschaffen. Absolute Kaufempfehlung!

pazizipa

Mar 27, 2026

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Excellent scope for the money I'm using this scope with the sv220 3nm filter, and I'm very pleased with how the stars are coming out (sharp all the way to the corners). I put 56mm of back focus (including the RF to R adapter) and it works great with a Canon mirrorless (infinity focus is not a problem on this new version of the scope).

ep

Jun 23, 2026

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Top! Solide Qualität mit sehr guter Optik.

Fred Durst

Oct 13, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Gutes Budget Teleskop für Deep SpaceGutes Budget Teleskop für Deep Space Also Preisleistung finde ich gut, darum auch die 5 Sterne. Bilder lassen sich scharf fokussieren. Die Kamerarotation, Fokus und Blende lassen sich feststellen. Ich hab habe die Upgrade Version und mir sind keine negativen Bildfehler aufgefallen. Die Qualität geht auch in Ordnung, würde es in etwa mit Samyang vergleichen. Das einzige was ich evtl. Bemängeln könnte ist das sich der Objektivdeckel wirklich schlecht aufsetzen lässt. Man ist sich nie sicher ob er richtig Arretiert ist, der ist mir beim auspacken auch schon direkt entgegengekommen. Wäre schade wenn man sich mal dummerweise die Linse deswegen zerkratzt. Die Rändelschrauben muss man auch gut festknallen damit alles an Ort und Stelle bleibt. Aktuell betreibe ich das Objektiv mit einer Canon 750Da und einer Adventurer GTI ohne guiding. Das ist bei meinem ersten Versuch rausgekommen und damit bin ich auch zufrieden, obwohl die Nachführung nicht optimal war. Fokusiert mit einer Bathinov Maske, ca 120 subs bei 45 Sekunden Belichtung und F4.5 Also für mich als Einsteiger die perfekte Wahl, ich hoffe das Bild wird hier nicht zu stark verunstaltet beim hochladen. Diese ganzen negativen Berichte auf YouTube etc. beziehen sich denke ich auf die erste Version vom SV555. Update: Hab jetzt nochmal 40 subs mit 120 Sekunden gemacht, mit Guiding und Dithering, dabei ist Foto Nummer 3 entstanden.

Solarity

Mar 08, 2026

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

My Go To scope! Out of all my scopes I find myself going back to this one often. It is also the one my pixel peeping club members were impressed with the images, when I even forgot to enable guiding. I don't even need to take flat frames as it is clean and it has no vignetting on my apsc sensor. Also it being very compact, it makes it an easy travel scope.

LukeBB

Jun 03, 2026

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Great little astrograph... This is such a nice astrograph, very well made, you can feel the quality when you hold it. This is version 2 and it corrected the problems of version 1. It has a flat field to the edge of a full frame sensor. On top of that you have all you need for an auto focuser, minus the EAF itself. It's a hell of a deal for that price.

Justin

Jul 04, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Easy to useEasy to use I paired this with my asi585mc and sv220 dualband filter and got great results.

James Hogue

Feb 07, 2026

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Good quality bang for the buck.Good quality bang for the buck. Mine was fine out of the box. It said a used one but looked new to me nothing taken out. Reached focus no problem, stars are round to the corners so far very happy with it.

Florian Bonnet

Dec 03, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Great little telescope! Great little telescope! The build quality feels solid, it’s super easy to use, and the images it captures are just awesome. Setup was a breeze, and it even comes with everything you need to mount the EAF.

Anonymous

Dec 12, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Great lens for astrophotographyGreat lens for astrophotography Having imaged for years with a Takahashi FSQ-106EDXIII as well as a Redcat 51, this lens was remarkable. Nice round stars across the field and little in the way of optical aberrations. Great value for the price. By the way, I left a bad review on a car part and now I can’t figure out how to change my name but I am NOT a disappointed customer!

Seven G.

Dec 13, 2025

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

Perfect stars in corners perfect stars in the corners!

Philip Craft

Apr 01, 2026

New Band Astrograph Lens APO Petzval for Deep-Sky Photography SV555 | Svbony

SVBONY SV533 MC ProSVBONY SV533 MC Pro Very nice. Image quality is fantastic with my ASI585.