SV105 Planetary Camera IMX307 for Beginners Astrophotography

Thankfully the new version has an improved long-exposure of 1s over the old version's 0.5s. I've shot with both for testing and the results are really nice for such a cheap camera. I kept the old version for myself. I recently wanted to try it out as a guider (or finder) to find the planets more easily when shooting the planets, and it REALLY struggles in Ekos. If you get one of these, stick to a Windows PC. I still need to try it with Astro DMx Capture on the Raspberry Pi. As a finder with SharpCap, it didn't do too badly, but testing it like that really exposed the lack of picture quality. This camera only works for planetary photography. The thing is that it's really cheap - so it's difficult to decide between 4 and 5 stars, but I decided 4 because of how it just does not work with Ekos. This camera is not able to get the best out of your telescope. You can get a fun planetary pic with it, and the colours are nice as well, but a better camera like the 305 or better will definitely get you better results. To dip your toes into the pool of planetary photography, it's a lovely starting camera.

Before I even start, I want to say to anyone that has never used a planetary camera before- it's not a point and shoot camera. Before you buy any camera, watch some YouTube videos and learn how they work before you buy one, send it back, and leave a bad review highlighting you're lack of understanding. For the price compared to other starter cameras, this is the best. Both of my photos posted were taken with this camera. The software is very user friendly. I don't think the two companies are really related but you'll get a copy of SharpCap that has limited features but for someone like myself doing this for the very first time, I found it met my needs by not over burdening me forcing me to have professional skills over night just to take a picture. It's given me a great platform to start from and as I learn my limitations, it's helping me before making an expensive purchase to get into deep space imaging.

May be useful to know: My copy of this camera connects to my Samsung s20 phone and my Microsoft laptop, using the same USB-C cable. The cable was NOT the cable delivered with the camera. It is a UGREEEN USB-C TO USB-B 2.0 braided nylon cable, 6ft. Very convenient. The laptop uses SharpCap, as suggested in the SVBONY instructions. The phone uses USB Camera version 3.0.

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The camera is a great entry level for those who want to try planetary imaging, and gain experience. At my local observatory we could use it as a tool of learning. The adapter part was incorrect by the inner thread size, but the support sent a correct part fast and for free.

This is great for entry-level lunar and planetary imaging. I typically use a Canon DSLR but I wanted to try using a digital eyepiece. I was impressed at how much information the sensor picks up. Works great with Windows 10 and Sharpcap. I took some pretty impressive images of Jupiter, however I will probably use this primarily as a lunar camera.

The app recognise the camera sv105 but I see the black screen in my Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 smartphone. Connecting a auxiliary lead of powerbank doesn't help.

Excellent construction quality. It works in Windows and on Android smartphone. Delivers good quality pictures for planets and moon. For its price, is the best planetary camera for someone who wants to check out planetary imaging. I will purchase the 305 but I will keep the 105 for when I want to shoot without laptop since the 105 makes portability a breeze since it connects to an android phone or tablet using vUSB camera app.

Found this low cost camera to be exceptionally good for its price range ,very pleased with its performance and it will do what its intended to do. Delivery is vey quick thank you Svbony.