SV405CC Cooled Color OSC Camera for Deep Space Astrophotography IMX294

Being on a budget, but wanting a cooled astro cam is usually a conflicting statement. Not so with the SV405CC. It uses the IMX294 sensor as used in many competitors cooled camera's but comes in at half the price. I mainly use Nina for imaging which comes with native driver support and had no issues. One thing to be aware of, and this is not an SVBONY issue but a general issue with all IMX294 sensors. There is a problem gain range from gain 120 until ~135 (120 is the switch over to HCG mode). There is a test that can be done to measure this problem gain range, once determined stay out of that range for the best results. With my specimen, the problem gain range ends at 127, I therefore use 130 as my gain setting.

Bought this camera with filter drawer and dual band filter. My first experience with a dedicated camera and it's brilliant, shot the rosette nebula with the dual band using N.I.N.A. at very steady minus 5 very pleasing. Absolutely no regrets as I initially hesitated upgrading from dslr, just the ease of doing flats the next day and the quality of shorter exposures making the hobby so much more enjoyable.

I am very pleased to own this camera. Very good technical data, very stable housing, everything works wonderfully. Above all, available at a very affordable price compared to other manufacturers with this chip. Highly recommended.

Excellent product well worth the money works just like they describe stays 30°below ambient temperature and takes great pictures

Have 2 of these cameras, first one has been serving me well for almost 2 years and still going, the sensor is very big 23mm in diagonal, compared to the competitors this camera is half in price, works great and has the cooler for alot less noise aswell, shipping was also fast when i chose the expedited shipping

What a great camera. Thank you so much. First photo all good Thx

I've been using this camera for about three months, and I'm still impressed. I had no issues during that time, and the camera's performance amazed me after astromodified DSLR. Cooling works stable and has a 35°C temperature difference at 80% power. Highly recommend this camera as the most affordable cooling camera.

I definitely recommend this camera for people who want to switch from a DSLR to an astronomical camera. At the price I bought it for (around $560 on sale), the value for money is simply amazing. I used to use a modified Canon 1100D. Now, to achieve a comparable effect, I only have to expose for 60% of the time compared to the Canon. Even at the current promotional price of $646 compared to the ASI294MC-P camera ($999), the difference is huge and now I would also decide on the SV405CC. The cooling works well. I am able to go down by 30°C relative to the environment. At 750 mm focal length I also did not notice more blurred stars after turning on the fan. As for the quality of the camera itself: it looks like a solidly made camera. Things to look out for before you decide on this camera: - if you use Astroberry, there is an old driver that does not support HCG mode, so you will either have to change the program for collecting frames or find a way to update the driver to the latest one. I definitely recommend N.I.N.A. - amp glow: unfortunately this camera has it (ASI294MC-P too) but darks take care of the problem, so this is a minor drawback. You should also remember to collect and flat-dark if your flats have a total exposure length exceeding a few seconds. The only drawback I know about comparing to ASI294MC-P is the lack of a hub with two USB outputs. But is this difference worth paying ~350 USD extra? You answer this question yourself. For me, absolutely not.

I would have had this a year in November and not had a problem with it even though it was dropped as my rig permanently lives outside under a cover and and some months ago we had high wind which knocked over the scope and tripod apart from a little dent any broken USB cable the camera still works perfectly and is easy to use but finding any information regarding it in English is very difficult what would definitely buy another one if needed

Just started imaging with this dedicated astro camera hence only the 4 on image quality. I probably need to get more familiar with it and image processing. It cools very well and cooling power remains steady. I have no complaints about this at all and it is more than reasonably priced.