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Best Solar Camera

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I am curious what others think is the best camera on the market for solar imaging. I have been using a PGR Grasshopper 3 for several years and was wondering if there are any improvements out there on the market with better resolution, frame rate, etc. Just curious....

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Re: Best Solar Camera

Post by Montana »

I still love my Grasshopper 3 although it is becoming a bit dodgy. If I had a Grasshopper 3 that took 150fps that would be my perfect purchase :)
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I certainly agree with you there, Alexandra. My Grasshopper is also showing signs of age which is why I posed the question. But a faster frame rate Grasshopper does sound good.


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Yes the PG IMX174 has been faultless so far with extremely high frame rates on USB3 saving to an SSD.
My old camera was a DMK""618 but maxed out at 60Fps


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I use the ASI 174MM - very fast frame rates -USB3+SSD drive.


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I run 2 cameras - one with 3.45um pixels and one with 5.86um pixels so that all focal ratios / sampling rates are covered.


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