ZWO ASI178MC 6.4 MP CMOS Color Astronomy Camera with USB 3.0# ASI178MC

tablet app very limited. this is a picture from my first try with tablet app. don't have a laptop going to put desktop next to garage door can not wait for next clear night.

I wish I would have bought the higher megapixel model. I thought since I was just starting out, I didn’t want to get too expensive but the more expensive the better quality. Both photos were photoshopped. Also, these images were captured in town, so a lot of light pollution.

Great camera! Even though It’s mostly for planetary, you can get some pretty amazing pics of the brighter DSO’s.

I bought this camera as my first dedicated Astro camera along with an ASI air mini. The asi air works perfectly but the camera was a little shady. It is advertised as a 6.4 MP but when I opened the package, the lens says 3MP.Then I started to read the comments about this store so I contacted them because I thought I got the wrong product but they told me I got the right thing but ZWO uses the same lenses for all cameras so they don’t change the 3MP label. This blew my mind because this is not a cheap product, at least not for me. I tried finding information about it and even asked in forums I I still have not gotten a response saying it is normal that an expensive product is mislabeled just because.Now, even if this information was correct, the attitude of the person on the chat from the store was beyond horrible which made me feel that this is shady. I told them I would return it and buy a more expensive one that doesn’t come with those lenses and the same person told me no one has ever returned this model for that reason and to please don’t buy from them again.First of all, if I decide not to buy from this store again is not because of the product which could have been swapped to prove that they all come the same, even a video of him opening a box and showing how it comes would have been enough. It is the horrible service the store provides what makes me not want to buy ever again from them. I placed the order for the new and more expensive camera before the last message they sent, so we will see if they even send it at all or send me something damaged because at this point I have no reason to trust them. I would not be surprised they cancel my order or it is sent and never arrives if this same person is involved in the process. It is stuff like this what makes people not trust business at all. The product might be fine and they might be right, but just telling me a $300 product is made in such a lazy way and being treated the way they did without offering any kind of proof of what they said is what made me even wright a review when I hardly ever do it.

Great planetary camera

Please stay away from this seller, if you ever have to return any item you purchase from them, they will send you an email where they put you in a my word you word position after all threads on all CHARGES they will apply. I have canceled the return and taken the loss, learning the lesson to not to trust Amazon on the product search engine and to take more time reading the previous victims posts on the items. We can loose focus on the reality that we’re really becoming a third wold country.As far as my experience with the product, perfect with the native lens, challenging on the telescope.

I bought this to replace the Sbony 205 camera that I purchased a month ago because the Sbony added false green and red tints to photos of the Moon, and even worse, discolored all but the center of photos of the Sun with a pinkish hue rather than show the orange that actually was and did show in the center of the photo. It wasn't related to edge-darkening of the sun, because that same thing happened even if the edge was in the middle of the frame.After all the rain this last several days, I was finally able to use this camera and am quite happy to report tha the 178 takes nice pictures of the Sun, orange throughout. Have not yet been able to try it on the Moon, but assuming it's going to not have any false color tinting and will complain here if I am wrong! The sensor in the 178 appears to be quite sensitive, At 1/10 of a second and minimal (no) gain, I see Jupiter's moons in the photo with Jupiter itself being a white out. It's either that I have to learn more about using the camera and taking planetary photographs, or I simply have to dial back the exposure some more, I also was able to take a good photo of Sirius. I'm quite happy with this camera! Also...the ZWO ASIstudio software is quite easy to use on my Linux box.

I have ordered products from Agena AstroProducts directly and now through Amazon, but no longer will I give them my business. The camera I received was defective with a severe plaid pattern in the images, but to my disbelief, they charged me a restocking fee of $40 when they said they wouldn’t if a defective unit was returned. They say they will test it when received, but they didn’t, but since it was “used” one time, they went against their word. I will no longer do business with a company who disrespects their customers. P.S. I have several astrophotography cameras and know when one is defective.