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Consumer Opinions: Meade DSI PRO II Deep Sky Imager Review

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Date: Oct 20,2008

We’ve been asked for our opinion on the Meade DSI PRO III Deep Sky Imager. We feel that the PRO II is better value for money though so we’ll have a look that that ‘middle ground’ model.

Check out the Meade DSI PRO II at Telescopes.com

Let’s look at what Meade DSI PRO II owner’s have to say on the Web:

for the price, this is the easiest “introductory” camera I have used, and is definitely capable of imaging virtually all of the Messier catalog with an impressive effort-and-cost-to-results ratio…”
snippet from an expert-level reviewer at cloudynights.com

… The DSI is easy enough to make it relatively easy to use, but sophisticated enough to do a lot with and it’s the later that offers a lot of growth and potential challenges…”
snippet from an owner’s feedback at weasner.com

“… I purchased this a few weeks ago and have been very happy with it. I’ve finally been able to image deep sky objects. Even with short exposures, I get a reasonable amount of detail…”
snippet from a Meade Deep Sky Imager user’s review at telescopes.com

“… camera itself is sensitive and you can make quite good pictures of Deep-Sky objects and Moon, For planets it is not so good because of sensitivity but it can be made…”
part of a response to a query about the Meade DSI posted at answers.yahoo.com

Here’s what the manufaturer claims:

User-friendly for astrophotographers of all levels
World’s 1st un-cooled camera with low thermal noise
Take exposures for hours on end
Thermal monitoring sensors match dark frames
to ambient temperatures
New zoom feature for easier focusing
Squared pixels for easier processing

The user-friendly astrophotography revolution continues with this model. It combines ease-of-use with a larger chip, greater sensitivity, higher resolution, and dramatically lower thermal noise. Meade engineers have invented a remarkable new way to reduce noise without a cooler. This means you can take exposures for hours at a time. And the new thermal monitoring sensors automatically match your dark frames to ambient temperature so it’s nearly impossible to take an uncalibrated picture. The software includes a new zoom feature for easier focusing and the squared pixels of the new larger chip make processing simpler and images more beautiful than ever. The DSI II is the world’s first un-cooled camera with low thermal noise. And that’s as cool as it gets.