QHYCCD miniCAM8 Mono Camera

This isn't my first mono camera, but by far the easiest to set up. QHY nailed this kit! The filters were easy to install. The blister pack is set up nicely and the tweezers were a good tool. Unmounted filters can be scary, but this was easy. One thing that is not in any photos or reviews is the fact that there is a mask installed in the cover of the filter wheel. This is a nice surprise and eased my concerns about using full frame scopes. However, if you need to use different adapters not in the kit be careful that the after market adapters don't push in on the mask. Some spacer rings should help. Not all C mount adapters are made the same, and the miniCAM8 only needs 3mm of threads to screw in to the front plate. It looks like QHY has added some additional instructions on the product page concerning the filters and the mask.

As far as the drivers go I did have trouble in NINA with the native driver selection. Once I switched to ASCOM for both the camera and filter wheel things were fine. I do wish the cooling was not set to full power upon powering the unit. I work around this by powering the camera last and having NINA running and ready to connect right away.

I have only taken one sub frame in HDR mode. Looks interesting, and i can see a difference in contrast. I plan on running a session just in that mode soon.

I have more data to process, but attached is a sample of M51(cropped) with only a couple of hours on target, and The Cressent(NGC 6888, no crop, SHO). PI(BlurX, NoiseX). Both shot with a Askar PHQ65 416mm.