The Casio QVs for astronomy

Can be used in my opinion : QV-2800UX & QV-3500EX or QV-4000EX

My choice went on the QV-2800UX & QV-2900UX

after 15 days of comparative studies on the www
using the links at bottom of page.

The mains reasons to choose the QV-2800/2900 were :

Optical Zoom 8x (+ num 2x, 4x but with pixellisation)

Swivel 360° lens

Exposures up to 1 minute ( + mode BULB) with dark frame taken automaticaly

2.11Mp

Mode uncompressed TIFF
(For QV-2800UX, turn camera on while pressing "info" with large free space in memory
or choose directly from menu for QV-2900UX)
Saving Tiff via USB and explorer from TIFF dir,
reading/batch converting images with Irfanview (unnecessary with QV-2900UX)

Freeware Dicasoft for complete control from PC via serial port + USB !
webcam & time-lapse with only as little as 8Mb memory

Correct price ~ 400$

6V external compatible with some camescopes (Samsung...) power supply - Check by yourselves !
(Necessary for astro work)

2 years warranty

TIFF & JPG (800*600 & 1600*1200)

Below :

TIFF above, JPG under

other example TIFF with Moon

Zoom 8x Zoom 16x

On TIFF images, noise is a bit thinner !

Links for detailled descriptions

Dicasoft The great controlling freeware for recent CASIOs