BENRO POLARIS for deep sky astrophotography + ATOLL revolutionary mount + STC duo-narrowband filter

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BENRO POLARIS for deep sky astrophotography + ATOLL revolutionary mount + STC duo-narrowband filter

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Пікірлер: 55

@kobiorama Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the updated review. The mount is rated for 7kg, and the combination of lens+camera is less than 2kg, so the imprecise tracking at 1 minute is troubling. I'm considering getting the mount to replace a skyguider pro, and now I'm hesitating because my main kit would include a camera with the samyang 135mm.

@alandyer910 Жыл бұрын

For clip-in filters for Canon EOS R look at Astronomik from Germany. They have a selection of narrowband filters, including Ha. Thanks for the review!

@edwarddebruyn8717 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Benro: Used it with a 50mm Voigt at f2 and was able to have pictures with zero star trailing for exposures to 2-3 minutes. So yes, very happy with it as well. Hope they will make it easier to do panorama while tracking. For the moment rather difficult while the daytime panorama tool is working very, very well. Don’t now if it’s better since the last update. Also a great tool is the Atoll, backed it and looking out for it. Nice to see you're enthousiast about the device.

@kobiorama Жыл бұрын

Have you tried using something like the 135mm or even 200mm?

@edwarddebruyn8717 Жыл бұрын

Until now not…will definitely try when I’m going back to Tenerife. Must also admit that some of my 5 minutes tests resulted in 50% images without any star trails (using a 50 mm on a 24 Mpx camera, Sony A9).

@DLMVegas Жыл бұрын

I looked at this and then saw the price and moved on....... Thanks for the review though Kamil....

@brb669 Жыл бұрын

Not only the price, but also the half baked sw implemantation.

@csimet Жыл бұрын

Great review. I've had mine for about 2 months now (project backer 680). While my main use is for landscape & wide field, I'm looking forward to improved tracking to give deep sky a try. That ATOLL looks cool... I'll have to give it a look once it hits general availability, since the project is closed now.

@realMysta Жыл бұрын

Hopefully you can help here - can't seem to figure out how to make it just store the pictures on the camera(and i guess the jpeg on polaris)

@didimoser778 6 ай бұрын

Did you figure it out? So far, mine won’t save to Polaris yet.

@adampoll4977 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the follow up review. I bought the Polaris after watching your first review, although I haven't had a chance to really work it yet. I have actually managed a few 60sec exposures @600mm (but not consistently) which I expect will improve with multi-star alignment - so fingers crossed!

@Bantammenace1903 Жыл бұрын

I am still waiting for mine to be delvered. Ordered some years ago.

@kobiorama Жыл бұрын

600mm? it sounds much better than the issues with 135mm shown in this video. Have you used it with 135-200mm lenses?

@ujjwaldatta6713 Жыл бұрын

Kamil, super helpful video as usual. I have a quick question. I just started using this and frankly used it just once to get a feel for the unit. Once the camera cable was connected to the camera and the Benro and I turned the app on. When I double clicked the home icon, the Polaris skewed to its home position. Then I calibrated and after that was successful, I chose Betelgeuse as the star to “polar align”. This is what I am confused with. Once I program the # of shots, shutter speed etc in the app, hit start tracking and swiped the start button, the live view from the back of the camera disappeared. Actually it had disappeared even before (I honestly cannot remember at which stage and I’ll try to remember next time) and showed up on the app’s screen. Is this normal? I was hoping to use the live view on the back of the camera to focus the stars but I had to eyeball it and do it on the phone’s app screen. What would be your recommendation? Also, another question is after the initial alignment using any star, can I use another DSO to track and photograph or the alignment will be messed up? I’m so used to using the MSM’s polar alignment process that I’m kind of confused. Thanks for your kind input to help me.

@taurus7228 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Bravo. Thank you

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it, thanks!

@Manwithnoshirt Жыл бұрын

I have been having difficulty with getting the Polaris to work with the camera in portrait orientation for vertical panos. For some reason "L bracket mode" isn't staying selected. Frustrating me no end.

@danmar94 Жыл бұрын

Was tempted by one, but they've made it so it can't be mounted on a large tripod with a wide yolk. When you shut it down the vertical adjustment knob will collide with the tripod.

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

Yes unfortunately. Even the levelling plate has to be taken off for that. But it’s possible to just turn it off without making it retract to the „closed” position

@ollinevalainen8642 Жыл бұрын

Good review! Do you know whether it is possible to attach a dedicated astro camera to the Benro Polaris, or is it only for DSLRs?

@NickNoblePhotography Жыл бұрын

I bough one 2+ years ago and they still have not sent it!

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

😢

@delonzhu Жыл бұрын

Hi! Can I enquire which leveling plate and tripod did you use?

@MarkusGebhard 14 күн бұрын

Have you tried the STC duo narrowband with wide angle lenses too?

@kamilkp 14 күн бұрын

Nope. Did you?

@MarkusGebhard 14 күн бұрын

@@kamilkp nope. I'm thinking about getting one though. Not sure if the Astronomik HA filter would be a better option though. I'm a bit concerned about corner aberrations

@deathward990 Жыл бұрын

I backed ATOLL on kickstarter....no info on shipping till now

@koenpijpersphotography Жыл бұрын

I was wondering can you also use the knobs to manually move polaris to a desired position? If not, why are there knobs right? Nice video.

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

Yes knobs can be used to reposition polaris

@bjnslc Жыл бұрын

You don't ever want to use the knobs to reposition the head, unless you have a lot of time and you like pointless chores. The knobs move the head very slowly. There is no clutch, so you can't bypass all the turns to position the head more quickly and fine tune manually. The app's virtual joysticks are the only sensible way to control the head.

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

They are handy to do the star alignment which is where you want slow and precise movement

@paulmorrall5719 Жыл бұрын

Great video, but I’ll stick to my Skywatcher until they really improve this so that it’s worth the money.

@bjnslc Жыл бұрын

Wise. I've had mine since December 2021 and it's not ready for prime time.

@Fstop5.6 Жыл бұрын

I’m having a rough time with accurate tracking. I’ve been using the Skywatcher az-gti with equatorial firmware where I finally figured out how to get 6 second exposures using a 800mm lens, but have still been unhappy with the results. For Xmas I received the Benro Polaris and am now back at square one. Using my canon 105mm f4 L I can’t even get round stars at 2 seconds. The tripod is level, I follow the alignment setup but still get too much movement. What am I doing wrong?

@mrgreenfull3897 Жыл бұрын

Did you turn of IS, image stabilizationon the lens while using it for astrophotography?

@ZeAngryGerman Жыл бұрын

Cyclops Optics has a lot of good clip-in filters too

@kavorka8855 Жыл бұрын

Hi, have you got any recommendations for an APO telescope, suitable for the star adventurer & general astrophotography? Videos?

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

A WO RedCat i suppose is a good and well respected scope

@Dsqrd Жыл бұрын

Great video! The discount code no longer works. Has it been changed? Thanks.

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

It has been for a limited time so it might have

@billvinson7859 Жыл бұрын

The other problem with L brackets is they can block the side ports of your camera.

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Or SD card door

@DLMVegas Жыл бұрын

You posted a link for the Atoll mount but I have looked all over and can't find out where to purchase the item in the USA. Apparently, the campaign is over and done with.

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

I can ask the owners and I’ll get back to you

@DLMVegas Жыл бұрын

@@kamilkp Thanks much. I'll look forward to hearing from you. I hope you're safe and in good health.

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

This is their website: silencecorner.net/ ATOLL is either already available to order there or will be soon

@DLMVegas Жыл бұрын

@@kamilkp Hey Kamil, thanks for the website. The product isn't out there as of this morning here in the USA. I'll keep checking. This is something I've been missing when using shorter focal length lenses at night. Take care and stay safe.....

@DLMVegas Жыл бұрын

Hi Kamil, Just an FYI I did get my ATOLL Rotator for Nikon a few weeks ago. They apparently sold out on the website for the initial launch. I pre-ordered and only had to wait about 3 weeks. Works on all my lenses where the lens doesn't have a rotation ring on it. 14-24mm, 16-35mm and 24-120mm. Thanks much for this review.....

@evemitchellanderson Жыл бұрын

Kolari vision has one

@huexley Жыл бұрын

If you fell like it, I really wish that you can help us using polaris for tracked panorama. Never succeeded to make it work !

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

I will be doing that hopefully next new moon

@huexley Жыл бұрын

@@kamilkp Super cool !

@entropytango5348 Жыл бұрын

What an outragious price for a small camera tracking mount. No one will buy it. No wonder I haven't heard anything. Why not get a star adventurer at 20% the price. Not as advanced but save $2000- here in Australia

@kamilkp Жыл бұрын

Try to do a 360 panorama of the sky with a 35mm lens in winter at -10 C with a Star Adventurer (I’ve done it) and then you might appreciate the power of Polaris that can do that by itself while you sit in a warm car. Just saying that Polaris can do much more than just tracking the sky.

@bjnslc Жыл бұрын

It says a lot when the rationalization for Polaris is createing a 360 night sky panorama. I have one. Most of the functions are buggy and some promised features like holy grail time lapse are still missing. Camera support is spotty. There are new, cheaper, and more reliable goto equatorial photo mounts from Sky Watcher and iOptron. If Benro delivered all the non-astro functionality, I'd say the price makes sense for some users. For deep sky photographers (I'm not one) I think it's a waste of money.