Still feels unfinished
Eq mode only calibrates in the dark so there’s no pre setting up the dwarf or using schedule. Schedule is broken anyway. Timelapse is a format iPhone and Android can’t view…
So 10:30 rolls around and you still have to focus, align eq, create darks, physically touch the lens to rotate and remove cap after darks, re calibrate eq because you don’t trust it after you did darks and touched the lens, /re locate a target, focus again, now it’s 11:45 and you might get something red if you leave it for the night with some lines running through your photo.
Why anyone would have to physically “rotate the camera and face it towards the sky” when it’s a motorized unit confuses me and always throws off alignments.
I feel like I’m the beta tester for the next model.
So 10:30 rolls around and you still have to focus, align eq, create darks, physically touch the lens to rotate and remove cap after darks, re calibrate eq because you don’t trust it after you did darks and touched the lens, /re locate a target, focus again, now it’s 11:45 and you might get something red if you leave it for the night with some lines running through your photo.
Why anyone would have to physically “rotate the camera and face it towards the sky” when it’s a motorized unit confuses me and always throws off alignments.
I feel like I’m the beta tester for the next model.
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Good Quality, minor tracking issues, atlas QoL update suggestions
The app itself can be mildly clunky at times, but not that insane. I'd call it decent quality overall. The camera itself works good, especially for the price. It does, unfortunately, struggle to track Azimuth objects like Pinwheel or M13 though, it works much better on lower large sky objects. I've taken numerous good quality image stacks under rural skies between city and town light domes. I also wish DL would give us a "manual" auto tracking mode. I haven't found one if there is, and what I mean is that after I point it at a random section of sky, we can set the camera to auto-track that random section. Regardless, the DWARF 3 is definitely worth the buy and I would definitely recommend to any person wanting to give deep sky imaging a run. The Atlas is nice to, because I can use other apps to find an object and then search it in the atlas. I would also like it if DL would consider adding a cardinal (North, South, East, West) directional indicator for their Atlas objects. Right now the Atlas only gives degrees. A direction indicator could save some time for amateurs who are learning the sky and let them disregard objects that might be behind trees or buildings they are near.
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Won’t connect
Have to forget my wifi to connect, and then I can’t login to stellar studio.
Decent app
Works well with my Dwarf 3, can position the telescope/Camera outside on my balcony & easily connect to the app inside my home.
App is fairly easy to use with a few hours practice & it has a nice interface which works well on iPad & iPhone. Tutorials for the app can easily be found on YouTube or just ask A.I. if you need help.
I only use it for wildlife photography & have got some great shots of wild birds & squirrels within a few days of use.
Would definitely recommend, can’t understand all of the negative reviews.
Great app 👍
App is fairly easy to use with a few hours practice & it has a nice interface which works well on iPad & iPhone. Tutorials for the app can easily be found on YouTube or just ask A.I. if you need help.
I only use it for wildlife photography & have got some great shots of wild birds & squirrels within a few days of use.
Would definitely recommend, can’t understand all of the negative reviews.
Great app 👍
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App is WORTHLESS
Smart telescope works fine, SOME of the app works fine too, but all goes off the rails when trying to edit or do anything with the photos. I try to create an account and the app keeps telling me “security verification failed” with my phone number and email address. They have 1 day to fix this or I’m deleting the app, returning the smart telescope and getting a SEESTAR instead. What a waste of time!
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