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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Performance Issues after a firmware update.
The Dwarf3 is now taking upto 30minutes to connect with my iPad . The tracking, once the Dwarf3 is capturing an Astro object is below average dropping nearly 25 percent of all captured frames. I have updated the iPad app in the hope it will cure these issues.
Disappointing because it was working very well before the firmware update.
Disappointing because it was working very well before the firmware update.
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Failed Darks Ruin Your Night
By far, the darks are the worst part about this device. I finally experienced the lines that everyone on every forum posts about every day yet isn’t fixed. Lines that appear and ruin your nights work because the “darks” fail. This device changes temperature so drastically of course the darks will fail at the starting temp. Another wasted night. God forbid you try to save a time lapse on an iPhone.
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Dwarf Mini
Really enjoying it and need more clear skys not may around at the moment!!! But can’t find any info about Milky Way capture on the mini?
Good, but…
I’m very satisfied with the camera itself and with the app overall — both work really well and deliver great results. However, I find it frustrating that there is no single button to return the camera to its home position and power it off at the same time. Having to manually reposition the device before shutting it down every time breaks the workflow. Adding a one-tap “return to home & power off” option would greatly improve the user experience.
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What have you done
14/02/2026 Previously I had connection issues to my iPad but the previous update fixed it. Seeing there was an update I made a huge error and updated. Now I’m back to square one my iPad will not stay connected to my dwarf 3 for more than 5 seconds. My iPhone will stay connected for a couple of minutes that’s it. You have made my dwarf 3 unusable 😡. I don’t get many clear skies at the moment and tbh now I have I wish it was cloudy 🥲
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Rapidly Advancing System
Happy by the months since I got my D2. I was quite skeptical at first, but the App and the DScope have increasingly become better and capable with updates across board. There’s still room for improvement, but the progress and feature set available now, simply makes it a very capable contender to some of the muscle out there.
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Love
I really don’t have anything bad to say. The telescope is amazing especially for the price and this app has given me 0 issues. I’ve had the telescope for about 2 months now and I love it!
Amazing experience
Love this device and app for both astrophotography and bird photography. 5/5 for ease of use, price and quality. Obviously not as good as a full astro rig but at this price there can be no complaints. Good support team also
Needs work
Works, but Needs Work
The app is horrible
Constant connection issues, can sometimes take up to 15 minutes to connect to the telescopes hotspot just for it to disconnect 2-3 minutes later.
Needs serious improvement
Constant drops, randomly unable to connect to network, and constant mandatory firmware update errors. Borderline unusuable app.
Brutal Connection Issues
It’s like the device has never been connected before. My new iPhone 16 can be touching the dwarf3 and the wifi fails every time. Whatever the “tap to connect” thing is, it doesn’t work. This device is hard to find and hard to connect to every time
Not Buggy anymore!
As above! Great mache with great features. Even with built in basic post processing. Great value!
Updates
Maybe dont make it so I have to stop 2.5 hours into my shot and reboot to update the dwarf 3. Wasted all that time freezing outside for nothing. Let me skip it until I’m at a point where I can do it. Dumbest feature ever.
Great option for cutting through city light pollution
The Dwarf3 has been getting amazing shots of deep space objects even though I live in a city that never gets dark skies. The EQ mode is great for super long tracking sessions. I hope they eventually add comet aligned tracking, but I’m extremely happy with what it’s been able to do so far.
