Does the camera have zoom?

yehuda

Hi, I have a camera model ASI120MC-S, I would like to know if the camera has a zoom? Or do you need to buy an adapter? Or through the software? Thanks in advance to those who answer. Yehuda

Corsair

Astronomy cameras don't have zoom.

When you connect your camera to a telescope you have a view at a set focal length determined by your telescope (and anything attached to that telescope such as reducer or barlow).

johnpd

It has numerous resolutions which would allow you to zoom in on an object. It depends on what software you use to run the camera.

JohnD

yehuda

I use SharpCap 4.1, regardless I saw that there is a part called zoom, is it an external zoom that is worn on the camera? Which part would it be desirable to upgrade the photography in the telescope? I have a sky watcher Black Diamond 80ED.

johnpd

The Zoom option is only for magnifying the view on the screen. If you take an image at that point, the resulting image will reflect what resolution you have chosen, not what the screen shows. You can select a lower resolution in SharpCap which will define a smaller FOV, thus magnifying the image that is created.

These are the available resolutions for your camera:

1280X960@60FPS
1280X720@98FPS
1280X600@116FPS
1280X400@168FPS
960X960@74FPS
1024X768@90FPS
1024X400@160FPS
800X800@85FPS
800X640@106FPS
800X480@141FPS
640X480@133FPS
512X440@145FPS
512X400@158FPS
480X320@196FPS
320X240@254FPS

JohnD