Wow, that worked! Thanks! I thought I was going to have to use my ASCOM setup to shoot with this camera. I hate having to deal with the ASCOM setup.

I hope it doesn't do that again, but if it does, I hope this fixes it again.

Begs the question tho, why is it happening in the first place? I had brought the camera into the Windows ASCOM machine, where i had installed new drivers for the camera and for ASCOM, and I wonder if the new SVBONY driver(s) updates the firmware in the camera somehow. There's no mention of that in their info tho, so I would suspect not, but you never know.

BYW, I contacted them about back focus information, as surprisingly there is none in the docs. With the C mount adapter attached (which I use to screw the camera to the scope and bypass the 1.25 mount, which can skew the sensor off-axis), the total back focus is 17.5mm. FYI.

Thanks again. I'm so happy I don't have to rig this camera up to my ASCOM system!

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