Dino-lite versus celestron??

bsshog40 · January 25, 2013 12:00AM

I was thinking of getting something basic not wanting to pay a whole lot of money for it. What would be the major difference between these two?
The Celstron
or the
Dino-Lite?

erwindoc · January 25, 2013 12:01AM

I dont know, but looks like its about $150 to me. Maybe someone will educate us both.

bsshog40 · January 25, 2013 12:11AM

<< <i>I dont know, but looks like its about $150 to me. Maybe someone will educate us both. >>

Thank you sir!! lol Specifications are actually what I'm wondering about. It seems both have about the same magnification.

NotSure · January 25, 2013 1:29AM

I've looked at both, so count me in as a third that looks forward to hearing any differences, besides price. Thanks for bringing it up, bsshog!

bsshog40 · January 25, 2013 1:31AM

I also found this Celestron link that has a video of the celestron in action.

And one for the DinoLite

DIMEMAN · January 25, 2013 1:44AM

Looks like the celstron is 2MP and the dino-lite is either .3 or 1.3.

I too would like to be able to take nice pics for my sets, but don't want to spend much coin money on it.

tahoe98 · January 25, 2013 1:51AM

...here's a vid on the dino

bsshog40 · January 25, 2013 2:27AM

That was very informative Tahoe, Thanks!

tahoe98 · January 25, 2013 3:03AM

<< <i>That was very informative Tahoe, Thanks! >>

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CoinBuyer12 · January 25, 2013 3:09AM

Don't quite get it.

Most of these scopes are only 2 megapixels, that's not a very good resolution. You would think they could make like a 10 megapixel or something. Heck, most cameras today are 16.

Also, the celestron has no way to shut the light off. Light is good for some things, but for slabs, and another things, it's not.

CoinZip · January 25, 2013 3:17AM

DoubleEagle59 · January 25, 2013 3:18AM

Looking forward to everyone's opinion.

Celestron sure does make great telescopes!

bsshog40 · January 25, 2013 3:18AM

<< <i>Don't quite get it.

Most of these scopes are only 2 megapixels, that's not a very good resolution. You would think they could make like a 10 megapixel or something. Heck, most cameras today are 16.

Also, the celestron has no way to shut the light off. Light is good for some things, but for slabs, and another things, it's not. >>

I agree that the Celestron doesn't look as good as the Dino-Lite. As for the 2mp, I'm wondering, wouldn't that be good enough if it has the capability of manual focus? I'm presuming that MP is mostly based on the size of the picture for clarity when enlarged. If I'm not mistaken, these take at approx. 640x480 which is a perfect size picture for photographing say just a section of a coin. The only problem that I would see with 2mp is if you wanted to make the picture much larger.

CoinZip · January 25, 2013 5:37AM

bsshog40 · January 25, 2013 5:44AM

Picture no worky!! lol

Dino-lite versus celestron??

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