I’m passionate about bino viewing . Have 120 APM BT and baader mark V bio viewers so have invested a lot. I love what you are doing here. Great to see someone breaking with convention. I’m going to be watching your channel closely with a view of maybe ordering in the future . Well done again. Pretty excited by what you have made here
Hi and well done, you are obviously passionate and working hard to get this business built up and established asap. I will watch your product development with interest, and seriously consider making a purchase in near future as I learn more about the product(s). The world needs more innovators like you, it drives real progress across the economic and social board. Kind Regards, Wes.
I'm not in the market for a binocular scope at this time, but I've looked through a bunch at star parties. I will say that you have come up with an innovative design and I appreciate all the thought you've put into the ease of use on this. It's great to see that companies are willing to put in the time and thought to coming up with something new, instead of just the same-old same old (meaning, everything comes out of the same factory overseas with different branding on it). Great job.
@@BirdFinder Thanks! We are also thinking about a 45-degree compact birding binocular that uses prisms for correct image and zoom eyepieces so maybe we can help you find birds in the future.
That looks like a fantastic equipment. I use a ST120 modified to attach an economical celestron binoviewer (removed the metal flange and 3d printed one that allows me to push the focuser a little into the ota). Yours is basically a binocular made of two telescopes (more light grasp). I like the versatility you offer with it (filters, aperture masks, mounting). Seems like a well thought out product. I still can't say "shut up and take my money", lol, but I'll be following this with interest! Best of luck!
I met you at GSSP and i had a chance to look through your set up. I had little expectation from 80mm device (okay, it is bino, so it is around 120mm) but it blew my mind. I saw so much more then with my 6 inch dob I am curious what kind of eyepieces you used. I am interested to see how much will it cost to reproduce your setup
@@aleksandrpriymak Hi thanks for taking a look at GSSP! We will be at OSP as well. The eyepieces I used most of the time in Heart are the Baader 36mm Hyperion. We are also working on a course and creating a supply of lenses to make your own pretty good low-cost widefield 35mm eyepieces. We will have recommendations for a basic tripod setup. Still finalizing this based on this final prototype's weight, but hoping to be somewhere in the $150-$200 range for legs and head. The setup at GSSP was overkill but probably close to $1000 for that tripod/head combo.
Looks interesting but I don't understand.....Whats the difference or advantage over regular premium 80mm binoculars that don't have chromatic abbreviation, is gas sealed and is weatherproof from companies like celetron?
That's a great question, so we made you a video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jKPGw3s3mvI.html Weatherproofing/sealing: We don't stargaze in the rain or toss our stargazing binoculars in the boat so when "astronomy" binoculars are weatherproofed it's because they were terrestrial binoculars before they got a space logo on them. There aren't really weatherproofed telescopes. Sealed eyepieces are great though because we tend to keep our eyepieces in cases that can lock in a ton of humidity and ruin the eyepieces.
You often have to stargaze with heavy dewing conditions, or around wet grass. Almost certainly have to toss gear in the back of a car. No weatherproofing makes sense, and will come at no extra cost since it was already built in. You would need a pretty good reason not to have weatherproofing. Ask anyone not trying to sell you something.
@@yobb89 This allows us to get the lenses close enough together for human vision and still use mirror diagonals instead of expensive, heavy prisms for 2" eyepieces. (This is one reason why the only non-Analog Sky binocular model compatible with 2" eyepieces costs over $10,000.)
How will the optics compare to similar well known Chinese made 82mm achromatic BT's available for $1099? Do you have an Apochromatic optics upgrade in the pipeline?
Our premium optics kit for Heart uses diagonal mirrors guaranteed 1/4 wave P/V or better with dielectric coatings and lenses with BBAR coating >99.5% transmission. Not familiar with what Kunming puts on SkyRover/APM/etc. models. (Those brands don't specify on their own sites.) We have a design for an aspheric f/5 cemented doublet using fk-61 with a center spot strehl of .85 but they would be fairly expensive to produce. If we did something like that it would be on a group buy model rather than a standard option. In general we're more interested in growing the stargazing/amateur astronomy community than providing premium optics to an incredibly select group of optics enthusiasts, so that's our focus. There are a lot of 72mm f/6 ED lenses floating around out there that could be used. The Tak/Tec/A-P/etc. owners who have looked through Heart were more than satisfied with the low-medium power views at star parties. As always, we welcome comparisons to any commercial binocular offering at any price for the purpose of enjoying a night under the stars.
Hi, I stumbled across your video. I watched this twice because the first time, I struggled to understand what it was for. Please don't compare this against a separate product/project you have created. For a product/project, please lead with a problem statement and introduce what your product does to resolve the problem. Consider comparing the current issues with SCT's Dob's, newts, and refactors. You might consider sharing what this project does to resolve the problems with monoculars, range finders, and binoculars. I watched about 60 % of the video the first time before beginning to type this. The second time, I noticed that you touched on the issues your project resolves here and there, but they are buried ten minutes into the video. take those statements, condense them, and lead with those facts. I wanted to understand what this is and who it is for. It looks like an old-school broadcast camera, with two objective lenses and two eyepieces. I realize it is designed for visual astronomy, but what problem does it resolve? How is this different from a range finder with two visual pieces attached and split by a prism or mirror? I appreciate your passion and technical knowledge. I love that you are creating something for people who could or do have a passion for visual astronomy. Please consider leading with what you closed with. Add how traditional visual astronomy falls short with eye strain, FOV, etc. I am sure that those who are visual astronomers can easily understand what you are doing for the community, but your video should be easily digestible for a wider audience. Thank you for making a cool visual astronomy project! Thank you for your passion and expertise! thank you for taking the time to create, design, and develop. I know it took a lot to make this video. These are not meant to discourage you or be overly critical comments.
Hi, thanks for your thoughtful comment! This was intended more as an internal video for our existing followers, but it broke containment--we're thrilled 4,000 people have seen it but you're right, it doesn't cover those topics. We have a video about our binoculars vs. standard binoculars: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cbbS3XpUDEA.html . We don't have a universal "binoculars vs telescopes" video yet, but it's a lot brighter, sharper, and 1,000,000x more comfortable to look through both eyes than one. One of our Sunny videos goes over the sharpness difference: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jzYxXbdf_Hg.html Hope you follow along on our journey from the widest possible views to deep views with 400mm mirrors!
This is a Leofoto LM-364C with GC-364C geared column accessory. They just released v2.0 of the legs so you can probably find v1 on closeout somewhere for half-price like we did. The head is a Manfrotto 504X. This setup is pretty premium and overkill (and costs more than Heart.) We will have more cost-effective recommendations in the course. For most of Heart's development we've used a $130 tripod and a $150 video head and we're going through a variety of $50-ish video heads right now as we complete the video course and will recommend our favorites.
It's flipped left-to-right and feeds your brain reverse depth information. So things that are faraway look close and things that are close look faraway. In some cases where there's not much depth you hardly notice this, like looking at a distant mountain range, but if you're chasing birds amongst a bunch of trees, it's a little disorienting. We're planning a smaller 45-degree binocular for day/night that uses prisms.
Robert, Re using any eyepiece on the Heart: I have access to a bunch of different Televue Naglers. A exception maybe is the 31mm type 5 Nagler (the ‘spacewalk’ effect eyepiece) going to be too big around for use? The 17’s look ok. I need to read up more on recommended eyepieces for binocular use - any suggested links? Thanks.
Hi, there are probably 1 or 2 people on Earth who could use dual 31mm Naglers but unless you're one of those, you do always need to look at the eyepiece's outer diameter and make sure it's smaller or equal to your IPD. Tele Vue has that handy chart at the very bottom of their webpage ( www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?id=214 ) with every spec for every eyepiece, in inches for some reason. We have a basic guide in each course about recommended eyepieces. We've thought about doing a generic unlocked version on RU-vid for prospective binocular builders though.
Preorder pricing was $549 for self-print (if you have a 3D printer) and $899 for all the parts. Going forward it'll be $649 for self-print and $999 for the full kit. In a couple weeks we'll also have the course and individual component kits available separately so people can buy as their budget allows, or buy just the parts they need.
@@AnalogSky Actually it’s even more affordable than you posted. The cost to build Magic is a little over $300 if you 3D print the parts to $400 if you outsource the printing, totaling around $500 if you use the recommended tripod. Not bad, considering that you can pay up to a thousand dollars for a high quality pair of astronomical binoculars.
@@mbaddah We want to provide a system of models with significant jumps in focal length and aperture so the next model will be 200mm mirror-based. However we are considering a 100mm H-alpha solar binocular using a type-2 PST mod.
@@MrOshirinoana COVID put an abrupt pause on our crowdfunding campaign in 2020 and a long-term pause on the supply of mirrors so we have been focused on lens-based binoculars. Our 8" mirror model Dream will be released next year. It will be modular f/5 or f/6 and probably support 6" f/8 as well.
Our focusers are designed for eyepieces and not necessarily camera accessories that require a firmer connection. Analog Sky is all about the visual experience! In terms of image acquisition, assuming the camera could be mounted firmly, it would have all of the problems of two astrophotography rigs so it probably makes a lot more sense to have one larger dedicated photo rig. On the flip side, our binoculars are quick-setup instruments that give astrophotographers something to do while their cameras work (besides stare at the laptop screen!)
@@AnalogSkytrue i figured since its bino i could run 2 cameras and get twice the data. looks like a really neat concept though ill have to look more into it
@@nocturnalmayhem0 Definitely a concept we can look at in the future. Top-tier telescope geniuses built the MMT and it was still very challenging to get good data from that setup; they eventually removed all the mirrors and just installed one big one. Probably a lesson learned!
Heart is great for beginners and great for people who have been stargazing their whole lives. We invite everyone to compare features and pricing to literally every 80mm commercial binocular telescope available. This preorder launch is for people who already understand the power of an instrument like this but we'll be releasing more videos to explain the views through Heart to a general audience. What would you like to know?
@@AnalogSky You don't actually make the difficult bits though like the lenses or eyepieces or mirrors so these comparisons aren't very relevant. Making a plastic tube isn't advanced engineering.
@@backgammonbacon So as it turns out, the mirrors, lenses and eyepieces are commodity items and can be purchased many places. The innovation in this project is using COTS parts combined with 3D printing of a very clever and original design is what makes it beautiful.. A little more than a "plastic tube" I'd say. Can we see your designs that are better?
