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CES 2017 - TinyMOS Tiny1 brings Astrography to a pocket friendly size

Tiny one is another one of those neat crowdfunded projects hosted by Indiegogo ,designed with Android baked in,the camera ticks all the right boxes(price,instant sharing and adaptability) for amateurs and pros looking for a fun astro cam . Design and specs  The camera features a aluminum shell which gives it a solid boxy feel similar to that of the Chronos camera (another great crowdfunded project)The camera body comes in either silver and black and has a touchscreen interface at the back - which is powered by Android . Camera  The camera , designed by a bunch of university students has ability to adapt Nikon F and Canon EF lenses and even mount to telescopes with a custom made 1.25" adapter and thanks to its 4mp 1" sensor with a retractable IR filter , the larger pixel size means that you will have more light hitting the sensor -resulting in better low light performance than say a 12 or 16 mp sensor of the same size . The small 1 inch sensor also has the...