Telescope Reviews: wireless DSLR camera

Are you going to download images or store them on the CF card and simply control the camera from the PC? With either option you're probably looking at wireless USB hubs, the difference will be in price. The two connections from the camera (control and the shutter control) are normally very low bandwidth requirements so an inexpensive wireless hub would work out. If you want to also download images your going to need more bandwidth and will then likely need to step up to a more robust (and expensive) wireless setup. The simpler wireless USB setups use things like Bluetooth connectivity, the more expensive higher bandwidth options use different communications protocols. Wireless USB also gives you the option of controlling a variety of other connections from your scope (the scope itself, focusing, etc.).

Another option that many folks are exploring now is to get a simple inexpensive Netbook PC and leave that at the scope. Then via a normal wireless Ethernet setup access the Netbook from your indoor PC using either the Microsoft remote PC services or one of the many 3rd party products which are often free. This way you get to interact with the mount, camera(s), etc. but you don't have to transfer all the bandwidth hogging images while your trying to work with the scope, you can do that later on or even simply bring the Netbook into the house later on, plug it into a local Ethernet connection and download your images then. You can also often just use the existing wireless Ethernet that may already be present in your house. Sometimes there is enough signal strength at the scope and sometimes all you need to add is an inexpensive signal booster.

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Mark

C11, C6, APM/TMB115, and AT80ED - Tandem mount CGE and CG-5A, WO EZ-Touch and AT Voyager
25x100s and 8x56s, T-Mount Light, Mark 1 eyeballs - Modded 350D, DSI-P, SPC900, Mallincam

Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean that you should