Nikon - Unistellar Strategic Partnership
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Nikon - Unistellar Strategic Partnership
Nikon Partners with Unistellar to Advance Consumer Telescope Tech...
https://petapixel.com/2021/07/07/nikon- ... cope-tech/
"Nikon has partnered with telescope brand Unistellar — a self-described astronomy disruptor — to advance telescope technology for consumer applications and bring the average enthusiast “closer to space.”
Unistellar has made waves in the telescope community with its eVscope and eQuinox, two telescopes that use proprietary “Enhanced Vision” and “Automated Field Detection” technologies to offer what the company claims is “unmatched power and accuracy in a compact telescope.” Both work in the wilds or in the city thanks to the company’s intelligent pollution reduction technology as well."
Thoughts???
https://petapixel.com/2021/07/07/nikon- ... cope-tech/
"Nikon has partnered with telescope brand Unistellar — a self-described astronomy disruptor — to advance telescope technology for consumer applications and bring the average enthusiast “closer to space.”
Unistellar has made waves in the telescope community with its eVscope and eQuinox, two telescopes that use proprietary “Enhanced Vision” and “Automated Field Detection” technologies to offer what the company claims is “unmatched power and accuracy in a compact telescope.” Both work in the wilds or in the city thanks to the company’s intelligent pollution reduction technology as well."
Thoughts???
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Re: Nikon - Unistellar Strategic Partnership
Interesting.
Any metaphor will tear if stretched over too much reality.
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Re: Nikon - Unistellar Strategic Partnership
The Equinox model does not even have an "eyepiece" viewer option. Why not just bring a tablet with SkySafari instead? The more remote these gadgets become from actual optics, the less fun they are IMHO. The evScope has an "eyepiece" viewer so it feels more like the real thing.
Nikon does not have plans to integrate it with their cameras, maybe they just wanted to buy the patents in case there is a future market. I don't know if the "enhanced vision" and "automated field detection" are patentable, astrophotographers use plate solving and stacking all the time.
Nikon does not have plans to integrate it with their cameras, maybe they just wanted to buy the patents in case there is a future market. I don't know if the "enhanced vision" and "automated field detection" are patentable, astrophotographers use plate solving and stacking all the time.
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Re: Nikon - Unistellar Strategic Partnership
Interesting...
Not for me, but I guess if brings more into the hobby.
Not for me, but I guess if brings more into the hobby.
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Re: Nikon - Unistellar Strategic Partnership
I am not very impressed with the evScope and they seem to be marketing it to people who know nothing about astronomy. I suppose as you suggest Henk that this may just be an effort to secure access to the patents over time, without acquiring Unistellar necessarily. There are ways to create a patent-sharing agreement (or licensing of the patents). The exact nature of the relationship between both entities is not revealed in the press release, either.SkyHiker wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:06 am The Equinox model does not even have an "eyepiece" viewer option. Why not just bring a tablet with SkySafari instead? The more remote these gadgets become from actual optics, the less fun they are IMHO. The evScope has an "eyepiece" viewer so it feels more like the real thing.
Nikon does not have plans to integrate it with their cameras, maybe they just wanted to buy the patents in case there is a future market. I don't know if the "enhanced vision" and "automated field detection" are patentable, astrophotographers use plate solving and stacking all the time.
-Michael
Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl
Camera: ZWO ASI 120
Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs
Latitude: 48.7229° N
Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl
Camera: ZWO ASI 120
Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs
Latitude: 48.7229° N
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