ZWO ASI585MC Pro Review | First Light!

Here's my review of the NEW ASI585MC Pro camera. Have you ever considered combining deep-sky astrophotography and lunar/planetary imaging with just one affordable camera? If so, this could be a remarkably budget-friendly choice for you. For my initial test, I aimed it at some stunning galaxies with my FF80 telescope. I hope this review proves helpful, and as always, may your skies be clear!

- Wido

The ZWO ASI585MC Pro is available here:

Link to my blog about the ASI585MC Pro:

Links to all Astrogear used in the video:

The ZWO 80FF quadruplet telescope is available at:

The ASIAIR Plus is available at:

The AM5 Telescope Mount is available at:

Join my channel as an Astro-coffee supporter for $2.99 p/m:

I'm producing FREE content about astrophotography and space. Any SUPPORT is greatly appreciated! You can support me as follows:

3) Join the channel for $2.99 to buy me a monthly cup of coffee
6) Use one of my affiliate links below to buy your Astrogear at your preferred shop. I get a small percentage to keep my YT channel and website going, and you pay the same price.

Any support you can give is highly appreciated, thanks!

Follow me on:

[bmur]

I love the quick pace of this video. Presentation, pictures and music were great!

[slapastronomy]

Impressive results! Really nice work!

[raypace]

Thanks for the review Wido. I just purchased this camera and was waiting for a review! Looks quite promising, especially at this price point. Clear skies

[ziggyfrnds]

Great review Wido! I actually love the music and this new style :)
I have the uncooled version of this camera. I initially bought it just for planetary and didn't bother to wait for the cooled version. Now instead of buying the cooled version i've put a peltier cooler from a USB powered fridge on it now it gets to 15 c below ambient. Not much cooling but I tested with darks and it actually makes a big difference :) Now I really love this camera, it's very sensitive in the reds so great for nebaulae and small pixels great for galaxies!

[chriswilliams]

high end content, thank you for your efforts to show us that stuff, absolutely great Video!

[craiglowery]

Very interesting. I use the ASI 585MC Planetary camera and love that low noise and high resolution chip

[cjtmith]

Really pleased to see this review as I have been doing a lot of research and had already decided this looked like a good option for a camera that can do both DSO and Planetary/Lunar imaging. However, I suppose the big question remains unanswered, which is - is it still advisable to get two different cameras for the two different purposes (at least as a beginner), or is it better to get one camera that does both?

Pricewise, the ASI533MC which is my preferred pick for DSO is £773 here in the UK, and the ASI664MC which is my preferred pick for Planetary is £287, for a total of £1060, whereas the ASI585 is only £619.

So my takeaway is that if you are a beginner and are working to a budget, the ASI585MC looks like a great buy (at least as far as the specs are concerned) as it does almost as good a job as the two specialist cameras but for much less money. However I think the two separate cameras do enough of a better job separately that the extra £441 is probably worth it if your budget can stretch that far.

[GuentherWinklerSenior]

Hi, great video! Very helpful.
Whst do you think of uding the ASI585mc pro together with the ASIair mini for DSO imaging? I'm currently looking for an upgrade on my Dslr camera and I am interested in your opinion, tips and recommends.
Additionally, do I need autoguiding for this setup? Because I think my mount isn't capable of it.
Do you think if your mentioned power source is enough for this setup?
Clear skies!

[ampamp]

Nice Wido. I see that we must've had a couple of clear nights while I was away. I was off discovering that Bortle 3 in Lochearnhead is no better than Bortle 7 in Amsterdam if its cloudy! Of course that's not the reason I travelled, but definitelty the reason I packed ALL my gear. The 585 pro is a nice little camera for these small dso's.

[mrgreenfull]

A lot of detail for this camera and Bortle 7 skies !! Nice !
Stars are bit large, is it because of small pixels ?
What software do you use for stars animation with photos ? Tnx🎉

[Rainy]

Wonder if this would pair well with a Skywatcher Quattro 130pds? Thanks for sharing!

[quentinG_]

Nice this tiny camera. The price is just incredible, contrats to ZWO for that 👏🏻

[fvmuijen]

well, I'm saving up for some new gear, and this one is now definitely on my list!!!😀👍🏻👌🏻

[stevenickolls]

Thanks for sharing. Could review the camera with an NIR filter imaging the Moon?

[janetwillson]

Thank you for your video. Very informative and I will be purchasing the 585. What is the name of the music you used? I loved it.

[Chorge]

I already own an ASI2600MC Pro - do you think this 585 cam is better for small objects?

[mikehardy]

I'm in bortle 8-9, your 7 is a little better. Do you use a filter for galaxies perhaps a UV/IR cut?
Moon doesn't help.

[genekaplan]

Nice video, thank you. Were all these shot in Bin1? Thanks for the review!

[LeeeB]

Great video!!
do you think doing EAA with the 585mc non cooled version can get similar results?

[hobbeeswe]

Great film on exactly my subject, txs.

You are my astro-guru so I kindly ask for your wisdom. I am (a newbie) considering NOT starting with my Canon EOS 70D (and not astro converting my Canon EOS 400D), but rather buy THE ZWO ASI585MC as a newbie allround camera. BUT I cant figure out the effect it has on the exerpiened focal length of the telescope. Following your advice it seems to me the TS 460/80 is great for big objects (like Prion and Andromeda), but with a small sensor like the one in the ASI585MC, will the "experienced" focal length then be like well above 1000mm=only capture a fraction of the Orion nebula?

Is there a reasonably priced ZWO camera with less "magnification effect"?

Happy Easter and thanks in advance!