Only used it for a short time (1hr) due to weather here in Scotland. Took 5x 2 minute exposure of the dumbbell nebula, was very impressed with the stack. Very pleased with the camera, using it with the edge hd8 and oag, no issues with connecting.
Overall very pleased with the short time I’ve had, can’t wait for clearer sky’s and longer imaging time. Definitely a 5 star.
Also no more time wasting on taking darks and flats, can do these during the day with it being a cooled camera

I have had the 294MC pro for a few months now and have had a few good imaging sessions with it. I had read mixed reviews, some love it, some hate it, and I was a bit anxious about working with it. I should not have been.

The camera is *superb*. I shoot via Sharpcap, stack in DeepSkyStacker and then process in GIMP and Darktable. Once I'd built up a good dark library in Sharpcap, which I subtract live, I see no hint of the amp glow problems some users report. It simply has not troubled me.

Building flats was easy - though you have to be confident to turn the gain right down as you can't shoot very short exposures or you get banding. I shoot 5s flats with the gain down around 50 and it works grand. Combined with darkflats (which Sharpcap builds for me) to calibrate the master flat, I can then import that into DSS and it *just works*.

Word of warning - live view images will look a bit green dominated - I assume this is to do with the RGGB Bayer matrix - but this disappears during stacking if the RGB channels are aligned.

Do plenty of reading before buying - but if you're looking for an entry level cooled camera, this is a strong buy.

I had done some research before buying the ASI294MC Pro. Many advice against it.
Have previosly bought the ASI533MC Pro which I am very pleased with.
Yes, the ASI294MC Pro has amp glow, so I guess I must start taking calibration frames (until now I don't bother).
But the little I have had the chance to use, I find the "lights" just as good or even better than the ASI533.
I am very happy with the service from FLO. Highly reccomended.

My camera arrived very quickly and well packaged. Usual FLO excellent service.
As you might expect I have not had a chance to use the camera yet due to the weather! This camera has been well tried and tested and is the reason I myself purchased it but I will update this review once I get to use it.

Finally - the first few hours of clear weather since I purchased this camera. It is fantastically easy to use especially combined with the ASIAIR Plus, though it is worth spending a bit of time on the forums to get the correct gain settings etc. I would highly recommend this; it is my first dedicated AP camera and produced amazing images of M31 for a complete novice in a light-polluted back garden. This is one of several purchases from FLO recently and I have to say that it is truly the best online shopping experience - the staff give good advice and the shipping is second to none with items arriving when you cannot believe that they have even left the warehouse. I cannot recommend FLO and this camera enough.

I was really apprehensive in making such a large purchase for my hobby that i've been doing for 2 years now, however, I am very glad I took the plunge and bought this excellent camera.
Upgrading from an unmodified, second hand Canon 700D to this was like night and day, don't get me wrong I love my 700D, but the difference in image quality is almost hard to believe without actually seeing it.
I have mine paired up with a 72ED Pro scope and an Astronomik L3 UV/IR filter which helps keep the chromatic aberration of the 72ED's glass well in check.
Using an ASIair, as I have for the past year or so, this camera was literally as simple as plug and play, with limited, easy to understand options in the app and everything working without any issues, it gathers so much light you don't even need to find a bright star to focus, almost any patch of sky will work.
During the summer months cooling has been set to -10c and has never taken more than 5 minutes to reach and has no problem staying there all session long.
I have been taking 4min subs at 120gain -10c and have yet to see ANY noise in my stacked images, I have noticed with those setting that bright stars are starting to become over exposed, which will be easily fixed by taking 2 min exposures instead next time out. At these setting I have also been using 20 darks and 60 bias files to calibrate with and have not seen any hint of amp glow or color blotching or any other artifacts in my stacks or even single frames.
I am absolutely loving this camera and the absolutely huge improvement it has provided over my DSLR.

I have owned the ZWO294 mc pro for about 3 months now, long enough to do a reasonable review, I think. This is my first dedicated cooled astro cam having used a canon DSLR up to this point. The change is initially quite daunting but after few nights most problems get sorted. The biggest change is not having a nice friendly live view. This is however easily overcome when you get the settings right! Gain350 Bin4. A looped exposure of a quarter of a second gives a very good live view simulation and focusing is easy. With five seconds you can usually see the object you are imaging. Set the gain to 120 and your off. The cooling and warning aids in APT make cool down and warm up simple. The amp glow calibrates out completely and easily. Darks are taken in the daytime as the temperature is fixed by the cooler.
The images produced have exceeded expectations in every way. The 4/3 sensor is a great size, has a pleasing aspect ratio, produces great colour and is very sensitive. The resolution is way more than adequate. Even coming from a full frame sensor, the narrower field has never been a problem and can just represent an opportunity to buy another small scope! The pixel scale is good, and it works well with all three scopes I have used it with. These have focal lengths of 435,700, and 1460mm. The 700mm refractor seems particularly tuned in to this sensor. It also works very well with the L-extreme filter.
Overall, I find it hard to imagine finding a better introduction to dedicated camera astrophotography.

FLO have asked me to review my June 2021 camera purchase but I have only had one brief session under the stars to test it. All seems fine using it with a Skywatcher 200P Newtonian reflector on an HEQ5 mount. I use a Lynx EQDirect connection to my Windows USB2 laptop running AstrophotographyTool and PHD2 guiding. I have been imaging with a modified Canon 450D up to now so it is going to take me quite a while to get used to the 294. For my test I targeted M13 with 180s subs at a gain of 130 and the camera cooled to 0 degC. The result was rather overexposed so maybe 60s or even shorter subs would have worked better. I can’t fault FLO for their service, before submitting my order they responded the same day to my email query regarding spacers needed to get the right back focus for my Baader Coma Corrector (they confirmed all are included with the camera). DHL delivered next day but it was a good job that FLO used a lot of foam and bubble wrap because the camera was fine despite the DHL box being dented, DHL had not given it the best of care.

I think it likely that I will buy from FLO again in the future.

Peter.

I ordered this Friday lunch time, told it would be delivered the following Monday. However it arrived on Saturday at 9am, less than 24hrs, even by FLO's standard that was quick. I set the camera up today and started doing a dark library, from what I can tell at this point the camera performs as expected. Now gotta wait on some clear sky.....

I received the camera day after ordering, as usual, great service by FLO.
Setting up and using the camera, APT, and Ascom for controlling everything was a big learning curve which went well the first time and produced a nice first light image.
The second time was more complicated due to my inexperience with using a CCD camera. More research on my part would have been sensible.
The cooling assistance in APT didn't seem to work properly giving me error messages saying the temperature selected cannot be reached...this happened a few times but if I started the cooling again it reached the correct temperature.
I put this down to APT not the camera!
I'm going to enjoy this camera now I'm more familiar with how to control things.