This looks very fidgety, and frankly, it seems like a gimmick. I would avoid it. Now here's the thing. Visual astronomy that you do with your eyeballs and astrophotography are two different animals, with different equipment requirements. I know that there are a lot of new devices that claim to do both, but they are as different as night and day. I would recommend putting your astrophotography ambitions on hold and focus on visual to start. Learn the sky, ask your parents to drive you to dark skies, feel what it is like to be outside exploring the skies. Cameras can do incredible things nowadays, but the experience of looking through an eyepiece and seeing light that has been traveling for thousands of years without any screens in between can't vibe replicated. So I would recommend a dobsonian telescope. You can still do some photography with a phone holder. Definitely the moon, some planetary, and I've seen people even able to capture the Orion Nebula through the eyepiece. Now if you don't care about any of that and photography is your calling, then I would recommend a Seestars S30. It's the S50s little brother, it's quite capable, takes awesome photos, and it's right around your budget. However, neither the S50, nor the S30 can image planets. They are strictly wide field cameras meant to image galaxies, nebula, star clusters, the Moon and the Sun. Answer from CondeBK on reddit.com
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TinyScope Dwarf Telescope
This tiny camera has a telescopic lens that lets it capture sharp images of subjects up to 3200 feet away. It works with a smartphone app to help focus on your target and reduce the impact of shaking.
Published April 28, 2021
Is tinyscope worth buying?
This looks very fidgety, and frankly, it seems like a gimmick. I would avoid it. Now here's the thing. Visual astronomy that you do with your eyeballs and astrophotography are two different animals, with different equipment requirements. I know that there are a lot of new devices that claim to do both, but they are as different as night and day. I would recommend putting your astrophotography ambitions on hold and focus on visual to start. Learn the sky, ask your parents to drive you to dark skies, feel what it is like to be outside exploring the skies. Cameras can do incredible things nowadays, but the experience of looking through an eyepiece and seeing light that has been traveling for thousands of years without any screens in between can't vibe replicated. So I would recommend a dobsonian telescope. You can still do some photography with a phone holder. Definitely the moon, some planetary, and I've seen people even able to capture the Orion Nebula through the eyepiece. Now if you don't care about any of that and photography is your calling, then I would recommend a Seestars S30. It's the S50s little brother, it's quite capable, takes awesome photos, and it's right around your budget. However, neither the S50, nor the S30 can image planets. They are strictly wide field cameras meant to image galaxies, nebula, star clusters, the Moon and the Sun. More on reddit.com
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January 12, 2025Has someone tried to do asteophotography usinf the tiny scope dwarf (1)
Depends on what you are hoping to get from it. What are your hopes in terms of quality and what are your ultimate goals with AP? More on reddit.com
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July 24, 2024Dwarf II Kickstarter - seems to be a project in search of a market?
Looks to me like it's more geared toward travel, hiking, panoramic shots, etc. and feels like one of those motorized pan/slide type of devices. Astrophotography is more a secondary characteristic. It might be neat for someone just casually messing with it, but I'd never use it if I were actually serious about trying to get decent astro images. More on reddit.com
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January 6, 2022Help buying a "grab-n-go kit"
Not the answer you’re looking for but a 6-8” dob takes up less space since it doesn’t need a tripod and about the same space in a car. Skywatcher virtuoso 150 gives you an ultraportable telescope with go to capability for under 500 Also factor in cost of eyepieces into your budget, most telescopes come with a subpar low magnification eyepiece and new eyepieces will greatly enhance your views More on reddit.com
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TinyScope’s DWARF Telescope is the Modern Portable Telescope - HubPages
March 27, 2024 - Blame it on Apple’s protective “walled garden” approach to letting others move in on their hardware/software systems. But nothing can take away it being a portable telescope. However, unless you spring for that optional WiFi kit, a cable is needed for physically connecting from the DWARF Telescope to the phone — included are data cable adapters so that is good.
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DwarfLab’s new tiny smart scope packs a punch
September 11, 2024 - Don’t underestimate the new DWARF II smart telescope — its dual apochromatic lenses and real-time stacking abilities impress.
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TinyScope DWARF Telescope
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r/telescopes on Reddit: Is tinyscope worth buying?
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Hi, since i was a very young boy, I was passionate about astronomy, and always wanted to have a telescope, now, when I'm 14, I saved money all year to buy my first telescope, I saved 300 dollars, and i don't want something that would disappoint me, so i found out about the tiny scope, Which is pretty cool for astrophotography, but i don't know if it is really good or not, or should i buy something else.
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This looks very fidgety, and frankly, it seems like a gimmick. I would avoid it. Now here's the thing. Visual astronomy that you do with your eyeballs and astrophotography are two different animals, with different equipment requirements. I know that there are a lot of new devices that claim to do both, but they are as different as night and day. I would recommend putting your astrophotography ambitions on hold and focus on visual to start. Learn the sky, ask your parents to drive you to dark skies, feel what it is like to be outside exploring the skies. Cameras can do incredible things nowadays, but the experience of looking through an eyepiece and seeing light that has been traveling for thousands of years without any screens in between can't vibe replicated. So I would recommend a dobsonian telescope. You can still do some photography with a phone holder. Definitely the moon, some planetary, and I've seen people even able to capture the Orion Nebula through the eyepiece. Now if you don't care about any of that and photography is your calling, then I would recommend a Seestars S30. It's the S50s little brother, it's quite capable, takes awesome photos, and it's right around your budget. However, neither the S50, nor the S30 can image planets. They are strictly wide field cameras meant to image galaxies, nebula, star clusters, the Moon and the Sun.
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I took a look at the tiny scope. It looks very much like a gimmick and not at all worth it. For visual observing I recommend a dob in your price range. You can certainly find something that will be a great starter scope that will keep you busy many years especially if you find something used. I just got a skywatcher heritage 150p and really like it. I know some don’t like the focuser or open tube but it works well for my needs. If I had more storage space I would go for something a little bigger and closed tube. If you are interested in something more like the tiny scope, but actually good, the dwarf 3 and seestar S50 are both far better choices. If this is what you are after please save a little more and get something that you will actually enjoy.
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TinyScope CAM DWARF II: It’s A Telescope But Without A Telescope Tube
January 18, 2022 - The last and the only telescope we featured completely destroyed our image of a telescope because it was a stargazer that’s just 8-inch long. Fast forward to 2022, our mind is yet again blown by an even crazier telescope, the DWARF II Smart Telescope by TinyScope CAM.
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Kickstarter >> Dwarf Telescope—A Portable Digital Telescope by DWARFLAB
March 26, 2025 - DWARFLAB is raising funds for Dwarf Telescope—A Portable Digital Telescope on Kickstarter! See your friends clearly from 1000 meters away
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r/telescopes on Reddit: Has someone tried to do asteophotography usinf the tiny scope dwarf (1)
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So i would like to know if someone has tried using tinyscope dwarf for astrophotography something diferent than the moon as im thinking of buying one of second hand
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DwarfLab Dwarf Mini review: A pocket-sized smart telescope perfect for Instagram | T3
DwarfLab Dwarf Mini review: A pocket-sized smart telescope perfect for Instagram
The smallest smart telescope ever made impresses with both basic and advanced astrophotography options, but images are strictly for sharing
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r/telescopes on Reddit: Dwarf II Kickstarter - seems to be a project in search of a market?
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This kickstarter has far exceeded its goal. The video seems to mostly emphasize portability.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinyscope/dwarf-ii-a-portable-and-versatile-smart-telescope/faqs
From a price perspective, they compare this to a DSLR with a lens on a star tracker. However, it seems like that is comparing apples to oranges. The sensor size of this is much smaller than an APS-C sensor. And using an algorithm (stacking orientation) to make up for field rotation in an alt/az mount means they will need to stick to shorter exposures than what can be achieved by a star tracker.
The video also shows how it can do daytime terrestrial photography, but then wouldn't this just be competing with a point and shoot zoom camera?
Just curious what others think about this project. In the first backer phase, it costs about the same as just a star tracker, but I worry that backers of this project are going to be disappointed.
Also.... The video shows a picture of the andromeda galaxy with "nebulae" text under it, though they do get this right on the description page of the kickstarter. They should probably fix the video.
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Looks to me like it's more geared toward travel, hiking, panoramic shots, etc. and feels like one of those motorized pan/slide type of devices. Astrophotography is more a secondary characteristic. It might be neat for someone just casually messing with it, but I'd never use it if I were actually serious about trying to get decent astro images.
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No matter how good the lens of this thing is: With an aperture of 28mm you can't get reasonable resolution so the images will be a pixel pulp. There is another thing advertised all over the net. A small telescope which is, as they say, as good as a telescope that costs 1000 bucks. The example images tell the opposite but that won't keep them off of repeating this bullshit again and again. The sad thing with this is that they will find enough uninformed people who believe in their fairy tale. Astronomy seems to be a field with a huge harvest as everybody wants to see the moon and the big bang. With themes like our new beautiful golden space telescope and ISS and the HST photos the interest in astronomy grew up as a side effect. There is a large potential of people who buy everything (as long as it is cheap enough or expensive enough). Additionally Corona gave people time to fill with a new hobby.
Laurent Willen
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Dwarf II smart telescope: test / review
January 12, 2023 - The concept is not new but what encouraged me to buy this product is the price because digital telescopes are usually much more expensive. The Dwarf II is produced by the company Tinyscope.com which has already marketed several products of this type, this does not give a guarantee of success ...
AstroBackyard
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DWARF mini Smart Telescope Review
February 20, 2026 - As you will see in my example images, the deep-sky performance of the DWARF mini is exceptional for its stature. The pictures rival the images I captured with a DSLR camera through an 80mm refractor telescope when I started many years ago.
Gizmodo
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Dwarf II Smart Telescope Brings Power and Portability to Backyard Astronomy
March 26, 2024 - The diminutive entry-level telescope captures remarkably clear views of space, but its usability may pose a challenge. By George Dvorsky Published March 26, 2024, 11:20 am ET ... The Dwarf II Smart Telescope.
Telescopic Watch
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Dwarf Mini Smart Telescope Review: Editor's Choice
DwarfLab Dwarf Mini Smart Telescope
The Dwarf Mini uses 30 mm f/5 triplet refractor optics for a 150 mm focal length (Siril says it’s closer to about 148.5 mm in practice based on my images).
Yanko Design
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DWARF II smart telescope brings big photography features in a small package - Yanko Design
June 26, 2023 - The DWARF II is a telescope and camera smashed together, and its biggest pull is taking pictures of objects that are either too far away or should be kept at a safe distance. Wildlife photography definitely falls in that category, and the camera’s AI-powered object recognition and tracking make following moving critters no problem at all.
Universe Today
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Review: Dwarf Lab's New Dwarf Mini Smart Telescope - Universe Today
February 5, 2026 - Along with SeeStar, Dwarf Lab is becoming a leader in the small smartscope field. In addition to portability, the key to these units is trading aperture size for time. After a brief alignment routine, the telescope simply stares at the appointed target, building up an image after repeated exposures.
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DwarfLab Dwarf Mini smart telescope review | Live Science
DwarfLab Dwarf Mini smart telescope review
Capturing deep-sky images even from light-polluted cities with this tiny smart telescope. Capturing deep-sky images even from light-polluted cities, the smallest smart telescope so far is an affordable entry point into hands-on astronomy.
High Point Scientific
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DwarfLab DWARF mini Smart Telescope | High Point Scientific
DwarfLab DWARF mini Smart Telescope
Meet the DWARF mini: Ultra-Portable. Pro Performance. At only 1.85 lbs (840g), it's the smallest in the world, yet it delivers unparalleled ease and power.
Price $359.10