Do note that I have a Feathertouch MicroFocuser that brings these objects as close to focus as I can achieve, and before the extremes of its travel. It seems as if I am unable to attain focus (in I-Cap) via my camera, yet isn't its CMOS (note it is not CCD) supposed to be more sensitive than the human eye? I have tried via my Williams diagonal and directly in the Evo's visual back with similar poor results. In the same 'seeing conditions' I can detect visual detail of Jupiter and Saturn via (say) my 12mm Televue Delos, but my camera picks up only white light. Yet via an EP in the same conditions I can see their red green & blue respectively. colour version) I see zero colour, just bright white light. I realise that Mars, Uranus and Neptune in 'average' seeing will be merely blobs of light without detail, but via the camera (n.b. I have tried them all) are just pants never more than bright blobs (albeit Saturn had its ringed shape).
Here, I do realise that I need a focal reducer to capture a wider FOV (or stitch images together). But my efforts on Planets (n.b. I have achieved a half decent image of about 25% of the Moon. This camera was rated 5 star by Sky at Night magazine. But my Celestron NexImage Burst Colour camera is driving me nuts. I have absolutely no "visual" difficulty other than the usual nuisances like clouds and a bit of urban light pollution. My visual astronomy is a delight with precise alignments spot on GoTos, excellent Alt-Az tracking and focus.
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