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Hi Letchy, I've had a look at your Samsung PL210 camera manual; while a DSLR will give you complete freedom over aperture & shutter speed (ie full manual control) you should still be able to take some good wide star field shots - try putting the ISO to 1600 or it's maximum 3200, set it to night mode, set the timer delay, stick it on a tripod (cheap/eBay) point it at orion/jupiter/pleides for example - you may get star trails but it's a start. Also the moon is nearly full & you should get some decent lunar shots at good resolution with the high pixel count your camera has. Download GIMP