Which camera to get?

[Manok101]

For short exposure photography what would be the best camera to get?

[swag72]

What are you wanting to take pictures of?

Planets

Moon

DSO's

Sun

[Manok101]

I want to take a pic of, planets, dsos and the moon

[brantuk]

Webcam for planets and moon - The SPC880 is a favoured choice and very good value for money right now.

For dso's you can make a good start with a DSLR - possibly s/h for good price.s I use the 350D and 1000D but there are others.

HTH

[thommo10]

Hi Manock101.

I have only been imaging for a short time but Having read some of the posts on SGL, for DSO's you need a camera that will take long exposures and a good solid motorized mount the camera of choice seems to be the Cannon 1000d DSLR, for the Planets and the Moon a modified webcam will suffice such as the Philips 880 flashed to a 900.

May I suggest go to the imaging page or the equipment help page for more in depth explanations.

hope this helps.

[thommo10]

Sorry Brantuck I was typing at the same time.

[brantuk]

Lol - crossed in the post Thommo

[ollypenrice]

You can't do deep sky with short exposures. This means that the key bit of the setup is the mount.

On the other hand, fast frame cameras (webcams and super-webcams) don't need high precison tracking for the solar system objects.

Olly

[Manok101]

I was under the impression you could do short exposure with the brightest DSOs like m82, and whatnot. Yes my scope can track.