Zakalwe Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 http://www.astronomycameras.com/products/usb/dmk21au618as/Not sure if you hit "Post" before you typed a comment?The DMK is a planetary camera (the same as the ZWO that you posted before). These cameras are not suitable for long exposure imaging of deep sky objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russe Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 TBH - I would initially buy an astro modified CCD from cheapastrophotography:http://m.cheapastrophotography.vpweb.co.uk/This would start you off with postprocessing, which is the by far harder skill to learn than imaging. There's a lot of expensive gear in use producing rather mediocre images because people don't really know how to handle their data. I think rather than pushing people towards more and more expensive gear, we should help more on the postprocessing side until people see how far they can take their setup. I still think that jumping in at the deep end is counter productive. Beautiful images have been processed from normally priced setups.Steve Richards has been mentioned. Can I add Lodriguss' guide to DSLR AP?That's just my 50p worth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensman57 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 TBH - I would initially buy an astro modified CCD from cheapastrophotography:http://m.cheapastrophotography.vpweb.co.uk/This would start you off with postprocessing, which is the by far harder skill to learn than imaging. There's a lot of expensive gear in use producing rather mediocre images because people don't really know how to handle their data. I think rather than pushing people towards more and more expensive gear, we should help more on the postprocessing side until people see how far they can take their setup. I still think that jumping in at the deep end is counter productive. Beautiful images have been processed from normally priced setups.Steve Richards has been mentioned. Can I add Lodriguss' guide to DSLR AP?That's just my 50p worth... You are quite right, but I also think that the most important aspect of this AP buisness, forgetting the skill bit and the equipment for a moment, is the quality of the local sky. No amount of equipment or processing skill can compensate for light polluted sky with bad seeing. I have seen stunning images of the DSOs taken by quite accessible equipment from true dark sites and with what we would call short data. There is no substitute for a true dark site.A.G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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