Canon d700

[djpaul]

Hi

 

I know nothing about photography but wanted to purchase a camera purely for attaching to my Sky watcher 120ed for lunar pictures.

Can anyone here tell me if the canon d700 or d7 would be worth getting?

Paul

[GuLinux]

I have the 700D, and it's a pretty nice camera, but surely not the best you can buy for planetary/moon.

I use it mainly for wide field astrophotography and obviously daylight as well.

 

The best option for moon (and planets) is a dedicated, preferably mono camera, particularly for the moon, since you'd probably discard any color info anyway.

ASI cameras are widely used, well supported among all OSes, and relatively cheap.  

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I have a 700D, and it works well on lunar imaging. I frequently use it with just a telephoto, but I also shot some images with my APM 80mm, as shown here:

 

I now have an 80D as well, and that is clearly better. I would stretch to that rather than get the 7D

[MARS1960]

The 700D was my first DSLR and it was a great camera, i now have a 7D mkii it's a fantastic camera with a brilliant AF system which i needed for birds in flight photography.

The 700D though is perfectly adequate and more than capable for your needs but i wouldn't buy if it's only to be used for lunar photography, in fact i would probably go for the cheap neximage 5 that FLO have for sale at £50.

Here is an image taken with my 7D mkii and 150-600 Sigma..

[djpaul]

Hi

 

I have a chance to get a canon 7d mk 1 from a local respectable family run camera shop for £300

Would that be a good price for a secondhand 7d?

Body only 

Paul

[MARS1960]

21 minutes ago, djpaul said:

Hi

 

I have a chance to get a canon 7d mk 1 from a local respectable family run camera shop for £300

Would that be a good price for a secondhand 7d?

Body only 

Paul

£300 is a fair price for body only 7D, i would as always ask for the shutter count though.

[djpaul]

yes i was told to do that

What would be an exceptable count amount?

Paul

[RichM63]

7D £300 ~ +- 50,000 I reckon is about the figure to be looking at. Check MPB to see their numbers.

[djpaul]

hi

 

i ended up buying a new Nikon d3400 dslr

anyone using this camera ?

 

Paul

[Kaliska]

I have a 700D which has had the full spectrum modification from c and i can't reccomend it highly enough for your first venture into astrophotography. Everything just works, and the images it produces are fantastic (for my level of astrophotography).