DSLR

[Beardy30]

The Nikon D3200 has been recommended to me as a beginner - what else you I need ? 

[Robindonne]

A cup of strong coffee

[Marvin Jenkins]

I use a D3100 as a beginner into AP and it is great. I am well aware that DSLRs are at the bottom of AP compared to cooled CCDs.

At the start DSLRs are light weight and convenient. But if it wasn’t for the fact that I already had the Nikon before the scope I would be Canon all night long. I think there is focus software and extras for Canon for free and nothing for Nikon.

Just look at how many Astro AP are using Canon. Very few ‘choose Nikon’.

Marvin

[bottletopburly]

I use Nikon D5300 an excellent Ap camera and supported by APT not encountered any issues.

[Shimrod]

3 hours ago, Beardy30 said:

The Nikon D3200 has been recommended to me as a beginner - what else you I need ? 

Possibly a wedge or an equatorial mount? You could get a piggyback bracket and start off with some widefield photography which would give you longer exposures which might lessen the learning curve. I had an 8" scope on an alt-az mount, and when I recently got back into astronomy (in general) bought an EQ mount to take one complication out of imaging.

[Waldemar]

13 hours ago, Beardy30 said:

The Nikon D3200 has been recommended to me as a beginner - what else you I need ? 

Hi James,

How come the person who advised you to buy a Nikon for AP could not answer that question?
The least you will need a Nikon T-ring (https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/t-rings.html)  and the rest depends on your setup

To be honest (nothing bad about the Nikon) I would go for a Canon for the simple reason that most people use those for beginning AP,
so more info is available,  several mods are available, as well as a lot of software solutions.
B.t.w., I noticed the Nikon D3200 is out of production...

I sincerely advice you to buy this book before getting your feet wet: https://www.firstlightoptics.com/books/making-every-photon-count-steve-richards.html

 

[Beardy30]

I never asked I guess I guess he assumed I knew .. no idea pal 

[Beardy30]

Which cannon model ?? 

[Kluson]

2 hours ago, Waldemar said:

Hi James,

How come the person who advised you to buy a Nikon for AP could not answer that question?
The least you will need a Nikon T-ring (https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/t-rings.html)  and the rest depends on your setup

To be honest (nothing bad about the Nikon) I would go for a Canon for the simple reason that most people use those for beginning AP,
so more info is available,  several mods are available, as well as a lot of software solutions.
B.t.w., I noticed the Nikon D3200 is out of production...

I sincerely advice you to buy this book before getting your feet wet: https://www.firstlightoptics.com/books/making-every-photon-count-steve-richards.html

 

you may find the book Digital SLR Astrophotography useful too, it's author is Michael A. Covington.

[Waldemar]

7 hours ago, Beardy30 said:

Which cannon model ?? 

I've  chosen a Canon 750D for astro travelling because of its light weight, pixelsize (24,2 Mp in an APSc sensor), moveable screen, easy modification (and still useable for 'normal' photography) and price. But it always comes down on personal preferences...

Edited June 15, 2020 by Waldemar
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[Beardy30]

Thanks 👍🏼

[Skinnypuppy71]

I'd buy a used camera already moded for astro work.....and that's what I will be doing myself when my mount finally arrives, leaving my Sony a7 solely for terrestrial use....and it's not that great for astrophotography https://m.cheapastrophotography.com/

Note that canon is the goto dslr for astro work.