dslr or zwo asi mini for shooting planets?

[tjs247]

My Setup:

Skywatcher 150mm PDS

HEQ5 Pro Mount

Canon 600D  Unmodified.

I'll soon have my zwo asi 120mm mini.

 

My question is  (without buying any further equipment) weather I should use my canon for taking videos for planets or my zwo asi mini?

One issue is  when recording the live view of my canon camera, I cannot adjust the Exposure in live view, that is the exposure preview as the canon 600d does not have this feature.

This means for shooting planets with my dslr, I'm limited to filming 1080p 30fps video directly with the camera's video function which does let me adjust the exposure.

 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by tjs247

[knobby]

The ZWO should give better results (but mono) and you'll be able to use Firecapture or Sharpcap to control them.

I have seen great planetary images taken with a DSLR though ...

[tjs247]

On 24/09/2020 at 15:10, knobby said:

The ZWO should give better results (but mono) and you'll be able to use Firecapture or Sharpcap to control them.

I have seen great planetary images taken with a DSLR though ...

I'll have to zoom in with my dslr if filming planets.  They are quite small in live view.   So when i zoom in  while filming it makes the 1080p video recording much worse than not zooming in.

[PeterCPC]

If you use Backyard EOS, there is a zoom facility and you can easily adjust exposure.

Peter

[michael8554]

1080P 60FPS is poor due to compression artefacts.

Best DSLR results are to Record 5X LiveView.

http://www.astropix.com/html/i_astrop/eq_tests/canon_one_to_one_pixel_resolution.html

But a colour ZWO is better suited to Planetary.

Michael