M42 1st light with modded 1000D

[philj]

Managed 24 minutes through the 102ed tonight before the cloud came rolling in. The moon was washing teh contrast out a bit as well.

This is meant as a test of the 1000d to see what it can do with regard to noise etc so there are no darks or flats subtracted. I havent composited shorter exposures on it yet but I shall try that later, but heres 24 minutes at ISO800 guided.

I am well chuffed with this camera and mod.

[George]

Great image there Phil, the 1000D is proving to be a great camera

[Erwin Kats]

the cam does a great job i see !

very nice first result with this cam.

[Doc]

Wozers what an image.

[Psychobilly]

Thanks Phil

Having woken from a few hours ugly sleep for what should have been (by now) a night under clear skies I am greeted by cloud and an image from a modded 1000D to cheer me up

Can't wait to see what these modded 1000D's are going to do under darker skies

Billy....

It's interesting to comapre it with other M42's and it stands up very well the joys of credit crunch astronomy... if you find problems wth the sensor icing...(oops sorry wrong thread)

[Beyond_Vision]

A great result considering the conditions and no calibration

Regards

Kevin

[philj]

Cheers guys,

Glad I could cheer you up Peter It certainly cheered me up.

For just £350 ish (with Canon Cashback) and a bit of fiddling with internals you can get a really versatile astro camera.

I paid £800 for my 1st 300D unmodded about 5 years ago and the price for modding was close to a couple of hundred with postage faffing etc. Just shows the price of technology does come down.

Phil

[DaveS]

That's pretty darn good. Warehouse Express have 1000D bodies for £310. I may buy one soon!

Dave