Sony Move to Cannon will it help ?

[johnb]

Hi

Few questions, I have a Sony A350 DSLR and whilst it’s not bad I do have issues in two areas

1 – I can’t have it connected to the laptop and see what the cameras seeing

2 – Focusing is a pain as in live view I can only do magnification x 2

I’m assuming if I get a Cannon (I have no idea which model so happy for advice) then these 2 things will not be an issue ?

Last question what software do folk use with their Cannons – for capturing images etc ?

Regards

John B

[starstalker]

i just went form a sony a100 to a canon 1000d havnt used it yet, but the software that comes with it seems very capable indeed, im sure other users will confirm or deny this

[Merlin66]

Any model later than the 450D will do the job.

You can use AstroArt for image capture (or any of the other astro imaging programs)

[johnb]

Thanks for that, can I control the camera via the Latop ie ISO, Exposure time, Number of exposures ?. I assume that will be seperate software to the capturing software ?

John B

[Andrew*]

It will help a great deal. Not only is there plenty of astro-support for canons, but the live view is much better, and magnifies to 10x. Also, the resulting image will have much less noise. Sonys really aren't made for astrophotography

Andrew

[Merlin66]

Yes,

The Canon Utility software allows you to control the camera from the PC (you can also use a smart remote like the TC-80)

Ken

[johnb]

Thats great thansk to you all now just need to decide

450 or the 1000 ?

John B

[Andrew*]

When I had this dilemma, I went with the 450D, because it has some minor improvements over the 1000D, but really, there's no wrong choice. The 1000D is quite a bit cheaper, and doesn't have all the 450D has, so it's really down to what you can afford.

Andrew

[johnb]

Im assuming the 10x Maginfication on Live View must really aid focus

So we have a good supplier of Cannons and of course I will need a new T Ring

Regards

John B

[Merlin66]

The live view helps, but doesn't do the job well. Only works on really bright stars. You may still need a Bahtinov mask to help with focus.

[Rossco72]

I went for the 450D but if you're on a budget the 1000D gets very good write ups