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Old 17-07-2009, 03:10 PM
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Good point Doug. I was thinking of a modded DSLR with cooling. Even with cooling, there will be greater heat on a DSLR chip than CCD Astro because of the larger chip...

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Originally Posted by Hagar View Post
Just the same , the modification makes no diference to the cooling or lack of it. The fact that a DSLR generates heat during exposureis the main reason noise is created on the image.

Most modern DSLR's are capable of 5 minute exposures with ease but do require darks to be taken. You will need to take a good number of exposures and stack them to get the best result.

As to which camera? I would go for the new DSLR. It has a much bigger CCD/CMOS and is very capable of producing great images.
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