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I'm very curious what the next step beyond the 5D mk II will bring for astrophotographers.
Canon research are uber secretive about what they do to protect their product patents, but they do listen very carefully to what features specialist photographers - like astrophotograpers - might need from a camera.
I don't expect they will offer a 20 Da type camera, but I wouldn't be surprised to find they do some things in firmware or software that really extend the capabilities of the hardware they utilise. We talked a bit about low noise and a CCD's full well counts and blooming - and you could see a light go on in their eyes. A group of very smart people hadn't previously thought about HDR in low light before; my gut tells me they may have intuited a trick or two that might minimise blooming and greatly enhance HDR processing. Fingers crossed - but it was simply me waxing lyrical to folk pondering what next; something may come of it or naught - never can tell with scientists!
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