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Old 11-03-2011, 11:12 PM
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Adam,

Before I caved in and bought the STL-11000M, I was tossing up the 8300 colour system.

I was advised that I would be better off getting the monochrome version as it is a large percentage more sensitive.

I just feel that you might save a few bucks if you stick with DSLR and take a few images with it before you decide.

I personally spent almost five years on training wheels with the DSLR and I think I got some nice images out of it. Yes, you're right, imaging in summer with a DSLR is a nightmare. I was out at JohnG's place one night during summer and it was 27 degrees at midnight. I was almost embarrassed by the amount of noise that was on my image, even after calibrating with 16 x 600 second dark frames.

I feel that with the best time of year coming up, really cut your teeth with the DSLR and your new gear during winter, then decide if moving to a less sensitive (but, less noise) colour system is worth it over a monochrome system.

Just my $0.02

H

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can you please elaborate on this for me H.
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