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There are many variables that contribute towards the overall desired result of “good image quality” and image scale (=pixel size) is but one of them.
My DMK21 and DMK31 are excellent to use on the Moon for high resolution images but they are only 8 bit cameras, so theoretically, they can only display 255 shades of Black through Grey through White, which sounds a lot of shades of grey but often we are only playing with light levels of low intensity and all bunched up together.
My Canon DSLR delivers better image quality, the transition between tones being very smooth and continuous, as well as the obvious advantage of recording a larger chunk of the Moon.
With Jupiter, unless you are Tom (von Tom) who fills the frame with the Jovian disc, often a DSLR chip can offer too much area at the native resolution, which is essentially “wasted” in recording plain background space.
The file sizes for 8 Bit mono DMK cameras are also a lot smaller and are therefore less demanding on your computer specification.
Cheers
Dennis
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