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Originally Posted by skysurfer
You have read Roger Clark's article ?
Do not mod your camera. Modern SLRs have enough sensitivity that you can recover the faint Halpha red nebulas in post processing.
Use a dark sky, most Halpha gets lost in light pollution. A filter can be helpful, but is a workaround.
Here my results from an UNmodded Canon 6D (original, not Mk2):
https://www.skysurfer.eu/skypics1.php
You can of course use dedicated astro cameras, but they require lots of hassle, as you have to provide power supply, storage, etc. all yourself. A lot of hassle.
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Re your first & second points 'recover faint Halpha' & 'Lost in LP', only to a degree. A proper astrocamera still sees a lot more of the Ha component and separates it out considerably even in a bad LP situation. I've been incredibly impressed with how well my 1600 does in that regard.
On the last point, hassle, yep, you are again right but the amount of detail and control available is much higher with a good mono camera. Re storage, if you are using BYEOS then you still need storage (excellent software btw).
I took on mono imaging to learn and do more so I don't see it as a hassle anyway. It's taught me a lot more both about imaging and processing and the technical aspects of the craft plus it has spilled over into a few of my other interests of photography generally and engineering.
That's what it's all about really and it's your choice as to how you want to do it. Brilliant hobby/obsession/love in my books, fills so many aspects of my DIY enjoyment.