I've seen a Canon 1000D with 18-55 & 55-300mm lenses for around $900.
Was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this camera verses any other in the same price bracket. To be used for terrestrial and Astro work.
All feedback appreciated.
Cheers,
Duncan
I bought my son a 1000D with the twin lens kit you mention for about $1K last year and while the remote control via laptop is good and the lenses are quite OK, it doesnt seem to have much sensitivity to low light on long exposures, enough, but I dont think its on par with the CCD DSLR's. I am pretty sure it has a CMOS sensor and therefore suffers a bit, even at high ISO speeds.
I really havent used it too much for LE work but as a DSLR its quite good for the money. You may want to try a Pentax K series or any other with a CCD chip rather than a CMOS one. Someone will probably point out how wrong I might be here, but I am just explaining my experiences with it.
I hope this helps (or detracts, as the case may be)
i got into AP with my Canon 1000D, and while its true to say that for terrestrial photography its not as good as its more upmarket siblings, for AP work its great, the live view is a great boost, and it takes great images, another plus point of it thats often overlooked, is the weight.
It weighs about as much as a small hamster called Gerald. and is half the weight of its moer obese cousins
Thanks Chris and Duncan for your replies.
Yes the 500D is a lot better for dark frames for sure.
Maybe i should just bite the bullet and save some more!!!
Cheers,
Duncan
Thanks for the link H. I think i'll save a few hundred more and get the twin lens kit. Will come in very handy on my fishing trips.
Plus of course i'll have to buy the adaptors to suit the skywatcher as well.
Cheers,
Duncan
500D - POOR dark frame performance (link to samples)
Hi guys,
I'm quite interested in this 500D Dark Frame discussion, as my personal experience with my own 500D - is VERY POOR dark frame performance. Several reviews have quoted it as being better than previous generations including this one - http://ghonis2.ho8.com/rebelmod500d/...0dcompare.html
However I took a series of tests comparing dark frames at different ISO & exposure length combinations, and as you can see there's plenty of colour noise. Basically anything at 2 minutes or more @ 1600 ISO (or the equivalent exposure times at 800 & 400 ISO), are very bad. Follow the lines diagonaly below to see the equivalent exposures at the 3 x different ISO settings.
I'm very interested to follow this up too, but I had trouble downloading any of the files. When I get some time I'll run some tests on my 500D to compare.