Mickoid
16-07-2023, 10:02 PM
The cloudy nights just won't go away long enough to gather some useful data these days! Clouds cleared at about 11.30pm last night and I've been itching to give my latest aquisition a trial on some deep sky objects. M8 and M20 seemed good easy targets but by the time I was set up they were past the meridian and heading west into Melbourne's light dome. I'd hope to shoot an hour at least, to give the Fujifilm X-T100 a chance to show what it can do. I purchased this camera based on the feedback from other users that this camera had good Ha response - similar to many in the X range of Fuji's mirrorless cameras. This one uses a Bayer Matrix array, most of the higher end Fuji cameras use their patented Trans-X sensors. I wanted to keep it simple to eliminate the possible need to convert the Raw file format into a file format compatible with some software programs.
I didn't want to spend any extra on Astro modifying the Fujifilm camera ( I already have a Modified Canon 550d ), I just wanted a lighter, smaller, mirrorless camera with an APSC sensor sporting more pixels and features. Anyway here's the result of what I got before these targets dipped into the trees and I lost my auto guiding. 25 X 60 second exposures, ISO 1000, darks but no flats, through an Esprit 100. From this result in Bortle 6 skies, I'm quite impressed about what this little camera can do. :)
I didn't want to spend any extra on Astro modifying the Fujifilm camera ( I already have a Modified Canon 550d ), I just wanted a lighter, smaller, mirrorless camera with an APSC sensor sporting more pixels and features. Anyway here's the result of what I got before these targets dipped into the trees and I lost my auto guiding. 25 X 60 second exposures, ISO 1000, darks but no flats, through an Esprit 100. From this result in Bortle 6 skies, I'm quite impressed about what this little camera can do. :)