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hi Ray,
yep, nothing wrong with learning to walk before running, learning one's equipment before going mono imaging and so on, but have you come across instances here were someone was advised to go mono or use expensive cameras?
I completely agree that dslr's are very capable cameras, you can take very good images and if someone starting already has a dslr, it makes the journey a lot easier before going CCD and most progress this way, myself included.
I'm just a bit surprised that as you mention, experienced imagers would offer advise to beginners to start with complex gear. I haven't come across such threads, did you mean in this forum or generally in all forums?
My point is that majority of the advice given by imagers for beginners is more than reasonable and practical.
Dslr's have their limits and maybe that's what gives the impression that its a poor man's camera, but we all know it isn't.
In the end, its worth knowing the pro's and con's of all options out there before investing.
Many encourage beginners to visit astro clubs to get a hand with mounts and alignment and so on.
Cheers
Alistair
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