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Originally Posted by Dealy
I'm thinking of taking the plunge and delving into the magical world of CCD imaging.
Currently I use an unmodded Canon 1000D on an ED80.
My plan is to go to a GSO 10" F4 with a CCD, maybe an Atik314 or something else.
I don't know what questions to ask and what I need to be aware of. Is there a thread that someone can recommend that can get me started.
Or can someone give me some advice here.
Thanks, Kev
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Kev, mod your Canon for full spectrum first, you'll get five times the Halpha light. You have a good sensor and certainly you can push that camera much harder, even cool it to delta T levels of -25C with a cold finger mod.
The ATIK 414EX has less pixels than your Canon, if you go mono your going to have to spend on filters and wheel as well. Unless you need to shoot narrow band I can't see why.
I considered a CCD but could not justify it on cost grounds. The CCD mafia will climb all over me with words about well depth, noise, etc but there are excellnt photos produced with DSLRs and cooled ones approach the results of much more expensive CCDs.