Thanks Raymo,
I appreciate that perspective too from both yourself & Dunks...
The camera I am looking at will cost me $200 (body only) so as you can see, quite a bargain. I am thinking of buying it & then run it off on comparison with my 1100d.
I know you have always been very positive about the 1100d which is why I'm not in a hurry to move it on or anything. What intrigued me about the d7000 as I have been researching is the Sony Sensor that it uses, the IMX071, which is the exact same sensor used in the ZWO ASI071MC pro.
I know this is an advertising spiel but, this is what ZWO has to say regarding the sensor (albeit, in a different package & cooled camera).
Very low read noise: 2.3e @24db gain 3.3e @lowest gain
14Bit ADC: provide real 14bit Dynamic range
I have also been reading a little about this sensor compared with the sensor in the 1100d & it seems to be a little less noisier in comparison.. Again, it's hard to find the truth these days, every article & author seems to have an agenda or brand bias, hard to discern the truth in an unbiased manner.
I've been looking into the software for Nikon vs Canon & you are 100% correct; there is a lot more 3rd party software for Canon than there is for Nikon.
Cheers
Carlton
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Originally Posted by raymo
Dunk is spot on. two and a half times the price doesn't mean that your images will jump up a level. The 1100D is surprisingly good noise wise, all these early images that I am currently posting were taken with my 1100D.
I have a 600D which new is three times the price of the 1100D, but is slightly noisier, and doesn't show Ha[red] as well. The 7000 has more features, but almost none of them translate into better astro images. More pixels, but how often is 12Mp not enough. Mirror lock up, handy, but doesn't affect image quality. 14 bit RAW, not earth shattering. On top of that, although things are changing, there is still quite a lot more software for Canon than Nikon.
raymo
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