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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
Not trying to discourage you, just be aware that it might not be a huge difference. The problem with getting good info is that we are a very small market and somewhat unusual use case.
The 1100D has a 14-bit ADC. I modded mine and it's easily doable (search for Gary Honis' website) and it's quite a dramatic change. I estimate about 1 stop more light gets through to the sensor.
The D7000 has the anti-aliasing filter that was removed on later models (D7200 onwards?), and it will still retain the Nikon LPF which will impact the Ha response compared to the ZWO camera.
I have a Fujifilm camera with this sensor also and it IS a little more sensitive compared to the 1100D, but noise-wise it's not going to light the world on fire in QLD. Fujifilm also use a very mild LPF filter, so the Ha response is actually pretty good. I don't have a Nikon as a frame of reference.
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Nah, not taken that way at all Dunks.. all good information.. sometimes it's hard to filter all the technical talk in the reviews through my analogue brain.. so, it's always good to have someone who knows a little bit more & has probably been this route themselves with various cameras.. I may end up just trying to be patient and wait on an astro modded camera to pop up somewhere at a decent price..
I'm not good with patience to be honest
I've been weighing up doing the mod to the 1100d myself.. I've read a few tutorials.. I'm a bit nervous about doing it and turning my perfectly serviceable camera into a brick... I'd also like to make sure it can still come to focus in autofocus should I want to use it with the kit lenses although.. I have a little Sony RX100 which is my goto camera for most terrestrial stuff these days.. it's a gem of a camera...
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Originally Posted by Russj
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Thanks Russ, I had a look.. some good info there.. some of it I actually understood.. some of it not so much..
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Originally Posted by astro_nutt
]I've been using a D7000 for AP for a few years and have been pleased with the results. Definitely a good buy for $200
These images were done using the D7000 with a 10" F4.5 dob at prime focus.
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Nice shot's astro nutt; just out of curiousity is what size dob & do you have tracking or not?
I have a deposit down on one of Mental4Astro's 12 inch marana's.. no tracking but, does have encoders and nexus dsc.. I just have to provide the motor function myself (mandraulic so to speak). I'm not buying it with AP in mind but, it'll be interesting to see what I can do with it... I always like pushing boundaries...
Not sure what I'll do about the D7000, I like shooting tethered, actually, I love shooting tethered to my android tablet & it looks like that option is a complete PITA with the D7000 & Nikon's in general.. may end up sticking with Canon's I think.. simply for ease of obtaining 3rd party software.
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