Hi Everyone,
I have a budget of between $4000 - $6000(max) with which I intend to purchase a deep sky imaging camera. I know this runs counter to what those who seek the sharpest images would say, but for me, a monochrome camera is not on my short-list, simply because, with clear skies being so rare nowadays, the time factor involved in imaging with various filters would only reduce imaging opportunities. I have a Nikon D850 which is a great camera, but not suited to the deep sky imaging I would like to do. I am not especially interested in planetary imaging, and as for the Moon, I think my DSLR (when attached to my WO refractor) can readily match images from other cameras, CCD or CMOS. I will be imaging with the WO GT102 (F6.9) and a WO reducer/flattener 8.
This limits my choices to colour CCD or CMOS cameras, though I prefer the former. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cameras from QSI, QHY and ATIK come to mind, as well as the Starlight Xpress Trius series (like the 26C). A broad selection, I know
FLI models seem to be very expensive.
Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations? All comments and suggestions welcomed.
Cheers,
Richard