[Anth10 (Anthony M)]

Originally Posted by Quopaz

Thanks, Anth I took plenty of Mars pics with the 60D (unmodified), it's just that when I changed to the 462 I noticed a massive improvement in detail over what I was able to get with the Canon. The brightness I could handle by turning down the ISO to 200 with shutter speed on 60. I think maybe the frames per second has a lot to do with it. The Canon topped out at 60fps and the 462mc is getting around 250fps.

Thanks Nick, that makes sense. I've found the same with the guide cam I'm using - heaps more detail and the canon is a little top heavy for planetary too.