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Andrew wonderful effort, I remember the frustration of not enough seconds in the camera... LPI effectively 100iso 16 second limit was my max for a long time and latter a hand held with iso 400 and 15 seconds.. The 300d was like being used to a horse and cart then jumping into a F1 racer. It is nice to see that you are concerned about spending joint savings (credit) on only one family member it is nice to see that respect for ones partner.
You must be able to get a second hand 300d real cheap now and it will blow you away the ease of getting good wide fields.
But before spending money on a camera I would suggest you think about the mount side of things, not only will you need an equatorial mount but a good one, a good starting point is a eq6 (approx $2000) but go to $10,000 if you want, even more..and there is a message there..the mount is it when it comes to astro photos.
Personally I think with your current approach there is more you can do and I recon the more frustration you can get done before you spend big cash on mounts and camera the better.. I mean what you have done is very impressive on a DOB that must give you much satisfaction if not it should..great effort
alex
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