Hi all
Chris Wakeman (33South) was kind enough to loan me his modded 350D (that he bought off Striker way back) on the Saturday night at SPSP, and so I went for some targets where I knew I could compare with what I'd previously captured using my non-modded 350D.
Simply put, the dark skies at the star party, combined with the modded camera, have captured detail that I didn't think was possible with my setup. It's made me want a modded camera even more, even sooner! If his camera wasn't black (mine is silver), I would've swapped them when I had to return it
Thanks to Chris for loaning the camera for the night!
So here's Eta Carinae, 13x 300s exposures @ ISO400 taken with my ED80, WO 0.8x reducer and modded 350D. Guided with DMK + PHD. Darks ICNR, flats calibrated.
Compared to my
recent Eta using my camera (and from home), the difference is remarkable.
I've attached an 800px version, and also a 100% (1:1 pixel) crop showing the fine detail visible in the original fullsize version.
A larger, 1200px wide less compressed version is here (click the image to see it):
Eta Carinae with Modded 350D
Comments, suggestions welcome. I'm not sure on the processing - I could give it more brightness/contrast but didn't want to lose any detail or make it too unnatural.
Thanks for looking.