I recently bought a 40D body only ex hong kong for about $1K and had easystyles modify it by replacing the filter. This of course voids the warranty, but coming from HK I'd have warranty headaches anyway. I have since scored a 90-300 lens off my brother in law and have been looking on ebay for something smaller. The standard lenses that come in the kits aren't the highest quality.
I have one usb cable running to a 4 port usb hub on the mount with the canon, quide scope etc plugged into it.
The other cheap option is the QHY8 camera. It's cooled which would be a real bonus and currently costing about $1900. But it's an Astro only camera and I'd have trouble talking the chief into a camera that wouldn't take normal daytime photos.
Last edited by Tandum; 22-07-2008 at 10:45 PM.
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