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Old 19-03-2009, 11:24 PM
torr (James)
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Gday UK1
I'm real new when it comes to all this stuff ,here's what I think about the Canon EOS 1000D

IMHO it way outshines the old Nikon D70 I had.

I found the camera a breeze to understand setup and configure.
ISO and exposure settings easily adjusted.
Time delay to reduce vibration works great.
Mirror locked and liveview are excellent features and make focusing easy.
The camera is light at 450 grams
The battery seems to last for ever , I've charged it 3 times in the 4 months I've owned it (is that normal , about 400 photo's with varying exposure settings upto 30 secs, not all astro)

I only have a standard eq5 mount (manual control) with a 203mm f/5 newt ,so most photo's I have taken have the worst of tracking errors so I never posted them. But I'm impressed with them.

I do prime focus AP and projection photography


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Last edited by torr; 19-03-2009 at 11:43 PM.
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