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Dear All Again,
It's nice to know someone is out there ready to advise.
Yes 30 sec is woeful. But it is not only the EQ5 that is the problem, my Nikon D80 has a very messy long exposure signature. More than 45-ish seconds and its all over. Tracking HAS to be dealt with but so does my imaging equipment. I foolishly went for the D80 because it was being superceded by the D90 and was therefore cheaper. False econonmising! The D80 is useless (according to me and reviewers) and the D90 is a winner (according to the Sky at Night), better than the Canon EOS 1000D. Hindsight is 20/20, however, the camera was bought for reasons other than astrophotography and it performs well in sunlight.
I am ready to get a CCD. Andrew are now stocking Atiks. The bottom end Atik is the same price whether going for colour or mono. Unless someone yells "STOP YOU FOOL!", I am going to give the colour Atik a go for $1K and get another mount, at least an HEQ5Pro or better.
I repeat the invitation for someone to stop me!
Thanks so far, Mike
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