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Originally Posted by gbeal
Huff,
I know it isn't the thrust of your thread, and for this I apologise, but I am always wondering why people actually go to the trouble of cooling a DSLR, as opposed to using a simple OSC camera like the QHY8 or SX-M25?
Same chip even in most cases.
Gary
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I think it's "sticking with the devil you know" in my case - I know it's being wussy re CCDs as there's learning curves with anything new (DSLRs included) but I love the simplicity of Live View on my 40D. Framing and focussing frighten me with a CCD and my budget setup.
A cooled DLSR would be perfect for my widefield imaging needs.
Add me to the 'wannabe' list for cooling mods Houghy.
That said (devil's advocate time...), I wonder if the $1250AU +/- investment in cooling is worth it given that the 40D body can be had on ebay for roughly $500-600??? Given that I bought the thing originally for close to $2K when it first came out it would seem economically daft to spend more on technology which will be superceded very soon I would imagine!? Are 16bit DSLRs just around the corner????
So you can also add me to the "
" list too!!!!
Doug
back on topic...I know of at least 7 guys around the traps here who have Central DS or home cooling mods