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Originally Posted by renormalised
Imaging Source cameras (like the DMK/DBK/DFK etc) are great for taking piccies of the planets and the Moon, but aren't so hot for DSO's. Why do you want to by the camera with firewire?? If you have USB, you'd be much better off buying the USB version of the camera. The DFK 41 might be good for a film telecine rig, but if you're going to get one for astropics, you're much better off with a DMK 21 mono and a filter wheel. For planets and such, you want a camera that has a fast frame rate and good resolution. The DMK 21 is the best bet here....upto 60fps and 640x480 resolution. The fast frame rate will help you to "freeze" any unsatisfactory atm' conditions like tube currents, turbulent air etc, so you can get good frames to stack.
However, if you want to take piccies of DSO's as well, you'd be better off using a DSLR or buying a dedicated CCD camera.
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All my current gear is firewire, it just gives me less hassles than USB, but I'd be happy to go the USB route.
I have a Nikon DSLR, so could use that for DSO, I mainly wanted to know if the DBK41 or DFK41 would be any good for astrophotography at all, as I can justify the spend if I can use it for telecine and astrophotography.
I get very dark skies here, and thought the 15fps would be fast enough for planetary playing, but I guess not!
Thanks everyone for the feedback, it was what I expected, but I was hoping that I might be wrong.