Hi All,
With an impending bonus coming my way, I have been given by the minister of finances.....a maximum limit of $650 to spend on a (and I quote) "astronomical camera thingy" that I have been ruminating on.....
Now, with the experience of Poita's QHY8 in the bank (yes I have used it more than once, but not had much luck with processing) I have decided to shelve the $1500 budget idea for now and stick with my 1000D DSLR and build a light box and cool box as I am quite (relatively) adept at driving it with Backyard EOS (awesome program)
So....with this and the aforementioned budget of $650 in mind, here is what I am thinking.
1) DBK 21AU618.AS for $499 from Bintel.
This will kind of replace my tired old Philips Toucam as a guide cam as well as let me (hopefully) take some MUCH better quality planetary shots with my scope and my 5x powermate.....hmmmm.....yummy. PLUS, I can play around with its long exposure mode and see what its like....(not holding my breath, but anyway)
2) Astronomik CLS clip in filter for the EOS. I have mighty bad LP from my back yard and as I am spoiled with Wifi, power, coffee and comfy chairs, it is my preferred imaging location with cold winter nights on the way.... I think I might give this a bash and work around the blue colour cast issue with CWB and see how it goes, rather than wait for a Hutech IDAS LPS from OS. $169 from Bintel also.
Those are my thoughts for now, unless anyone has any other suggestions or places I can get these locally or second hand to save some cash.....
Discuss......
Cheers
Chris