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Originally Posted by niko
I have to agree with Terry - I think this is probably the one astrophotography area that film still exceeds what can be achieved with digital. The smooth arcs that film gives are so much more pleasing and focus was always a snap
I always did an hour's expoisure without a drama with the old Minolta - sadly these days the lens has mould growing in it.
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I don't like the jaggie versions with short exposures either.
For long film like exposures with smooth trails I use a cooled CCD camera like the QHY8 fitted with a wide angle nikon lens via an adapter.
That way you avoid the noise of the long DSLR exposures and get the nice smooth trails.
Like Mike, I would recommend two camera setups, one DSLR taking short exposures and one low noise cooled CCD camera taking long ones.