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Old 05-03-2013, 10:30 AM
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Colour is over-rated

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Originally Posted by 2stroke View Post
To get the best results though lots more work mono is the only way to go, if you go color you lose nearly 3/4 of the resolution due to how the sensor receives color. It really does get costly at this point from my research not experience, its kinda all in or not, like you could go for something basic but will soon be ditching it for something better.
True on mono - with some attention, you can get reasonable results with the cheaper imagers, my little Meade DSI did ok several years ago, you will not rival a Paramount/SBIG setup, but you will learn a lot, for not a huge investment, and you can apply what you learn when you do decide for the SBIG one day.....
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