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Old 08-12-2005, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by captain3081
Thanks Paul. I don't even know what FOV is all about (I think it means field of view).
yep field of view.

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I just want to be able to take a photo of what I see through the lens, to keep a history of my viewing.
I think you might have included 99% of astroimagers


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I know how much detail I can see of Jupiter with my 9mm EP, so I would like to compare this the canon at prime focus. (ie will it be more than a tiny blob.)
It will only be small, but on a good night with the right exposure it can still look good.

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Not sure what you mean about the increase of 1.6 to 50x mag. Are you talking about DSLRs being smaller sensor compared to 35mm?

As I understand it, the canon chip will give an equivalent magnification boost of 1.6X to your imaging system compared to 35mm film.
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