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Originally Posted by rustigsmed
You can get a canon 600d grey import for $419 (no lens) its pretty handy for video at full HD. zoom in 10x for focus, so easy.
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I am not a Canon expert but I think the earlier Canon models probably outperform the later ones except in the full frame areas.
I think that is because they have progressively gone up in megapixels for the same sized chip.
1100D I know is good. 550D I think is good. 350D is a legend but perhaps not a lot of megapixels.
Also consider Fuji XE1, or XM1 or Sony Nex series. They can be modified and generally have a higher quality sensor than the Canons. Closer to the full frame Canons than the APSc sized (not really APSc sized its less than APSc).
One way of working it out is to look at dxomark.com who rate camera sensors and give them a score. You can also look at samples at different ISOs at dpreview.com.
Not sure about the lower model Nikons. They are probably very good but not sure about the earlier models. Nikons also tend to have amp glow to some degree in some models and I am not aware of a Canon doing that.
I would check out the 70D before I jumped as that has a split pixel system designed for good autofocus but it may mean its not so great anymore for astrophotography essentially being a smal pixel sensor which usually means more noise.
Greg.