$1500 range or less

Being an ex-photographer I swayed the CANON way. (not a plug) at the moment
I am selling a EOS 1N. But my heart still lies in CANON. Years ago the
choice was either Canon or Nikon.

Seems today in astro-imaging the choices are a little broader. I know the
10D 60D are HOT! and the NIKON¹s are too.

So a dillema so to say is this: obvious practical duality you get in a
camera body (photos and astro-imaging) tells me to go CANON keep a lens or
two.

However as I don¹t have the need for high end still photo aspect anymore,
the duality lessens in weight and I can lean more towards a single purpose
Astro-imaging cam, IE the SBIG or the like.

So I ask this question given some of the above ideas: are there astro-cams
that perform close to the quality of the camera bodies at the camera body
price range?

Seems the camera bodies are pretty hard to beat for the quality/price and
the duality.

The SBIGS seem just a tad too high, so I figure there must be a astro-imager
that has the price closer the camera bodies.

Thanks a lot

Gaze on

dave

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Well, unlike you, I've always been an Olympus fan. I like the design
philosophy of compactness and lightweight. So I am holding out to
see what the bottom line will be in the new Olympus E-1 system. As
to astro-imagers, I find SBIG bulky, overweight, and too costly. I
think the Starlight Express camera's are closer to the truth in the
cooled CCD arena ...

                                               Ciao...Barry

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--- In no.spam@mail.pls, dave <virtualbeing_.at._e...> wrote:
> Being an ex-photographer I swayed the CANON way. (not a plug) at
the moment

>
>
> However as I don¹t have the need for high end still photo aspect
anymore,
> the duality lessens in weight and I can lean more towards a single
purpose
> Astro-imaging cam, IE the SBIG or the like.
>
>
> So I ask this question given some of the above ideas: are there
astro-cams
> that perform close to the quality of the camera bodies at the
camera body
> price range?
>
> Seems the camera bodies are pretty hard to beat for the
quality/price and
> the duality.
>
> The SBIGS seem just a tad too high, so I figure there must be a
astro-imager
> that has the price closer the camera bodies.
>
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Gaze on
>
> dave
>
> ]

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