Full Frame vs Crop Sensor

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Hi,

Not sure where to put this but I just saw this on YouTube - interesting.



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Re: Full Frame vs Crop Sensor

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The autoguiding of one unit was horrible (very oblong stars) compared to the other so any comparison of the camera and optics goes out the window I think. It would have been better to use a different camera on the same system in short succession with the same autoguiding.
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