Oregon: Not so Clear Skies right now.
Radarsski HAPPY NEW YEAR
So, keep in mind that I am pretty new to this myself with only 4 - 5 months of experience, so take what I say with a grain of salt and hopefully someone else will chime in here!radarsski wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:29 am Hey James, thanks for the input and yes , not far from me there are Bortle 4 skies. I can get in my motorhome and be at class 3 skies in an hour. Live NW of Portland Oregon and around Mount Saint Helens there are some sweet dark sites. It is so dark with no Moon that you have a hard time making out Constellations because all of the stars. In your opinion, would you get a color camera rather than a mono camera and what are the advantages of the two. With color, in processing, do you just enhance the color, or go with mono so as to get more detail?
James, my sleeping meds are kicking in and I'm off to bed. Would like to learn what you know about the cameras and general knowledge. The T5i is a great camera and I will save my bucks for a cooled cool camera.
Thanks again and Happy New Year.
Radarsski
In a word, no. Once the IR filter is removed the camera is only suitable for Astrophotography. Its days of 'regular' imaging are over.Would I be better off modifying the T5i and use filters with it for AP/Terrestrial
This is what you get with a large sensor and some of the issues Henk describes.SkyHiker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 5:09 pm I see several 5d mark ii bodies on Ebay for that price, one for $400 so no need to rush.
The 5d mark ii is full frame 36x24 mm, the 294mc pro is 19x13 mm, about 1/3 of the area. The full frame sensor could get you M31 entirely which the 294 can't do. Make sure your CC can handle that size.
When modded the price of the 5d mark ii is about the same but the weight is much more.
It can store the images on flash so it is easier to use.
However with a 2" focuser you might get vignetting - I have seen spectacular images from a 6D by Fishlocator on the AF but he had a 2.5" focuser. I recommend checking all threads there started by him.
If the focuser were not an issue personally I would go with the modified 5d mark ii. Actually I would go with a 6D for a bit more because I know that one works well.
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