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Yeah I have a D850 which does very well due to low noise and good size sensor.
It’s funny how quickly my perception moved from ‘photographing’ to ‘data sampling’ with my first experiments with DSO. Between getting your darks, lights, mids, then stacking. It’s definitely a process. You can still get some great results straight of camera though. The first time I shot Orion I was amazed, so def want more.
Current issue is balancing the mak with 2kg of DLSR hanging off the back… more dovetail required.
benjam-
Current issue is balancing the mak
Hello ridiculous Harmonic Drive mounts that require no counter balance at all.
https://www.firstlightoptics.com/harmonic-drive-mounts.htmlAnd of course, that made it possible to at least imagine I could travel with this stuff.
Velocio
I'm split on visual and photography... a large part of me wants to just do visual, but I want to see deep sky and really you need the benefit of time and a super long exposure, hence the photography comes in then.
I'd sat on this idea for years, my first serious bookmarks for buying a telescope was in 2018 when I really wanted a Takahashi FS60Q with their Teegul mount. I've not deviated from that initial idea much, the Takahashi FSQ-85EDX is the grown up quadruplet version of it, and is just more precise as this kind of astrophotography whilst still being amazing for visual. The big changes of course are all around the mount, and then things to make photography work. My initial thing was "just use a DSLR", but the ones I've got are all Sony and no ASCOM support rules them out and focusing all night would be a PITA... so I just said fuck it... just go all in, hence the setup I eventually chose.