Re: Digital reflex vs Webcam

From: Martin Frey (martinfrey_at_snipclara.co.uk)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 10:11:05 +0000

rmollise@aol.com (Rod Mollise) wrote:

>If you just want to image the planets, go the webcam route. I'm convinced
>nothing will beat 'em (when combined with Registax) for planetary detail. I've
>found that you really start getting the details _down_ on Jupiter, for example,
>after about 300 stacked frames. You probably will not be able to take 300
>frames with a DSLR in the 90 seconds or so required to prevent smearing due to
>planetary rotation. Also, the small pixels of the webcams are very well suited
>to high res imaging.
>
>If you also want to shoot the deep sky, and maybe terrestrial images, get the
>DSLR.

Expand the thread - where do the dedicated ccds - SBIGs and Starlights
- fit in with this analysis?

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Martin Frey
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