Re: Film SLR or Digital Camera?

Sam wrote:


In the last couple of years, the consumer electronics market has
witnessed a plethora of affordable digital cameras (even some of them
come with CCDs), which some amateur astrophotographers have put use to
take some amazing pictures. Further, I have noticed in many articles
that cheap webcams can also be used to get some handy work done.

Now coming over to my question, I was wondering if some experienced
people out there can tell me what the best strategy should be. Should I
explore film based camera first and then move on to the digital
counterparts. I am aware that there are troubles on both sides. For
example, some digital cams donot provide infinite shutter times,
rendering them useless for deep space astrophotog and film based
astrophotog might be expensive and time consuming!


Take a look at this excellent book...

Digital Astrophotography the State of the Art
by David Ratledge
ISBN: 1852337346
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1852337346/103-3369864-9176661?v=glance&n=283155
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