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Canon 760d or Sony a 6000 are good in astrophotography?

Started Apr 29, 2017 | Questions thread
BarnET Veteran Member • Posts: 3,581
Re: Canon 760d or Sony a 6000 are good in astrophotography?
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Su-Hoon Cho wrote:

Im deciding to be a camera. Even thought theres a hype between mirrorless and dslr.

Anyone here have tried this to in astrophotography?

The spec i like in a6000 is

1. FPS Burst Rate

2. Small and light

3. No shutter life ( i guess)

It does have a mechanical shutter which will wear out just like the Dslr one.

It doesn't have a electronic shutter like most of it's mirrorless peers. Electronic shutters will never wear down. But they can't be used with

- Flash (won't sync)

- Fluorescent lighting (banding)

- Fast motion (Rolling shutter)

- Long exposures (generally 1 sec limit)

4. Affordable unlike 760d

The specs i like in 760d is

1. Top lcd

2. Cheaper Lens than mirrorless.

3. More battery life.

4. Optical Viewfinder.

But i found some issues on a6000 like grainy images, low battery capacity.

If anyone here tried this 2 in astrophotography may i know your answers.

With Astro also look at Pentax. They can use their IBIS systems to compensate the rotation of the earth. Allowing even longer shutterspeeds and cleaner images.

That would be the K70 with the GPS accessory at the minimum.

Further indeed ask in the astro forum.

Some camera's heat up more then others during long exposures. Which makes them less then ideal. Then last you might wanna check out how easy it is to make them full spectrum.

With Fuji it's just removing one of the pieces in front of the sensor. With others it's glued so depending on your skill you might have to send it away.

Orion Constellation using my canon ixus 90ls. I forgot the settings.

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