EOS RP or R10 for astrophotography + general use?

mpii wrote:

Hello! I have been looking for a new camera to get started in landscape astrophotography but I would also love to get nice photos of animals and city life as well. I haven't seen many photos of the R10 at night time for astrophotography so I'm hesitant in that aspect how well it could perform. But I have seen some astro photographies taken with the RP and it looks great with good lenses!

Also, since the ASP-C sensor is cropped and there is less light coming in, I thought that photos during night time would have more noise?

But also the R10 has 15fps I believe? whereas the RP only 5fps...

So I am a bit hesitant on which one I should get, any advice would be very helpful!

The RP has a rather old sensor, and of course an older computer. It wasn't the greatest FF sensor, and the 10 might not be any worse than it for astro. Odds are in that area you'll be using stacking and such anyway, so probably the lenses matter more. Stacking is an effective way to remove noise. Since you'd be doing it manually, then older EF or third party lenses could work well. I had an RP, and it was fine, but not sure I'd take it over the R10. I prefer my Pentax for astro since it's still the best out there for night landscape IMHO, but at the end of the day any camera can do night stuff with the right lens.

For general use I'd decide based on the lenses with AF you'd use. Good FF lenses tend to be more expensive especially for longer reaches, if animals are on the agenda. In fact you'll find even some FF users here who've purchased crop sensors to use with wildlife shooting. And I don't remember the RP as having as good AF as the newer R cameras, although I haven't tried the R10. That FPS advantage might help with animals too.