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

Started Apr 29, 2017 | Questions
Su-Hoon Cho New Member • Posts: 4
Canon 760d or Sony a 6000 are good in astrophotography?

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)

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.

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

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Stan in NH
Stan in NH Senior Member • Posts: 1,898
Re: Canon 760d or Sony a 6000 are good in astrophotography?

If you touch your photo in the post,  the camera information and settings will be displayed.

The sensor used on the 760 series is known to generate banding with the type of heavy post processing used in astrophotography, so this may not be the best choice if you intend to do more than simple long time exposures of the night sky.   Check some of the astrophotography forums to get a better idea of which cameras are best suited to this type of specialty photography.

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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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