New Camera mod on the horizon - my next camera

[h0ughy]

I have bit the bullet, after I just purchasing a G11 this week, I have gone ahead and ordered a modification for my 350D from this company http://www.centralds.net/en/index.htm . Just sent the camera off this afternoon.:Chessy_Smile:


I am really looking forward to this, it means that the dividing line between the DSLR's and the CCD dedicated cameras are getting closer. Wished I had this at Lostock in the heat, it would have delivered images taken 18deg Celsius cooler than the ambient air temp......that is great news, makes summer imaging more pleasurable and winter imagine divine

[Radar]

Did you get the lightbridge yet?

[h0ughy]

NO I shelved that for the G11, maybe get the lightbridge later next year.

[Radar]

I'll think you'll like the G11 mate. I had never used a GEM before buying mine so it was a bit of a learning curve, but once I worked everything out it became very enjoyable to use.

[h0ughy]

the G11 is one thing, this camera will be the bees Knees! I am so looking forward to getting it back. under the dark skies of SPSP and Qld Astrofest I will have a ball!

[AstroTasmania]

Hi Dave,

My 350D went off a few days ago to the same place, I had been trying to decide which way to go with the 350D - the added cooling clinched it. I had my Nikon 50D converted by another firm in the US to no filter, so useful for infra red imaging as well as full H-alpha astro.

This gives me all options now. One of the cameras will go on the back of my Starlight Express Adaptive Optics unit which also has the CCD guide camera., probably on the Tak Mewlon 210 at f/11.5, one on the Tak Epsilon 180ED 2.8, Tak FS-102 at f/6 and the WO 90 APO for the HX516B.

My aim is three to four cameras 3x DSLR's & one cooled CCD B&W for H-alpha on three or four scopes of different types, (all on the big mount) aimed at the same object to get three/four images for the same amount of time, but at different focal ratio's and wavelengths.

The AO + Guide CCD will of course guide for all the scopes. Should be an interesting exercise, it is why I am building the second observatory and remote operation from in the house. It's taken years to get this lot together, so now all we need is...

Clear skies...