Re: [APML] OT: Nikon D2H Astrophotography Tests

[Jerry Lodriguss <jerry@astropix.com>]

>I second Rob's congrats on an excellent review. Great detail and support
>data (photos) in your usual easy-to-read style. It's nice to see another
>highly experienced expert in the field wading into the realm of the DSLR !!!

Hi Derek,  Thank you for your kind words. I don't know how deep I'm going 
to wade though. <G>



>BTW: Hey! It's nice to see the all of you unfortunate Nikon folks have
>something to use if they choose the DSLR option. It was getting lonely out
>here in "Canon-land" {snicker snicker :-) }LOL.

I agree. Believe me, I would be shooting Canon I had to pay for it with my 
own money.




>Regarding the resolution issue....I recall that Roger N Clark quantitatively
>determined that the Canon  10D's chip is capable of resolution/noise levels
>equivalent to Fuji Velvia 50 colour film. That's pretty damn good.....not
>quite hypered tech-pan...but close.

Pretty darn close is right. For my daytime/nighttime sports photography, 
the digital cameras have definitely surpassed film, even with only a 4 
megapixel sensor in the D2H.


>Perhaps we could ask Roger to post a link to his excellent resolution tests
>for our perusal.

Here are his online articles:

http://clarkvision.com/imagedetail/index.html






>Anyway, Jerry, I hope the Nikon D2H can deliver excellent resolution/noise
>performance for you. I will be interested in seeing what you get shooting
>through the AP130 that you know so well...I have an AP130 as well, the EDFS
>version.

I'm curious to see what it can do with longer exposures at f/6 and f/8.



>  You can check out some of my earliest shots with the Canon 10D at
>www.pbase.com\derek_baker  I used the web site on a trial basis to get some
>of my shots shared, but I can't download there anymore.

You've got some nice stuff there. I didn't have any trouble accessing it.

Jerry



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