Re: [APML] To Robert Reeves...and all

[Alan Voetsch <critter12952@yahoo.com>]

--- Tony Hallas <tonyhallas@foothill.net> wrote:
> One other note... to get really good
> results with a CCD requires much more work than a
> film shot... these devices are permeated with NOISE
> !!!  You can get rid of most of it, but it takes a
> lot of extra effort and time.

Tony,

It is amazing to me how hard this concept is to get
across to most people. Many think that first class
galaxy shots are reachable by anyone with a CCD camera
and a few minutes of time. I'm VERY glad I signed up
on the SBIG users group last year, it saved me a lot
of frustration. I know now that there is a lot still
for me to learn with film and that great, easy shots
just don't fall out of a CCD camera. They require lots
of exposure time and plenty of processing time.

Alan

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