No Canon Interest in astrophotography?

The rise of Sony in astro is funny, their on-sensor noise reduction has been nicknamed 'star eater' and it is still present in their current models.

Has any other mainstream manufacturer made astro-oriented bodies?

scyrene said:

Has any other mainstream manufacturer made astro-oriented bodies?

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neuroanatomist said:

Nikon D810A | DSLR Designed Exclusively for Astrophotography

Nikon D810A DSLR is designed for use in Astrophotography; featuring 36.3MP, no optical low-pass filter and more.

www.nikonusa.com

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Of course! Thanks

koenkooi said:

The rise of Sony in astro is funny, their on-sensor noise reduction has been nicknamed 'star eater' and it is still present in their current models.

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Plus they don't have any astro modified cameras, as far as I know. Sony's marketing genius can't be denied. As long as they have so many internet influencers recommending Sony, people will buy them no matter how good or crappy they are.

Canon's 6Da and Ra are still among the most reco0mmended by astro sites, as far as I could tell.

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6Da and Ra are still good cameras, but as you can see (link) Canon seems to be loosing ground amongst photographers who’s astrophotos have been shortlisted for “Astrophoto of the year” for the last five years, so I think it’s fair to assume, that these photographers know their gear as well as the competition on the market.
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Yeah, I don’t want to argue against people actually doing the thing and being successful at it.

My kids are finally at an age where I can start thinking about voluntarily losing sleep to try astro

The funny thing is, I spent a lot of time being an amateur astronomer back in the day, and in that community "astrophotography" means taking pictures through a telescope (which will be very narrow field of view!), rather than star fields with a wide angle lens. Which could get entertaining in film days when you wouldn't see your results until later. To be honest at the time it struck me as an exercise in frustration greater than golf. Then a few decades later there were digital cameras but they were expensive because only specialized models could do a long exposure.

If I ever decide to get into it now, of course, I can adapt a telescope onto my camera, and it simply becomes a really big lens.

neuroanatomist said:

Nikon D810A | DSLR Designed Exclusively for Astrophotography

Nikon D810A DSLR is designed for use in Astrophotography; featuring 36.3MP, no optical low-pass filter and more.

www.nikonusa.com

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That 810A was quite hard to find compared to Canon cameras.