Several months ago now, I purchased a Canon Powershot A510 for use in astronomy. I selected it because of its Manual mode which allows me to control most everything about the camera. Overall, I’ve been very happy with its astrophoto capabilities, as can be seen in my photo gallery.
I have since started using the Canon over my other camera, a 4.1 MP Sony, for regular everyday use. The color on the Canon is significantly better and that outweighs the resolution difference. The canon has really been an awesome camera, but I have noticed one problem with it that really bugs me. The red-eye reduction on it stinks. I have more pictures that have demon-eyes than I ever have. I never had a problem with the Sony in this area. Very frustrating!
That’ll just push me more and more toward the DSLR I really want 🙂
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You’ve probably seen this already:
Click to access 365days.pdf
Maybe if I get lucky enough enough to get a tax refund this year, I’ll buy a telescope, I think Jaina would get a kick out of it. She loves looking over the NASA photo gallery.
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I was looking at that just today – gave it a quick glance over and it looks terrific.
If/when you look for one (telescope), let me know and I’ll do what I can to assist if you’d like.
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