"Stefan Lilge" wrote in
:

Shankar,

you can find a comparison of the D70 and and the 10D at
http://www.astrosurf.org/buil/d70v10d/eval.htm

Thanks. That was very informative, I think. It will take me some time to
digest that. Maybe a lot of time.

As for other non-removable-lens cameras I would suggest to leave
them alone for astro photos. They all have very small pixels and
small pixels can not "catch" a lot of light which means that you
won't get a good signal/noise ratio (pictures will look noisy).

I have begun approaching that conclusion myself. I am beginning to
contemplate the idea that using one of the larger Starlight Express CCD
cameras may be a better overall solution. I am unlikely to do this very
seriously, so I don't think I am looking at escalating rapidly to a big
SBIG camera or anything like that.

Thanks again.

- Shankar