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Nikon D80
Nikon has a new camera coming out soon, called the D80. Does anyone know
enough about this to understand whether the sensor will be any better suited for astrophotography than the D70? As a fellow interested in going digital for terrestrial purposes in the near term, I am fairly curious. My basic interest is in understanding whether the camera will store actual raw files without having to crash the camera and whether the noise performance is likely to be more like the Canon DSLRs. I don't know enough about this to be sure that I am asking sensible questions or whether this is even preliminarily addressable without a camera in hand. - Shankar |
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Nikon D80
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:45:00 +0000, Shankar Bhattacharyya wrote:
Nikon has a new camera coming out soon, called the D80. Does anyone know enough about this to understand whether the sensor will be any better suited for astrophotography than the D70? As a fellow interested in going digital for terrestrial purposes in the near term, I am fairly curious. My basic interest is in understanding whether the camera will store actual raw files without having to crash the camera and whether the noise performance is likely to be more like the Canon DSLRs. I don't know enough about this to be sure that I am asking sensible questions or whether this is even preliminarily addressable without a camera in hand. - Shankar It appears to be based on the D200, so should be a lot better regarding noise than the D70. Keep an eye on http://www.dpreview.com/ as their tests are very good. Currently there is a preview on the site http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond80/ Phil |
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Nikon D80
Phil wrote in
news On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:45:00 +0000, Shankar Bhattacharyya wrote: Nikon has a new camera coming out soon, called the D80. Does anyone know enough about this to understand whether the sensor will be any better suited for astrophotography than the D70? It appears to be based on the D200, so should be a lot better regarding noise than the D70. Keep an eye on http://www.dpreview.com/ as their tests are very good. Currently there is a preview on the site http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond80/ Thanks. I looked at dpreview. It looks like a promising camera for regular photography and the expected improvement in noise behaviour seems promising. However, I fear that Nikon will continue to save images as already somewhat processed files, so it will still be necessary to crash the camera. I don't know this for a fact, however. - Shankar |
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