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Posted by Robert: Mon May 28th, 2018 03:55 1st Post
https://nikonrumors.com/2018/05/27/new-nikon-d850-cooled-camera-for-astrophotography.aspx/#more-122197

A tad (OK, more than a tad) expensive but it's a true mirrorless D850. Zero hot pixels after 450 second exposure.

I want one!



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Posted by Eric: Mon May 28th, 2018 06:55 2nd Post
Robert wrote:
https://nikonrumors.com/2018/05/27/new-nikon-d850-cooled-camera-for-astrophotography.aspx/#more-122197

A tad (OK, more than a tad) expensive but it's a true mirrorless D850. Zero hot pixels after 450 second exposure.

I want one!

You would be in seventh heaven.:lol:

Would this mean you wouldnt need the delay between taking your long exposures?



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Posted by Robert: Mon May 28th, 2018 07:52 3rd Post
Yep, and I could have really long exposures too! Star trails with a single exposure.

Also I could make pictures of nebula and stuff like that! Eighth heaven! :thumbs:



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Posted by jk: Mon May 28th, 2018 10:47 4th Post
Got to say that if you are into astrophotography then this is a real snip considering the work done tothe camera.



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Posted by Robert: Mon May 28th, 2018 12:23 5th Post
It seems very well thought out, I like the way they have simply used the camera as a receptacle and foundation both their sensor mount/lens adaptor, the filter holder is a nice touch.

I would expect in use you would use a larger screen to view the image.



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Posted by Robert: Tue May 29th, 2018 03:35 6th Post
They also do a modification service, if you have a D810 gathering dust then they will mod it for Astro with a similar setup to cool the sensor and prevent condensation of the optics.

http://www.centralds.net/cam/?page_id=5308

If someone is really keen on good astro photography, I think the cost of the modification is quite modest.



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Posted by amazing50: Thu May 31st, 2018 19:01 7th Post
Be interesting to know at what ambient temp the samples were taken as the TEC relies ao ambient.

Could be really cold if taken in Canada, where the high for the day is often -40:lol:



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