ST-8300C or Starlight Express SXRV-M25C

Hello.

I'm thinking of making the move from my DSLR to a one shot color camera. I'm looking for advice on these two cameras; SBIG ST-8300C and the Starlight Express M25C. My scopes will be an 80mm/480mm F/6 refractor and a 130mm / 780mm F6 refractor. I'm leaning towards the SBIG because of the smaller pixels, but the cost difference for the M25C is not a problem if I get a better camera. Does one have advantages over the other?

Also, seeing Starlight does not provide control software I will be using Astroart4.

Any help and guidance is appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

I personally would take a Sony chip over a Kodak chip if the specs of the sony chip satisfied my needs. Much less dark current, which I can attest to having owned a SXV-H9--among other advantages. I would like to see sony come out with more chips that would work well in Astro-CCD cameras (espcially B/W chips) but according to what Ive heard from the people at Starlight Xpress this will probably never happen. The larger markets they make chips for do not overlap well with Astro-CCD is my guess?

BTW, the SXV-M26c is coming out soon if it's not out already. I believe the wait on this camera is for the software makers to develop drivers for the camera. Worth taking a look at.

Mike

I have been down the one shot color road more than once. It seems a natural switch from film or DSLR. However, I have founf that the quality of the photos not nearly as good as filtered monochromatic. Don't be afraid of Photoshop. There is no easy way to get quality stuff.

I have been down the one shot color road more than once. It seems a natural switch from film or DSLR. However, I have founf that the quality of the photos not nearly as good as filtered monochromatic. Don't be afraid of Photoshop. There is no easy way to get quality stuff.