I am thinking of buying some Cameras for general and astro use, with the 
possibility I can offer them to astronomers too..

Which ones do people think are the best for the job, both astronomy & as a 
general camera? 10DA springs to mind?

Are any of these any good to offer to astro-photographers??

The prices would be good too.

Let me know your thoughts on them

Sony A200 DSLR
Sony Alpha A350 SLR
Nikon D60 SLR
NikonD80
NikonD300
Sony Alpha 700  SLR
Olympus SP570UZ DSLR
Samsung DSLR Cameras
Nikon D40  18-55mm DSLR Kit
Canon EOS 450D Digital SLR

Thanks for your help and input

Andy

Mr Andrew R Green BSc(Hons) FBIS, FRAS
Fellow British Interplanetary Society
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society
Director & Lecturer, StarDome - Astronomy & Astronautics
Director Anglo-Australian Astro Education Partnership

"Andy G"  wrote in message 
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>I am thinking of buying some Cameras for general and astro use, with the 
>possibility I can offer them to astronomers too..
>
> Which ones do people think are the best for the job, both astronomy & as a 
> general camera? 10DA springs to mind?
>
> Are any of these any good to offer to astro-photographers??
>
> The prices would be good too.
>
> Let me know your thoughts on them
>
> Sony A200 DSLR
> Sony Alpha A350 SLR
> Nikon D60 SLR
> NikonD80
> NikonD300
> Sony Alpha 700  SLR
> Olympus SP570UZ DSLR
> Samsung DSLR Cameras
> Nikon D40  18-55mm DSLR Kit
> Canon EOS 450D Digital SLR
>
> Thanks for your help and input

I've got the Canon EOS 350D (forerunning to the 450D).  All in all its a 
good camera, I don't have any faults with it.

You can see some images taken with it here 
http://www.dasmirnov.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=15 - most are with the 
350D, but planetary stuff is with a webcam.  The long exposure stuff through 
a telescope is done a TAL 2M, which has seen better days when it was 
slightly more steady.

-- 
Paul Smith,
    Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/

*Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*

Thanks for the feedback Paul,

I am planning on putting a page on my site offering cameras soon. 
www.stardomeplanetarium.co.uk I already have some eyepieces on their from 
Pentax.

All the best

Andy

Mr Andrew R Green BSc(Hons) FBIS, FRAS
Fellow British Interplanetary Society
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society
Director & Lecturer, StarDome - Astronomy & Astronautics
Director Anglo-Australian Astro Education Partnership

Thanks for the feedback Paul,

I am planning on putting a page on my site offering cameras soon.
www.stardomeplanetarium.co.uk I already have some eyepieces on their from
Pentax.

All the best

Andy

Mr Andrew R Green BSc(Hons) FBIS, FRAS
Fellow British Interplanetary Society
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society
Director & Lecturer, StarDome - Astronomy & Astronautics
Director Anglo-Australian Astro Education Partnership

Andy commented:

>I am planning on putting a page on my site offering cameras soon.
>www.stardomeplanetarium.co.uk I already have some eyepieces on their from
>Pentax.
>

If you can get hold of some second hand Canon 300D's and get them
modified they still give good results and might be an affordable
alternative to the higher end cameras. Just a thought as I'm still using
my 300D and am going to get it modified after using COAA's recently
modified camera and getting good results with it.

Best wishes

Paul M
-- 
For my web site - Astrospace go to http://www.astrospace.co.uk
For Astro holidays that are outathis world go visit the following:
Fieldview  http://www.fieldview.net/
COAA (Algarve) http://www.coaa.co.uk/index.html

The Idea will be to supply brand new cameras and then let the people that 
buy them get them modified as they wish.

Hope things are going well Paul

Cheers & all the best

Andy

Mr Andrew R Green BSc(Hons) FBIS, FRAS
Fellow British Interplanetary Society
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society
Director & Lecturer, StarDome - Astronomy & Astronautics
Director Anglo-Australian Astro Education Partnership