New Canon "Astrophotography" camera

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/04/03/Canon-EOS-60Da-for-astrophotography

New gear for those start gazing nerds out there (like me)

Canon has released a new camera that is aimed at capturing the night sky with better details and low light capabilities.

For those of you that have an interest in photographing the night sky you will know that your DSLR has an inbuilt IR filter that stops you from seeing all the incredible details of the heavens above. This new camera has a modified infra-red blocker allowing more of the red from the astral nebula to be captured by the sensor, giving you a truly "out of this world" photo (I could not help the lame pun)

Other features include a variable angle flip-out screen with incredible resolution, this is very handy as you will be most likely aiming this at the sky on your tripod. So you are now saved a sore neck.

I will keep a look out for some sample/comparison images and post when I can.

For a nerd like me this is a pretty cool bit of kit for the amateur shooter as the previous method of taking such photos was to remove the IR blocker from the camera, which cannot be replaced easily and renders the camera useless in the daylight.

Happy shooting

Sean Ray.