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[PABresler]

I thought using tri-color film AP might render colors equivalent to digital, but much cheaper than a mono CMOS camera? If this is not practical, how does color film AP compare to digital? Is there any advantage?

 

Peter

[TxStars]

For me film is an expressive art form that I choose to do because I like it..

With film I don't have to do image manipulation, it is more of a what I capture is what I get type of image.

[Michal1]

I thought using tri-color film AP might render colors equivalent to digital, but much cheaper than a mono CMOS camera? If this is not practical, how does color film AP compare to digital? Is there any advantage?

 

Peter

There are infinite discussions on this topic (totally boring for me after the years). One recent at this forum:

https://www.cloudyni...m-over-digital/

Briefly, film is less sensitive, captures less detail with the same lens/telescope. Film images are nicer to look at for bright targets/widefield images/startrails (my personal taste). The other sort of targets, i.e. long telescope shots of nebulas/clusters/galaxies/planets, are rather a job for digital sensors.

[17.5Dob]

Of greater concern is what mount do you have that can reliably track for 45 min to an hour per channel....