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Mar 15, 2013 13:33 |  #1

I have been considering having my dslr shipped off to be modified for astrophotography but I really love regular daytime photography, macro, landscape, birding, architechtural. Naturally I am timid about loosing daytime image quality. I plan to have a bader IR filter inserted over the sensor so that I can continue daytime photography with a custom white balance but I am concerned about things like moire, autofocus, light sensitivity, color balance, and other oddities that occur when using the camera for non astrophotography so I wanted to start a thread asking for fellow astrophotographers to share properly white balanced daytime images taken with modded dslr's or with the 20Da or 60Da. I am sure this will help others as well so thanks for sharing.


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Mar 17, 2013 15:31 |  #2

I had a modded 40D. Not with the Baader filter, but clear glass. Used it for couple of years for both terrestrial and astro. Here's some of my terrestrial shots with it. As you've mentioned, it's just the white balance that's an issue but easy to fix in PP.

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Mar 19, 2013 20:21 |  #3

thanks troy, that is exactly what I was hoping to see. Looks like it's mod time.


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Mar 21, 2013 18:54 |  #4

I have a full spectrum modded 60D.

Auto White Balance

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Custom White Balance using Expo Disc
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Auto White Balance with Astronomik OWB CCD Type 3 Clip-Filter
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