Anthony's Astrophotography

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A long time ago in a galaxy far far away Canon created the first ever Digital SLR Camera for Astrophotography enthusiasts; The Canon EOS 20Da, despite it having a short lived life and no successors to it’s creation this Camera established Canon as a firm leader of choice in cameras for Astrophotographers and subsequently lead to a group of developers creating affordable and powerful tools that harness the power of Canon cameras (such as Backyard EOS).

As time went on and the 20Da was superseded by newer more powerful camera models and was no longer available for purchase people started performing modifications to their cameras to try and achieve the same level of sesitivity as the 20Da to these select light frequencies. It goes without saying that these are tricky modifications not for the faint hearted and also voided the warranties on the Camera. On the flip side for those that can afford the risk and managed to pull it off they could sit back and pump out some great photos from their Cameras.

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