On Friday, May 18, 2001, at 10:33 PM, D. Ray East wrote:

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> Bill Arnett wrote:
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>> I have a question about how to count pixels. My Canon D30 camera has
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> Bill you have a D30 boy am I glad to hear that. Give me all the details
> about the camera from an owners viewpoint.
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> Will it work for any Astro photos?

A little. I've taken some lunar and planetary images that don't suck.
But for deep sky, forget it. WIthout a cooler it's pretty hopeless.
Exposure times are limited to no more than 30 seconds or a minute
(depending on the ISO setting).

As for its use for non-astronomical purposes, the following is far
better than anything I could say:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canond30/
All I can say is that I'm 100% satisfied with it in that regard.

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Bill Arnett
http://nineplanets.org/ 37 27 38 N 122 16 11 W

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