Canon announce Canon 20D for Astrophotography - Canon 20Da

[weixing]

Hi,
Canon just announce a special 20D for Astrophotography - Canon 20Da. But it will only be available in Japan.

Anyway, according to their website, which is in japenese language, but got some chinese character... I think the main difference is:
1) it is 2.5 times more sensitive in H-Alpha than a normal digital camera... meaning the internal IR-cut filter is remove.

2) it can focus through the LCD and has a 10 times and 5 times magnification mode(I think so) for accurate focusing.

The japanese website is:
http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/20da/index.html

Those who understand japanese may want to read the website and see if I give the correct information or not...

So, any of our expert astrophotographer getting one???

Have a nice day.

[Q]

haha, this is a joke...

I meant i believe it but the jokes on those who have modified... haha

[weixing]

Hi,
Found a translation of the Canon website into english:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfis ... index.html

Seem like it got a new custom function to reduce noise further for long exposure.

Anyway, the ability to view live image at 5 times and 10 times magnification will be quite useful when focusing.

Have a nice day.

[JY]

That's very interesting !
Thanks for the links,

Jean-Yves