CP+ 2015: Nikon shows off new D810a

All of these features that they have added are available in the less than $200 Olympus E-PM2. The biggest difference is the 4/3” sensor versus full frame. However, full frame is actually a drawback for astrophotography.
With astrophotography depth of field is always infinite so the “Full frame Equivalence” argument is irrelevant.

What is important is that trying to get a telescope to cover a full frame sensor is VERY expensive. You can get away with very inexpensive 1.5” filters and adapters with m4/3s where as you need the ridiculously expensive 2” filters and adapters for full frame.

A good full frame setup costs about 10x what an m4/3s setup does and gives you about 2-4x benefit in the image quality department.

You can use much smaller and less expensive mounts and telescopes with an m4/3s camera as well. The crop factor actually allows you to use a much faster focal ratio scope and still get the same field of view as a full frame camera reducing exposures times by 1/4.

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