I recently made the switch from from an old Pentaz zx-m to a ccd. The pentax actually broke the mount on my telescope while I was tracking. I also decided to go with a ccd because I am tired of shooting rolls of film and paying for development and only ending up with 3 or 4 good shots. My greatest problem with the film was lens flare. I do have several nice colored lens flare shots of the moon, but for the most part that, or scratches on the film made the "old" way of astrophotography too time consuming. Of course I have only had one clear sky since my new telescope and camera arrived, so I don't know if the CCD way is any better. Great write up though, thanks a lot.

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