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    Dec 16, 2019 4 minutes

    CANON ANNOUNCES ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY FOCUSED EOS RA

    CANON has announced the latest iteration of the EOS R lineup of mirrorless full-frame cameras: the Canon EOS Ra. Rather than a complete redesign of the EOS R, this ‘special’ version comes with a number of features aimed at improving astrophotography performance.

    The major change is the IR blocking filter in the original EOS R has been modified to allow for infrared radiation, known as hydrogen alpha rays (Ha, 656.28nm), to be captured. On the standard EOS R, the IR filter is optimised to block these rays (which are invsiible), however in astrophotography, capturing them is necessary to gather accurate colour information of distant galaxies. The modification means the EOS Ra is

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