Milkyway 14mm on crop sensor images anyone ?

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Hi..... This is possibly not quite the right place to put this thread as it's not a photo, but it is specific to astro photography so seemed the best place to ask.....

Rather than posting a photo, I'm asking if anyone has got examples of the milkyway shot at 14mm on a crop sensor body (preferably Canon).....even if stitched images.

The reason I ask is that I currently have a Canon 5d and a Samyang 14mm f/2.8 but am having doubts regarding a camera upgrade. My original plan was to upgrade to a 6d but I keep asking myself if I really need a full frame body. The main reason I keep thinking that I do is because I do have a liking for taking milkyway shots, but only occasionally get the chance....so I'm wondering if I would still be happy enough with the occasional milkyway shots on a crop sensor because most of my photography is probably more suited to a crop body.

Feel free to offer any other advice / comments on the subject if you don't have example images that I'm looking for.

I could try to find examples on Flickr but I'd have to go through each 14mm milkyway photo to check if it was on a crop body or not and often the camera info is not given anyway so thought I'd ask here.


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Have you tried searching Flickr for these shots?

Also bear in mind for Milky way shots and any astro a full frame body will work better in low light.

However I've taken Milky Way shots on M43 gear and they look ok.
 
DB72 said:
I could try to find examples on Flickr but I'd have to go through each 14mm milkyway photo to check if it was on a crop body or not and often the camera info is not given anyway so thought I'd ask here.
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GreenNinja67 said:
Or know how to search properly
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Would you care to enlighten me ?.....as I wasn't aware Flickr could be searched so specifically without having to trawl through lots of images that are not what I'm looking for.
 
As this is only my second post I can't add the link, but if you search for gazwold68 on Flickr, you'll find a couple on page 2 shot with a Canon 70d and the Samyang 14mm. Not overly exciting, but my first go at night photography last year. Should give you an idea of what a Canon crop sensor is capable of with the Samyang, there are also some Northern Lights pics on there using the same gear, which may help your thinking....
 
GarryG said:
As this is only my second post I can't add the link, but if you search for gazwold68 on Flickr, you'll find a couple on page 2 shot with a Canon 70d and the Samyang 14mm. Not overly exciting, but my first go at night photography last year. Should give you an idea of what a Canon crop sensor is capable of with the Samyang, there are also some Northern Lights pics on there using the same gear, which may help your thinking....
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Thanks Garry.... I've had a look and I think the field of view is probably not much tighter than what I often end up cropping my milkyway images down to anyway due to either vignetting and/or loss of details in the stars beyond a certain part of the milkyway.

I think I just need to consider Green Ninja's post
GreenNinja67 said:
Also bear in mind for Milky way shots and any astro a full frame body will work better in low light.
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regarding overall full frame vs crop sensor performance now...
 
And if you’re serious about low light photography consider switching to Nikon. They have a far superior sensor to Canons for this type of shot.
 
GreenNinja67 said:
And if you’re serious about low light photography consider switching to Nikon. They have a far superior sensor to Canons for this type of shot.
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I have also been considering that, and still not ruled it out completely.
 
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