The gains for imagers are immense. | Published: May 15, 2026 This Milky Way image was shot through a DSLR modified for astrophotography. Credit: Molly Wakeling There comes a point in many astrophotographers’ lives when we realize that our standard DSLR just isn’t going to cut it anymore, and there’s just one reason why. There’s a noticeable lack of red in astroimages, and the stock UV/IR filter over the sensor is the culprit. To better mimic the human eye, these filters have low transmission in the red region of the visible spectrum. But for imagers, that’s where all the glowing hydrogen is that’s scattered across the universe. Whether you’re shooting wide-field Milky Way nightscapes or long exposures of the Lagoon Nebula (M8) through a telescope, using an astromodified DSLR will bring much more color — particularly in the Hydrogen-alpha red region — to your images.…