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Date: 29 Oct 2006 06:00:11
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Subject: slr camera advice
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Hi
My girlfriend wants an slr camera for christmas. I want to borrow it
and take astro photos, either standalone wide sky shots, through a zoom
or attached to a telescope. Any advice? Can I do decent planetary
shots with an slr and registax (akin to the Toucam pictures)?
russ
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 17:35:21
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: DLR in C5 prime focus: cannot get fully in-focus images
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Joe Ringer wrote:
> You wrote:
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>> When attaching our new Canon 350D SLR to the prime focus
>> of our little C5, we cannot obtain the sharpness that the
>> camera viewfinder (SLR) shows us.
>> Even though using lock-mirror, 2-10 sec. (remote) self-timer
>> and exposure times of 50th of a second and faster,
>> images taken are way to blurry (daytime).
>> Goddammit. What are we doing wrong ?
>> Reg. Pete J.
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> Do you wear glasses, if so focus with them on.
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> Joe
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C5s have very poor stability for astro-photography. Even the shutter
will vibrate the setup... get out the sandbags. Try leaving the shutter
open and using a black card to start and stop exposures... at least the
longer ones.
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 09:32:43
From: Stephen Paul
Subject: Re: slr camera advice
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rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> My girlfriend wants an slr camera for christmas. I want to borrow it
> and take astro photos, either standalone wide sky shots, through a zoom
> or attached to a telescope. Any advice? Can I do decent planetary
> shots with an slr and registax (akin to the Toucam pictures)?
>
> russ
>
Here's a true story to ponder:
A friend had a Canon Rebel 300D he bought for astro and terrestrial.
After realizing how much work astro-imaging involves, he sold the 300D
and bought a much cheaper point and shoot digital with a built in zoom
for terrestrial and family photos.
My point is that your girlfriend has to have the desire and budget for a
"prosumer" quality camera for everyday use. Anything less isn't really
astro-worthy.
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 11:44:24
From: Protagonist
Subject: Re: slr camera advice
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Stephen Paul wrote:
> rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> My girlfriend wants an slr camera for christmas. I want to borrow it
>> and take astro photos, either standalone wide sky shots, through a zoom
>> or attached to a telescope. Any advice? Can I do decent planetary
>> shots with an slr and registax (akin to the Toucam pictures)?
>>
>> russ
>>
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> Here's a true story to ponder:
>
> A friend had a Canon Rebel 300D he bought for astro and terrestrial.
> After realizing how much work astro-imaging involves, he sold the 300D
> and bought a much cheaper point and shoot digital with a built in zoom
> for terrestrial and family photos.
>
> My point is that your girlfriend has to have the desire and budget for a
> "prosumer" quality camera for everyday use. Anything less isn't really
> astro-worthy.
Canon 300D 6 Mpix sells for $300-400 on the used market
Lot of camera compare to those latest match box size 3x zoom cameras,
with pinhole lenses and zillion Mega pixels for the same price.
JS
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Date: 29 Oct 2006 14:11:15
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: slr camera advice
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rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote:
> My girlfriend wants an slr camera for christmas. I want to borrow it
> and take astro photos, either standalone wide sky shots, through a zoom
> or attached to a telescope. Any advice? Can I do decent planetary
> shots with an slr and registax (akin to the Toucam pictures)?
>
Film or Digital?
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 07:54:03
From:
Subject: Re: slr camera advice
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rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> My girlfriend wants an slr camera for christmas. I want to borrow it
> and take astro photos, either standalone wide sky shots, through a zoom
> or attached to a telescope. Any advice? Can I do decent planetary
> shots with an slr and registax (akin to the Toucam pictures)?
Canon and Nikon are the best dSRLs in town. You can't go wrong with
either.
Basically, you are buying into a set of lenses with replacible camera
bodies.
Nikon is ahead in some Focal Lenghts and lens architectures, while
Canon
is ahead in others. I have a Canon dSLR.
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 08:32:49
From: nytecam
Subject: Re: slr camera advice
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rlayberry@hotmail.com Wrote:
> Hi My girlfriend wants an slr camera for christmas. I want to borrow
> it and take astro photos, either standalone wide sky shots, through a
> zoom
> or attached to a telescope. Any advice? Can I do decent planetary
> shots with an slr and registax (akin to the Toucam pictures)? russ
She -needs- a DSLR - the Canon range like 350D is the best buy on
either fixed tripod mount or piggyback it on scope with a standard or
long lens. My recent Comet Swan stuff done likewise at
http://tinyurl.com/yzm9ty
Nytecam
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nytecam
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Date: 31 Oct 2006 06:50:29
From:
Subject: Re: slr camera advice
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Sam Wormley wrote:
> rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote:
> > My girlfriend wants an slr camera for christmas. I want to borrow it
> > and take astro photos, either standalone wide sky shots, through a zoom
> > or attached to a telescope. Any advice? Can I do decent planetary
> > shots with an slr and registax (akin to the Toucam pictures)?
> >
>
> Film or Digital?
digital
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