"Jake" wrote in message
om...
When setup for afocal imaging when you need to take 100 shots for
stacking: how do you take continous images without having to hold down
the shutter button by hand (and induce vibrations)?

I've tried the self-timer but it takes forever because it cancels out
after every shot.

Hi,

You can do that by using a serial cable (Nikon SC-EW3) connected to your PC
and some clever softwa

See he

http://velatron.com/dca/theforce/

or this page from the same site:

http://velatron.com/dca/Personal/Setup/Laptop.htm

There's also this site which describes making your own serial cable, but it
seems to be down at the moment.

http://www.math.ualberta.ca/imaging/

On my own web site, there's a small tutorial on using a digital camera for
long exposure astrophotography.

http://www.smaal.info/astro_en/index...olpix995_astro


Regards,

Jeroen