recent deep sky images

On 26 Jan 2006 01:50:37 -0800, wrote:

I put that firmware in my 300D about 2 months ago and now the bloody
red-eye light wont stop flashing

Oops - is there any record of this problem on the web Rob? I must
admit I've not heard of it before.
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Pete
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Hi Guys,

Thanks for the good comments and feedback.

On 26 Jan 2006 01:50:37 -0800, wrote:

I put that firmware in my 300D about 2 months ago and now the bloody
red-eye light wont stop flashing

Oops - is there any record of this problem on the web Rob? I must
admit I've not heard of it before.

Neither had I and I was going to update the firmware this weekend so
I'll hold fire until.

Thanks for the comments Pete, it's certainly a breeze using the camera
and I'm sure with more practise I can get more out of it.

Re the comment about the Moon image - Pete's right - the actual exposure
was 1/200 at 100ISO so at that exposure there would be no camera shake
(I'll update the site to mention this). I also use a long cable release
and stand a few feet away from the scope to minimise extraneous
vibrations - especially when it's freezing and I'm tempted to stamp my
feet to keep warm :-)

Got some images of the BY Cnc Saturn event and will be putting some up
soon on my site - only saw the star just after it left the disk but it
was quite something - glad the sky behaved and gave me enough clear
patches to get some avi's .

best wishes

Paul
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Pete Lawrence wrote:


Forgive the question but how are you triggering the camera?

IR remote release.

adm wrote:


Doh ! Sorry - didn't read the original post enough.....and had just been
experimenting with my Nikon D70 (which doesn't have mirror lock either)...

So how does your D70 perform? Have you tried it with a telescope on moon or
planets (or anything at all with fast shutter speed)? From the answers I
get here I can only draw the conclusion it's something very wrong with my
D70. When I pratice the "hat trick", everything works just fine.

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adm wrote:


Doh ! Sorry - didn't read the original post enough.....and had just been
experimenting with my Nikon D70 (which doesn't have mirror lock
either)...

So how does your D70 perform? Have you tried it with a telescope on moon
or
planets (or anything at all with fast shutter speed)? From the answers I
get here I can only draw the conclusion it's something very wrong with my
D70. When I pratice the "hat trick", everything works just fine.

Im sorry, but as of yet, it doesn't perform at all. I've just been making
sure I can get it to focus properly with the adaptors I have and haven't
actually had time to take it outside at night and image anything yet ! (The
only chance I have had so far this year - due to clouds and business travel-
I used my Toucam to image Saturn) So far, I only have some blurry shots of a
screw head on my shed door 60m down the garden....

I'm going to get one of Hap Griffin's D70 cables
http://www.hapg.org/astrocables.htm though and try and get it set up with
either images plus or MaximDL. To be honest, I probably won't even use it
much with my current scope (LX200 10") and am really getting ready for when
I get a wider field scope - probably a short tube 80ED or similar to
piggyback on the LX.