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Basic astro photography question
Hello all,
I have a basic astro photography question I though some of you may be able to help me with. I have recently bought a Canon G5 digital camera for general photography. As it's got the facility to manually override shutter speed, aperture etc I thought I would have a go at doing some basic astro photography (I'm not expecting anything great, just a few shots of planets to begin with). I can get fairly good results by just sticking the camera on a tripod and taking shots but I'm keen to mount it on my telescope. I've seen two types of mounts and wondered if anybody can pass on experiences of using them, good or bad. Some example photos would also be really useful (don't post them to the news group though as it's not a binary group): Firstly there is the bracket type of mount e.g. this one from telescope house. http://www.telescopehouse.co.uk/product.php?section id=5&subsection id=29&product id=337 And secondly there are the adapters that enable your camera to screw directly to an eyepiece like the "Adapt-T" from Astro Engineering http://www.astro-engineering.com/ (although they don't seem to have an adapter to fit my camera). Any advice gratefully received, Chris. |
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Hi Chris,
Same name, same camera :-) I also have a G5 which is a great camera, but more difficult to attach to telescope's to achieve good results. I tried it last night against my 2mb Kodak DC3800 and that won hands down, albeit only handheld. I cannot find much in UK for attaching the G5, but at www.scopetronics.com they do have such a beast in the Maxview-40, if anyone has tried one of these please respond, as I think I am going for this one, with the adaptor it comes in at $189, but with the current £ to $ that's about £100, but you'll get hit by customs for approx £30..if you have a friend or relative in the states then that's easier. Luckily my sister lives in LA, so its pretty good. Chris "Chris" wrote in message ... Hello all, I have a basic astro photography question I though some of you may be able to help me with. I have recently bought a Canon G5 digital camera for general photography. As it's got the facility to manually override shutter speed, aperture etc I thought I would have a go at doing some basic astro photography (I'm not expecting anything great, just a few shots of planets to begin with). I can get fairly good results by just sticking the camera on a tripod and taking shots but I'm keen to mount it on my telescope. I've seen two types of mounts and wondered if anybody can pass on experiences of using them, good or bad. Some example photos would also be really useful (don't post them to the news group though as it's not a binary group): Firstly there is the bracket type of mount e.g. this one from telescope house. http://www.telescopehouse.co.uk/product.php?section id=5&subsection id=29&product id=337 And secondly there are the adapters that enable your camera to screw directly to an eyepiece like the "Adapt-T" from Astro Engineering http://www.astro-engineering.com/ (although they don't seem to have an adapter to fit my camera). Any advice gratefully received, Chris. |
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Thanks, that's interesting (but a little expensive).
There are plenty of good photos on the scopetronix website using the Maxview/Digi-T (and a couple using the G5). There's also a $89 option there for an adapter to connect to common eyepieces (just the Digi-T I think). It looks like BC&F astro engineering's system (adap-T) is similar and cheaper but they have not got around to making an adapter that connects the part that fits to the eyepiece to a G5. I wrote to them a few days ago asking for some advice but nothing yet. cheers, Chris "Chris Jones" wrote in message ... Hi Chris, Same name, same camera :-) I also have a G5 which is a great camera, but more difficult to attach to telescope's to achieve good results. I tried it last night against my 2mb Kodak DC3800 and that won hands down, albeit only handheld. I cannot find much in UK for attaching the G5, but at www.scopetronics.com they do have such a beast in the Maxview-40, if anyone has tried one of these please respond, as I think I am going for this one, with the adaptor it comes in at $189, but with the current £ to $ that's about £100, but you'll get hit by customs for approx £30..if you have a friend or relative in the states then that's easier. Luckily my sister lives in LA, so its pretty good. Chris "Chris" wrote in message ... Hello all, I have a basic astro photography question I though some of you may be able to help me with. I have recently bought a Canon G5 digital camera for general photography. As it's got the facility to manually override shutter speed, aperture etc I thought I would have a go at doing some basic astro photography (I'm not expecting anything great, just a few shots of planets to begin with). I can get fairly good results by just sticking the camera on a tripod and taking shots but I'm keen to mount it on my telescope. I've seen two types of mounts and wondered if anybody can pass on experiences of using them, good or bad. Some example photos would also be really useful (don't post them to the news group though as it's not a binary group): Firstly there is the bracket type of mount e.g. this one from telescope house. http://www.telescopehouse.co.uk/product.php?section id=5&subsection id=29&product id=337 And secondly there are the adapters that enable your camera to screw directly to an eyepiece like the "Adapt-T" from Astro Engineering http://www.astro-engineering.com/ (although they don't seem to have an adapter to fit my camera). Any advice gratefully received, Chris. |
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