IS in relation to amateur astrophotography

On 2010-02-13, Davoud wrote:
What I like about compact digital cameras is that they are not
necessarily limited to point-and-shoot only; my wife's and my Olympuses
offer a high degree of manual control so that a knowledgeable snap
shooter can control depth of field, compensate for backlighting, and
manage other parameters that lower-end compact cameras do not deal
with.

The Panasonic LX3 that I got my wife for Christams is a very
impressive compact camera. The only "limitation" is a small zoom but
I much prefer its fast lens to a long zoom for a lot of shots.

I'm going to try strapping it on my SCT for some night shots.

On Feb 23, 9:49*am, Scatter
wrote:.

I'm going to try strapping it on my SCT for some night shots.

Try holding the camera up to an 18mm, or longer focus, eyepiece on the
Moon or planets to take snaps. You could surprise yourself.

It needs an eyepiece with a large enough eye lens to allow a full beam
of light to enter the camera lens to fill the sensor. Otherwise there
is heavy vignetting. Plossls seem to work well.