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"Best" digital camera
Hello Group,
My wife has been agitating for a digital camera for x-mas. We currently do not own a digital camera. My thoughts towards buying a digital camera is that it must serve my wife's demands (family snapshots, etc.) and my desires to attach it to a telescope. My scope is a 4" f6 refractor. Does anyone have a suggestion on the "best" camera for this purpose? What make, model are people having the best results from? Thanks in advance, Scott |
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I think you will like the Canon Rebel D, SLR. Not only will this allow you
to take images of bright objects (moon, planets), but you can also do DSO's, as the camera will take images without noise for exposures much longer than you thought was possible. This means that you can take pictures of dim nebula, even without guiding. The only down side of the camera is the price. The lowest price I've seen for the camera (without lens) is $718. Al "scott" wrote in message m... Hello Group, My wife has been agitating for a digital camera for x-mas. We currently do not own a digital camera. My thoughts towards buying a digital camera is that it must serve my wife's demands (family snapshots, etc.) and my desires to attach it to a telescope. My scope is a 4" f6 refractor. Does anyone have a suggestion on the "best" camera for this purpose? What make, model are people having the best results from? Thanks in advance, Scott |
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Generally, a digital SLR (e.g., Canon 300D/Digital Rebel) is best,
since you can use the telescope as the lens. Non-dSLRs require an afocal approach and you have much more glass in the loop. Phil scott wrote: Hello Group, My wife has been agitating for a digital camera for x-mas. We currently do not own a digital camera. My thoughts towards buying a digital camera is that it must serve my wife's demands (family snapshots, etc.) and my desires to attach it to a telescope. My scope is a 4" f6 refractor. Does anyone have a suggestion on the "best" camera for this purpose? What make, model are people having the best results from? Thanks in advance, Scott |
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Bill Becker wrote:
You find somebody around here with a huge ego and borrow their hat. Me running and ducking Oops, never mind--I don't have a hat. Brian Tung The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/ Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/ The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/ My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt |
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:37:03 GMT, "Al" ...reflected:
I think you will like the Canon Rebel D, SLR. Not only will this allow you to take images of bright objects (moon, planets), but you can also do DSO's, as the camera will take images without noise for exposures much longer than you thought was possible. This means that you can take pictures of dim nebula, even without guiding. The only down side of the camera is the price. The lowest price I've seen for the camera (without lens) is $718. Al If everyone would stop running out to buy it the price would drop. We're all at the mercy of the other fellow's sense of value, I'm afraid. "scott" wrote in message om... Hello Group, My wife has been agitating for a digital camera for x-mas. We currently do not own a digital camera. My thoughts towards buying a digital camera is that it must serve my wife's demands (family snapshots, etc.) and my desires to attach it to a telescope. My scope is a 4" f6 refractor. Does anyone have a suggestion on the "best" camera for this purpose? What make, model are people having the best results from? Thanks in advance, Scott Alan |
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Canon 10D - bar none.
Take Care, JAS "scott" wrote in message m... Hello Group, My wife has been agitating for a digital camera for x-mas. We currently do not own a digital camera. My thoughts towards buying a digital camera is that it must serve my wife's demands (family snapshots, etc.) and my desires to attach it to a telescope. My scope is a 4" f6 refractor. Does anyone have a suggestion on the "best" camera for this purpose? What make, model are people having the best results from? Thanks in advance, Scott |
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"Bill Becker" wrote in message
... You find somebody around here with a huge ego and borrow their hat. Me running and ducking More seriously, but not by much, you're gonna need a friend to hold some kind of suitable obstruction in front of the objective until the vibes stop...unless you got arms like Freddy Krueger. Sorry, it's Sunday AND the first day of my vacation. A N D . . . it shows. ^_^ Good luck and best regards, Lotsa Luck to you too ! ^_^ |
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"Eddie Trimarchi" wrote in message
... I use the 10-second timer on my Sony Cybershot to allow some time for settling. That won't work on a 4300 Coolpix. Tried it, it didn't like it. You need to hold the shutter release button down during a bulb setting, and as I said, the 4300 doesn't accept any shutter release cable. |
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"scott" wrote in message m... Hello Group, My wife has been agitating for a digital camera for x-mas. We currently do not own a digital camera. My thoughts towards buying a digital camera is that it must serve my wife's demands (family snapshots, etc.) and my desires to attach it to a telescope. My scope is a 4" f6 refractor. Does anyone have a suggestion on the "best" camera for this purpose? What make, model are people having the best results from? Thanks in advance, Scott Easy - the Canon 10D. Just look at the results posted various astro web sites. Only two drawbacks that I can think of, it is not cheap and if your wife had her heart set on a light weight point and shoot the Canon is not that! It is as heavy as most film SLR's. Chuck |
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"David Nakamoto" wrote in message ... "Eddie Trimarchi" wrote in message ... I use the 10-second timer on my Sony Cybershot to allow some time for settling. That won't work on a 4300 Coolpix. Tried it, it didn't like it. You need to hold the shutter release button down during a bulb setting, and as I said, the 4300 doesn't accept any shutter release cable. On my CP5000 I bought a 6" piece of aluminum flat stock (1/4" thick x 3/4" wide). Drilled a 1/4" hole near one end, attached it to the tripod mount hole. Bent it around the side of the camera and up over the shutter release button, marked the center of button on the flat stock. Drilled and tapped a hole at that spot to screw in an old Pentax release cable with the lock screw on it that holds the release in for you. I just push the manual release in (the little nib comes out and holds the button down), tighten the lock screw, and uncover the scope. Steve |
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