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Using Digital camera for astro photos
Any advice for a novice in astro pics.I have a Kodak D/c and a 8" Reflector.
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:00:10 -0000, "Liam Feeney"
wrote: Any advice for a novice in astro pics.I have a Kodak D/c and a 8" Reflector. Thanks You go ahead man!! I have a Kodak DX 4330, and a Meade ETX 105 The trick is patience, and just do it. The first shot I took, back months ago, was just focusing then putting the camera on "auto", holding the thing up to the eyepiece, then taking the shot. I didn't use the "telephoto" (t) setting, kept it at "wide"(w) So then I bought an adapter kit for the camera: http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQueri...navCa tegory= If you have a different camera, you can probably get an adapter to suit. This allows you to then connect a televue eyepiece adapter, which I also bought. The trick was then taking the shots through the eyepiece. I use the 30mm eyepiece, because I can use the 20mm to line up the shot, since they are parfocal (focus is the same), then put in the kodak and eyepiece assembly. I use the autotimer to prevent camera shake. I've used auto and sport modes, but use auto exclusively for the sun shots I've been taking recently. Lastly, try this: If you have a Long Exposure setting, setup the camera on a tripod, point it at the sky, to some bright constellation. max out the long exposure, and shoot, again, with the self timer. You may not see too much, so take the shot, transfer it to your computer and use either the Kodak Easy Share software to "increase the exposure" on the "edit picture" option, or use Photoshop or some other graphics manipulator. You will be surprised. http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/photos.htm has my recent sunspot pictures. Email me if you want me to zip up and send you some of the "constellation" photos or moon pictures. (remove the "spammers are parasites" from my email address) -- Find out about Australia's most dangerous Doomsday Cult: http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/pebble.htm "You can't fool me, it's turtles all the way down." |
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:00:10 -0000, "Liam Feeney"
wrote: Any advice for a novice in astro pics.I have a Kodak D/c and a 8" Reflector. Thanks You go ahead man!! I have a Kodak DX 4330, and a Meade ETX 105 The trick is patience, and just do it. The first shot I took, back months ago, was just focusing then putting the camera on "auto", holding the thing up to the eyepiece, then taking the shot. I didn't use the "telephoto" (t) setting, kept it at "wide"(w) So then I bought an adapter kit for the camera: http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQueri...navCa tegory= If you have a different camera, you can probably get an adapter to suit. This allows you to then connect a televue eyepiece adapter, which I also bought. The trick was then taking the shots through the eyepiece. I use the 30mm eyepiece, because I can use the 20mm to line up the shot, since they are parfocal (focus is the same), then put in the kodak and eyepiece assembly. I use the autotimer to prevent camera shake. I've used auto and sport modes, but use auto exclusively for the sun shots I've been taking recently. Lastly, try this: If you have a Long Exposure setting, setup the camera on a tripod, point it at the sky, to some bright constellation. max out the long exposure, and shoot, again, with the self timer. You may not see too much, so take the shot, transfer it to your computer and use either the Kodak Easy Share software to "increase the exposure" on the "edit picture" option, or use Photoshop or some other graphics manipulator. You will be surprised. http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/photos.htm has my recent sunspot pictures. Email me if you want me to zip up and send you some of the "constellation" photos or moon pictures. (remove the "spammers are parasites" from my email address) -- Find out about Australia's most dangerous Doomsday Cult: http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/pebble.htm "You can't fool me, it's turtles all the way down." |
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