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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 I can't tell you which one to buy, but maybe steer you away from one. I have a Nikon CP5000. It's a great camera but doesn't do well for astro use on the scope. It's fairly noisy and is a pain to mount and use manually. Currently I'm looking at the new Canon Rebel DSLR to replace it. Steve |
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Cheers Y'all
Personally I prefer a dedicated ccd for the scope http://www.grampianstars.com.au/drive.htm#ST-7 We use a "Sony 5.0 mega pixels Cyber-shot for happy snaps Robert -37.11 Nth 142.36 Est (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 |
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I see. The Sony doesn't have this option.
-- Regards, Eddie Trimarchi ~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.astroshed.com http://www.fitsplug.com "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. |
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That price is actually historically in line with what one previously paid
for a better SLR film camera. I remember paying well over $1000 in the late 1970's for my Olympus OM-2 gear. The Canon digital SLRs are an attractive alternative to paying $5000+ for a dedicated astronomical CCD camera, and sure as heck beat struggling with clumsy afocal setups with the point and shoot digital cameras. Del Johnson "Alan W. Craft" wrote in message ... On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:37:03 GMT, "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. Alan |
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How are you finding the A07?
Regards, Michael Kreuzer "37.11 Sth 142.36 Est" wrote in message m... Cheers Y'all Personally I prefer a dedicated ccd for the scope http://www.grampianstars.com.au/drive.htm#ST-7 We use a "Sony 5.0 mega pixels Cyber-shot for happy snaps Robert -37.11 Nth 142.36 Est (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 |
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From everything I've read about it, the Fuji S2 Digital SLR looks like it
might be the astronomical "cats pajamas". Does anyone have experience wth this camera regarding astronomical use? Lawrence Sayre -- My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a moral being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. Ayn Rand (in the appendix to 'Atlas Shrugged') |
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:04:03 -0800, "Del Johnson" delastro@{right star in Orion's belt}.sdsu.edu ...reflected:
That price is actually historically in line with what one previously paid for a better SLR film camera. I remember paying well over $1000 in the late 1970's for my Olympus OM-2 gear. The Canon digital SLRs are an attractive alternative to paying $5000+ for a dedicated astronomical CCD camera, and sure as heck beat struggling with clumsy afocal setups with the point and shoot digital cameras. Del Johnson What about Olympus's EM-1(?)? Also, can the shutter be left open indefinitely with the Canon? snip Alan |
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These guys will help with comparison:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_astro/ I found like all newsgroups it seems to bounce around somewhat. It Does however bet so informative information as to a particular cameras ability and what to watch out for. -- Tim Longwell timlongwell"at"alltel.net (replace "at" with @ to send mail) Black River Astronomical Society http://junior.apk.net/~arstar50/BlackRiver.index.html "Michael Kreuzer" wrote in message ... How are you finding the A07? Regards, Michael Kreuzer "37.11 Sth 142.36 Est" wrote in message m... Cheers Y'all Personally I prefer a dedicated ccd for the scope http://www.grampianstars.com.au/drive.htm#ST-7 We use a "Sony 5.0 mega pixels Cyber-shot for happy snaps Robert -37.11 Nth 142.36 Est (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 |
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