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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101.
Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
that is very pretty Robert
Out of curiousity, why 611 seconds instead of 600 or 630? "Robert Price" wrote in message ... Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
Digital cameras look about to kill the one shot color CCD market from
results like yours. How does the modified camera work for ordinary snapshots? I'd never get such a camera by my wife unless it could pull double duty. How do you find focus with such a camera? Does the viewfinder blow up the image so you can see enough to focus on the view screen? When I've tried to take planetary shots through the old Cannon my wife uses the view screen was way too small to tell good focus, even when I used the magnify function. Only way I could make it work was connect it to a TV and use the magnify mode. Then it was large enough to sort of tell when it was in focus. Still I'd take a range of focus positions to get one or two that were sharp. Focus masks didn't seem to work either. I just couldn't see enough in the view finder to tell when the three images merged. It would look good until I took the photo. Rick Robert Price wrote: Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
That's beautiful
Kev "Robert Price" wrote in message ... Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
That came out very well. Good color balance.
-- Regards, Doug W. www.photonsfate.com -- "Robert Price" wrote in message ... Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
Very nice shot Robert. I tried this object once with an unmodified EOS300D
and it was quite hopeless (or crap to be more precise). Stefan "Robert Price" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
Richard,
I use a stop watch, but I use the camera's info on exposure time. On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:47:41 GMT, "Richard Crisp" wrote: that is very pretty Robert Out of curiousity, why 611 seconds instead of 600 or 630? "Robert Price" wrote in message .. . Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
Rick,
For focus I have settled on the Hutech knife-edge focuser. I have had good focus using Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon. Focus on bright stars is hit or miss. My 300mm f/4 Canon lens will auto focus on bright stars. The Hutech modified Canon 350D camera, with the extended red filter, is said to be able to take normal photographs using a modified white color balance. I have not tried this, so I do not know how well it works. On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:06:08 -0600, Rick Johnson wrote: Digital cameras look about to kill the one shot color CCD market from results like yours. How does the modified camera work for ordinary snapshots? I'd never get such a camera by my wife unless it could pull double duty. How do you find focus with such a camera? Does the viewfinder blow up the image so you can see enough to focus on the view screen? When I've tried to take planetary shots through the old Cannon my wife uses the view screen was way too small to tell good focus, even when I used the magnify function. Only way I could make it work was connect it to a TV and use the magnify mode. Then it was large enough to sort of tell when it was in focus. Still I'd take a range of focus positions to get one or two that were sharp. Focus masks didn't seem to work either. I just couldn't see enough in the view finder to tell when the three images merged. It would look good until I took the photo. Rick Robert Price wrote: Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
I used a ronchi grating for focusing, many knife edges, in my film days.
Though to set it I had to use a knife edge in the film plane then adjust the ronchi grating to the same distance. I assume Hutech matches it to your camera's setting at the factory. I found it a pain in some eyepiece positions on my Newtonian but it did an excellent job. Thanks for the info. Rick Robert Price wrote: Rick, For focus I have settled on the Hutech knife-edge focuser. I have had good focus using Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon. Focus on bright stars is hit or miss. My 300mm f/4 Canon lens will auto focus on bright stars. The Hutech modified Canon 350D camera, with the extended red filter, is said to be able to take normal photographs using a modified white color balance. I have not tried this, so I do not know how well it works. On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:06:08 -0600, Rick Johnson wrote: Digital cameras look about to kill the one shot color CCD market from results like yours. How does the modified camera work for ordinary snapshots? I'd never get such a camera by my wife unless it could pull double duty. How do you find focus with such a camera? Does the viewfinder blow up the image so you can see enough to focus on the view screen? When I've tried to take planetary shots through the old Cannon my wife uses the view screen was way too small to tell good focus, even when I used the magnify function. Only way I could make it work was connect it to a TV and use the magnify mode. Then it was large enough to sort of tell when it was in focus. Still I'd take a range of focus positions to get one or two that were sharp. Focus masks didn't seem to work either. I just couldn't see enough in the view finder to tell when the three images merged. It would look good until I took the photo. Rick Robert Price wrote: Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. |
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ASTRO: Rosette Nebula
"Robert Price" wrote
... Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 611 sec 30 Oct 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA. That's a beautiful image Robert!! George N |
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