Im am a beginner at astrophotography and want a good low priced DSLR for most likely prime focus photography. Stars, galaxies, moon, planets, nebulas that kind of stuff. What is a good camera for that?
2007-05-09 14:18:33 · 5 answers · asked by Matthew 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
You may need to consider a 35mm camera with a cold pack for the film. Getting the film as cold as possible will dramatically cut exposure times. Think dry ice, or even liquid nitrogen. Exposure times for galaxies with film at ambient temperature can take several hours. How's your clock drive? Smoothness and tracking accuracy are important for crisp resolution.
2007-05-09 14:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do ALOT of astrophotography, i own a cannon 350D and i LOVE it, i think you can buy them for around 5-600 bucks now, when i bought mine about a year and a half ago it was $1200. great scope you got there btw...the only thing your gonna have a hard time with is that that scope comes with an alt az mount. look into investing in a wedge that will transform your mount into an equitorial one. with the mount you have you can do short exposures but after a while the feild will start rotating and it will be hard to "stack" your photos. you should be able to take photos of bright objects though pretty easily, like the moon and planets. good luck!!!! the reason i love this camera so much is that it takes awsome photos of celestial objects, but i can use it in the day too which really makes my wife happy!!!! hahahahha
2007-05-10 03:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by Bones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save your money and don't buy a DSLR just yet. I recommend getting started in astrophotography with a webcam. This link: http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=4086 shows the preferred webcam for astrophotography. The 1.25 adapter comes with the camera and fits where your eyepiece normally goes. Of course you will need a laptop computer with a USB connection and some software to align and stack your webcam movies. Join this group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ToUcam/ for techniques and to get your questions answered.
I took this image of Saturn with this camera and my 5" refractor: http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ToUcam/photos/view/6a40?b=10
You may need to join the group before you can see any images.
2007-05-09 15:21:53 · answer #3 · answered by Scott B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Canon Rebel 300D and the other Canon D series DLSRs are the preferred digital cameras for astronomy.
Check out the Yahoo group in the source.
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