Davekyn
01-02-2009, 08:50 PM
Question:
Is the HEQ5 with the “simple” Dual Axis Hand Controller (not synscan and NO PEC!) good enough to start experimenting with astrophotography? I have an ED80 I wish to start using for with a cheap DSLR. If I was to keep the FOV as wide as possible could I get away without having the super accuracy the PEC gives?
Question:
The Meade LXD57 that Bintel sells looks very attractive and the following review is also very convincing:
http://www.cloudynights.com/documents/lxd75.pdf (http://www.cloudynights.com/documents/lxd75.pdf)
This has PEC as well as many other features with Bintel’s Meade model including auto-star. Would I be better off with something like this for a beginners Astro mount.
I do not wish to attempt accurate planetary photography, but as a Wide field I can get through my ED 80 and a cheap DSLR...possibly an elcheapo CCD...but many in here advice against that...I’ll probably use it for something else when I get bored with it.
Anyways back to the mounts...can any of these two fit the bill for those simply wishing to experiment with astrophotography or not? I am not looking at the mount as the only one I will be stuck with for the rest of my life...
Actually, let me put it this way...I intend to buy one of them...which would you choose if you could not afford PEC or the latest and greatest but still wanted to play with cameras ect...
Cheers
Dave:hi:
Is the HEQ5 with the “simple” Dual Axis Hand Controller (not synscan and NO PEC!) good enough to start experimenting with astrophotography? I have an ED80 I wish to start using for with a cheap DSLR. If I was to keep the FOV as wide as possible could I get away without having the super accuracy the PEC gives?
Question:
The Meade LXD57 that Bintel sells looks very attractive and the following review is also very convincing:
http://www.cloudynights.com/documents/lxd75.pdf (http://www.cloudynights.com/documents/lxd75.pdf)
This has PEC as well as many other features with Bintel’s Meade model including auto-star. Would I be better off with something like this for a beginners Astro mount.
I do not wish to attempt accurate planetary photography, but as a Wide field I can get through my ED 80 and a cheap DSLR...possibly an elcheapo CCD...but many in here advice against that...I’ll probably use it for something else when I get bored with it.
Anyways back to the mounts...can any of these two fit the bill for those simply wishing to experiment with astrophotography or not? I am not looking at the mount as the only one I will be stuck with for the rest of my life...
Actually, let me put it this way...I intend to buy one of them...which would you choose if you could not afford PEC or the latest and greatest but still wanted to play with cameras ect...
Cheers
Dave:hi: