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Old 30-04-2006, 01:17 PM
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Looks like a good camera to try your hand at afocal shots both still and video, though by the look of it you can only take video in 30 sec batches. Which is not a problem as you can capture say 2 x 30 sec avies of Jupiter and then join them together for processing, or a range of other options.

The important thing is to get the camera steadily attached inline with the eyepiece, so an connecting adapter is very desirable. Your camera has good optical zoom so you will be able to use long focal length eyepieces (32, 26 or 20 mm) and the optical zoom to achieve good magnification rather than trying to shoot with low zoom and short Focal Length eyepieces. That will make lining up your image that much easier. Plus having the manual focus can be a bonus as well.

What size memory card to you have? The standard 64meg that came with it or a larger capacity card? How about an AC power adapter? Not essential but useful. Or a spare set of batteries? It can take a surprisingly long time to get everything lined up at times and then just when you are ready to take your video or stills the batteries run out None of this is essential but after a while you will want to move on from trying to hold your camera steady by hand and this will give you some idea of the items you may want to consider.

Have you looked at the current imaging competition going on. You might want to consider having a go.

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