I was going to post this in the Film v's Digital thread, but it getting a lil
off topic for in there....
I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has tried astrophotography
with a box brownie. I have two coming my way which happen to be my grand
parents. They have a manual shutter setting which are prolly a lil stiff, so
what I was thinking would be to cover the unit before I open the shutter then
recover before I closed the shutter.
I was thinking of using them for wide FOV and are not looking to adapt it to
the scope, although I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has.
Rob, you got access to 127 film? I have 2 BB's here in perfect condition. They're only worth $1.00 each. One has a slide type 'filter', the other is the standard model.
Could be an interesting experiment. Prob lot of CA tho! L.
Sorry about the late reply. No, dont have any film for them, actually I'm still to
recieve them. What I remember about them is memory from when I was a kid.
Although I did use one of them back then (late 70's)
Rajah, hehe yeah I know, wouldn't get much for them lol, but I do remember for
such a camera the box brownie could deliver some excellent B&W photo's. So my
thoughts would be mount one on a decent mount, dont think my EQ5 will be up
for long exposure. And whack a Ha filter on the front. I think it would look interesting
rock'n up to Astrofest QLD next year with a BB next to all those CCD's lol
Not to sure about Afocal shots, from memory you dont focus through the lens on
a Box Brownie, it would be allot of trial and error to get the right.
btw, this is for curiosity, experimentation and perhaps a giggle or two. Hell if
they work it might be interesting.
Your right about the focus, I used to hold the thing upto the EP & fire away. From memory, I think I needed to either take the focuser off to get the camera closer or move the primary forward + a larger secondary on my scope. I never bothered. Heres a pic/s taken back in 74'
This may be stupid... but I'm almost inspired enough to give this a go!...like couple one to my 4.5" toy reflector. (with a bit of cutting & shutting no doubt!)
I think I remember hearing of a film professional photographers were using which they
used to make slides from. You could also use it in the BB, although at the time I think
I was using a standard BB B&W film you could still get. I guess A Pro would know or
maybe know of another.
Yeah as nerdy as it sounds, for wide FOV work we could be onto something lol