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Originally Posted by icytailmark
nice shot rick. Do you have to make any mods to your dslr to get started?
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Thanks Mark, My camera is a stock standard 1100d canon. The 1100d can go to iso 6400 but it gets pretty noisy, 3200 seems to be a sweet spot with this camera. I did try a 450d before but it was really noisy at its max of 1600 iso and at 800 iso needed a lot longer exposure to get a result. An adaptor ring and t mount was all I needed, but my scope is a skywatcher and has the mirror setup for astrophotograpy, some scopes need their mirror moved forward to achieve focus with a camera.
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Originally Posted by John W
Great pic - DSLRs are useful! Thanks, JW.
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Cheers John, they sure are, when I am trying to find a faint object I will take a few pics to verify my find and with a short digital pic you can see a lot more than just with the naked eye.
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Originally Posted by cometcatcher
Amazing shot for 15 seconds Rick. Digital is crazy isn't it? I remember taking a shot using film with about that amount of detail with my 11" F5.2 Newt. It took over half an hour.
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Thanks Kevin, I was surprised at how bright it came out. Film was great for a few seconds until reciprocity failure set in, digital has the opposite effect you have to be carefull not to over expose. I had pretty well given up on astrophotography, film was all but finished, I had a point and shoot digital but that was limited. I just wish I got a digital SLR camera sooner, but then again the prices on all these toys are so much more affordable now. I have a large paper bark blocking my view to the east so I have to wait a couple of weeks before I can have a proper go at it (and I'm keen to try for the horsehead nebula).
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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Impressive, especially for a single frame.
Well done.
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Thanks Brent, Its amazing what you can get from some pretty basic equipment.