Has anyone seen Raymo (Ray) lately?

[cometcatcher]

According to the stats last activity was October 31. He was usually active on the forum. He is an old chap, hope he is okay.

[ZeroID]

Deleted by me

[nebulosity.]

Yeah sure hope he is! Maybe he had a run of clear sky and has been to busy imaging :thumbsup:

[OzStarGazer]

I hope he is OK too. You are right, he used to be pretty active. He posted almost every day.

[chiaroscuro]

He told me via pm that he was going away for 3 weeks and would be out of internet range!!!! On the Rosetta maybe??
He should be back any day soon.

Luke

[cometcatcher]

Oh okay thanks Luke. That sets my mind at ease.

[sharpiel]

Like rubbed out...the way a hit man would..? :eyepop:

But really...what does deleted mean?

[ZeroID]

I posted but Cometcatcher had already covered my info (post date) so I deleted, unnecessary post, that's all. I should read things a little slower sometimes. ;)

[sharpiel]

Aha. Raymo survives his brush with my imaginative mobster then!

[raymo]

Hello everybody, I'm back from the wild blue yonder. I'm flattered that my absence was noticed. Will be a little while before I have any images
to post, as the warmer weather would make my images unacceptably
noisy, so I must get the tests of my home made cooler under way asap.
raymo

[GrahamL]

So rumors of your demise are slightly exaggerated ? :)

[nebulosity.]

Great to have you back Raymo :thumbsup:

I am interested in what your doing for cooling, last weekend I made a TEC cooling system for my 350D and was excited with the 20C drop I was getting until on final assembly I discovered my camera had mysteriously died :confused2:

The cooler worked great running on 6V with a little fan so I reckon I might see if I can get hold of another 350D body. I'm itching to get back imaging :thumbsup:

Cheers
Jo

[raymo]

Thanks for your interest Graham and Jo. I'm back to help some and annoy others. I've made a Heath Robinson device out of a transparent
plastic lunchbox, a flexible freezer pack, and a small thermometer fixed
inside the lid of the box. I have no idea how effective it will be.
You should be able to get a 350D body for a bit over $100 Jo.
raymo

[chiaroscuro]

For all those Gen Xer's and younger, Heath Robinson was the fore-runner to MacGyver.:D
Good to have you back Raymo.

[raymo]

Heath Robinson would probably be old enough to be MacGyver's
grandfather. What's a TEC cooling system Jo?
raymo

[Camelopardalis]

Great to see ya back ray :thumbsup:

Look forward to hearing more about your prototype, and when you get them into production ;) the noise on my 1100D hasn't been great in the heat :sadeyes:

[raymo]

Thanks Dunk, from what I've read you'd find the noise worse with many other models.
raymo

[cometcatcher]

Good to see you on again Ray. You had me worried for a while!

My Pentax K-5, while noisier in summer has been still turning out pleasant images, as long as sub length is kept short. In your absence I purchased a fast 8" F4 Newt as I said I would, so sub lengths have to be short anyway to stop sky fog. The 8" F4 and K-5 is a good combo.

[raymo]

Thanks Kevin, although your ED turns out great images, I expect you'll
enjoy the shorter exposures the 8" offers.
raymo