Canon S3 IS

[jjjnettie]

Yeehaa!
The camera just arrived.:love:
Here's a link that will tell you all about it.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/s3is.html
Gotta go play now.:party: :cool: :2thumbs:

[h0ughy]

happy snapping.........

[jjjnettie]

The first macros out of the camera.

The spider could have fit onto a one cent piece.:thumbsup:

[casstony]

I gave my wife one of these for her birthday - very versatile little camera. Fast too. The video capability almost makes a seperate video camera redundant. We also spent the first hour or two photographing small rocks, fingerprints, etc.

[spacezebra]

Excellent news JJJ - the pics look great. More to come I hope.......

Cheers Petra

[RB]

Excellent jjj, that's a great camera, you're gonna love it.

The spider macro shot is amazing !

[woosydiver]

Hi jjjnettie

A bit of an old thread but......................

Are you using your S3is with a scope? If so, could you explain how your physically connecting it & using it?

I have the same camera but yet to buy a telescope, I want to make sure I buy one that I can use with my camera.

Thanks

Steve

[joshman]

i had that camera for a while, but my needs were outgrowing it. it is a fantastic camera, fast, fantastic quality, superb super macro function...just watch it or you'll be taking photos of the dust on your lens :D it's true!!! they aren't wrong when they say it's range is from 0-10cm!

as for connecting to a telescope...i know there is a lens hood adapter for it, that puts a 52mm or 58mm thread onto it (depending which of the adapters you use!, so you can attatch filters and the like, i'm unsure if there's a way to connect the thread to a telescope...

[jjjnettie]

Howdy,
Steve, I don't actually connect the camera to the telescope, I just butt the lens up to the eyepiece of the scope. This method is called Afocal photography.
You can buy a Universal Digiscope Adapter from eg. www.MyAstroShop.com.au. It will hold the camera up to the eyepiece for you.
You can use the camera with some success by just using it on a tripod. Taking lots of short exposures and stacking them in DSS or Registax.
I've captured some pretty nice images of the brighter nebulas doing this.
Its a good little camera for what it is, but it's no DSLR.
I've really enjoyed pushing it to it's limits.

[citivolus]

Try an STDT96 from
http://www.scopetronics.com/dtsystems.htm#canon


I used to use one on a G1 with a fair amount of success. The attachment was taken with a G1 with an LX90 and 25mm eyepiece, with this adapter.

Eric

[woosydiver]

Thanks all.

BTW, joshman - not sure how serious I can take someone who has a boken bucket on their head?? :rofl:

[joshman]

hahaha, that's my space helmet!!!!!! :rofl: