[iceman (Mike)]

Well after losing my Sony DSCP100, I couldn't go without a digital camera for too long..

After all, there's family happy snaps to take of the kids, and there's widefield, planetary and moon astro shots to take!

So I've just bought a 2nd hand Nikon Coolpix 5700.. 5mp job with 8x optical zoom and a bunch of manual features. Pick it up today. It can do a bulb mode of 5 minutes! The sony only had a max exposure time of 30 seconds.. But I need a remote control for it.. or, I did find some software that lets me control it from my computer, but I still have to buy a serial cable to hook it up with..

Now if I had a tracking mount, I might be able to do some nice widefield shots without startrails.. but I don't.. But my next project is going to be a barndoor mount!

Anyway i'll post some pics when I get the chance to play around with it!