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Old 02-06-2014, 04:19 PM
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Thanks Raymo,

I gathered there would be some differences. In general, for photos, I plan to use large numbers of short exposures, and stacking software for pre-processing, so hopefully the AZ mount won't prove too much of an issue.

I was wondering if anyone had used a DSLR for live viewing and image capture, when connected to a laptop, rather than a webcam. Given the Canon has a video function, I thought it might be able to the same task as the webcam, but with higher quality/faster response given the sensor is better.

Cheers,
David

david you don't need to use a laptop with the 600d (although you can use backyard eos if you feel the need).

live view works well enough.

you can see my results with an alt-az setup for both planetary and deep sky. they were all taken with a 600d and no laptop (the photos taken through the scope that is).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/80336656@N07/
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