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Hi Carlton, I can see from your post that you agree with most of what I have espoused. Indeed it would be a dull old world if everyone agreed on everything.
Firstly, when I mentioned software, along with all the other bells and whistles, I didn't mean that newbies should initially forget about software
altogether, but start with one or two apps[ooh! aren't I modern, I'm used to calling them programmes ] :. I saw one new member on here the other day
asking for help with setting up his gear. From memory he had a new scope, a new mount, EQMOD, BYEOS, ASCOM, Stellarium,etc, etc, etc. You tell me how a total novice is supposed to make sense of all the cabling, and learning to set up, align and operate a mount and use all that software at the same time.
Yes, film AP was hard, all 58yrs of it. Manual guiding was tiring, and enough to send you cross eyed, try keeping a star centred for 10, 20, or at a dark sky site 30 mins, eventually it makes your head spin. The one good point about film AP was that you couldn't play with the image other than dodging
and burning in the dark room. The only choices were the numerous
brands, speeds, and types, of film.
The M17 I posted today was 20x 30secs with my 8" f/5 unmodded Canon 1100D ISO 1600.
happy snapping
raymo
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