You guys are legends. I am very sad that I did not make it to the IISAC this year and meet you all. I won't be making that mistake next camp!
I went out on Stromlo tonight with the camera and scope. I used the camera on a piggy-back mount, on top of my GPS aligned Celestron. Using the lens shown in the first post, I tried a number of shots zoomed in fully and zoomed out fully, with the aperture on 3.8 all the way. During the dusk and dark periods in between clouds I took 27 shots from 5 seconds to 40 seconds with a shutter release cable on Bulb and ISO 400 film
I then tried a few timed exposures thru the telescope using a camera adaptor, t-ring and prime focus. Very hard to get the focus right thru the camera using the split circle in the viewfinder on the focus screen, but I have a good feeling about tonight thanks to you dudes!
thanks so much. When I get them developed I will scan them and post the best here.
Baz
http://members.iinet.net.au/~armstead
Barry's home-made observatory