Thanks Mike,
now I can look into getting one. I am thinking of buying a 500 mm lens, it is not auto focus or very sphisticated, but good glass and fine for what I wnat (f8 - should be OK for astro).
What sort of price am I looking at in a mount? And Any model advice greatly appreciated. I know nothing, just that I want to take tracked photos. I willbuy a tripod head and fit it on, I think. I have a Manfrotto tripod at the moment with one of those 3 lever heads, I think a ball type would be best here.
I'd love to get a telescope later, but want a good 8" that I can hook the camera into when I do, and it will probably not be affordable until I retire, about 6-7 years at the moment.
So just the ability to take tracked photos (astrophotography is my real area of interest anyway) will do me fine for the moment.
Cheers
David, I have PMed you
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Originally Posted by iceman
Hi Odille
You absolutely can! You just need the appropriate adapter to hold the camera on the mount using some sort of dovetail bar.
You'll need to attach a tripod head or similar so a dovetail bar, where the dovetail bar gets held in the mount (where the telescope dovetail bar + rings normally go).
You then just screw the tripod head into your camera like any normal tripod, and then turn the tracking on.
You just need to adjust your counterweights by using more or less of them, to balance the camera on the mount.
Most people with those type of setups usually have a tripod adapter on top of their telescope rings, like in a piggy-back setup.
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