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Old 19-07-2011, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by niko View Post
The biggest problem I had using through the telescope was achieving focus. The ground glass screen at the back is just too small to really know if you've achieved good focus and of course you have to wait to get the photos back to be sure.

It just proved a bit too frustrating for deep space stuff - might be okay for
Hi Niko,

You can get pretty good results if your camera allows you to digitally zoom into a subsection. The idea is you do this on a star and completely max the digital zoom. I've been able to achieve good focus this way on even consumer digital compact cameras (afocally).

Cheers,
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