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Old 04-01-2009, 06:14 PM
Wavytone
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Astrophotography with a point & shoot

Take a look at the second pic on this page:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=30552867

Inevitably it's Orion, but the camera was just a tiny compact LX3:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicdmclx3/

The fainter stars are magnitude 8+. I'm waiting to see someone shoot Barnard's Loop with a compact straight out of the box, no special mods and no stacking.

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