A fool and his eclipse tools

[h0ughy (David)]

Well i have now finalised my eclipse setup. its taken a while and taken a lot of thought - but i have narrowed it down to two lightweight travel setups.

both dual cameras, on a losmandy Starlapse and now the Astrotrac. Both rigs driven by the macbook air 11 driven by solar eclipse maestro

both being packed now - yet to make my filters, will do so tonight.

LOL Alan is packed and ready to go - he has 270grams left on his 40kg limit (with some of my gear ) and 2kg in the backpack carryon. i have yet to measure the gear but i suspect it will be as close

[sheeny (Al)]

Looks good Dave!

I wish I could go...

Al.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by sheeny

Looks good Dave!

I wish I could go...

Al.

I am sorry you cant go either Al - but someone has to moderate the forum

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Looking good there David. Excellent setup.

You know that we will be now be expecting greatness from you! (unless cloud gets in the way).

See ya in QLD.

Cheers Petra d.

[allan gould]

Best of luck and I wish no clouds for you.
Allan

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Looking good there David. Excellent setup.

You know that we will be now be expecting greatness from you! (unless cloud gets in the way).

See ya in QLD.

Cheers Petra d.

thanks petra

Originally Posted by allan gould

Best of luck and I wish no clouds for you.
Allan

really hope so. thanks Al

[acropolite (Phil)]

Nice setup Dave, one can never have too many black cameras...

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by acropolite

Nice setup Dave, one can never have too many black cameras...

yes isnt that the truth

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

Still got one point of failure being your Macbook.

Dig up an old laptop and load copies of everything on it as well and test it.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

You excited much?
See you up there.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by tlgerdes

Still got one point of failure being your Macbook.

Dig up an old laptop and load copies of everything on it as well and test it.

already have that - but eclipse orcvhestrator pro still wont run the cameras the way they should be , so i can use setnc - but only with one camera - so thats the fallback - that and a bulb setting and some manual shots

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

You excited much?
See you up there.

no not me - sleep is hard to get, clouds frighten me, packing the bags frightens me

[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

Houghy

Looks good! I especially like the observatory dome. Should keep you out of those early morning winds

Joe

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by OzEclipse

Houghy

Looks good! I especially like the observatory dome. Should keep you out of those early morning winds

Joe

its a bit hard to pack on the plane

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Which model of Macbook air you got? Just curious cause I got one too, Late 2010 11" model I got.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by 04Stefan07

Which model of Macbook air you got? Just curious cause I got one too, Late 2010 11" model I got.

yep 2010 with 4gig and 128ssd

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Good luck Dave but I think you need me...do you think I will fit in that final 270g's of Alan's ....

Mike

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Good luck Dave but I think you need me...do you think I will fit in that final 270g's of Alan's ....

Mike

sure by the time i finish packing mine i think i may need it though as i now have one more camera then when i first measured the case sort of packed

i think lots of pockets may help

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by acropolite

Nice setup Dave, one can never have too many black cameras...

Isn't it about time you and Houghmiester write an ebook on the subject?

Good luck Davo, that looks awesome, wish I could be up there with you next next week.

Good luck, clear skies !

RB

[xstream (John)]

Looking good Dave, see you up there.