Posts for: IGBTQ2
Mar 3, 2024 18:12:41 #
niteman3d wrote:
Regarding the D7500, I would recommend it to any e... (show quote)
You should try AP (astrophotography). I used to think this was an expensive hobby.
Mar 3, 2024 18:07:45 #
niteman3d wrote:
Yeah, but not full frame and mirrorless all in one place. Come to think of it, there's more than just the Z50... I also have several of the Nikon 1 series. The Nikon 1 v3 is one of my favorite cameras ever (all except that danged little Micro SD card). I'm still butt-hurt about Nikon abandoning that enterprise.
Yea, I had one as well and upgraded to the AW1. I’m an avid kayaker and wanted a submersible camera. I have both submersible lenses for it and a non-waterproof telephoto. They kept hinting a waterproof telephoto was on the way, but never came through…. so I’m with you. I still use it and love it. Good IQ, tiny, takes a beating, and I can dunk it. So far as I know, one of only two interchangeable lens cameras ever made that you could use for diving to 49ft as is, without a dive case. Both Nikons, the other was a film version way back.
Nov 27, 2022 13:35:45 #
A Night in Waikiki
Nov 24, 2022 12:46:38 #
William wrote:
how did it get/there
an observatory idea
powerful optic work
more to know later
what gear this is@
16.7 why not even
an observatory idea
powerful optic work
more to know later
what gear this is@
16.7 why not even
Your reply is a bit obscure, but I believe there's a question or two in there.
The "lens" was an 8" aperture Schmidt Cassegrain design telescope with a focal length of 2032mm at f10. While spending hours, even days, using software to combine many comparatively short exposures into one is currently all the rage; I enjoy capturing deep space objects with a single click. How they got there is up for debate.
Nov 21, 2022 09:16:48 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Superior for sure because? Because most cell phone companies are still spending a lot of money in R&D to improve their cell phones. None of the camera manufacturers is doing any R&D on their DSLR's any more. So you see for sure which direction it will go. Remember the guy said DSLR he didn't say mirrorless.
....and remember I sad [dedicated] camera, not DSLR.;-)
Nov 21, 2022 00:59:41 #
Happened to notice this little guy drinking nectar from the flowers. Even caught a bonus red eyed fly passing through.
Nov 21, 2022 00:41:54 #
Long exposures can be used to achieve a number of things. I know the post has ended, but thought I'd throw this shot in to the mix for fun. It is a single exposure, of 16.7 minutes.
Nov 21, 2022 00:28:38 #
It is time for camera makers to up their game as far as in camera processing goes. That said, whatever advancements you can make to tiny lenses and sensors, can also be applied to larger ones. Whatever software trickery you can implement in a cell phone can be implemented in a dedicated camera. Superior? Doubtful. As good as through the use of software and AI? Possibly.
Sep 13, 2022 00:31:45 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
The first obstacle is not so difficult. I bought a Celestron CPC800. It's the rest of the gear that I'm struggling with. And getting to a 'dark sky' area while living in the Southeast. Plus, in my '70's, I'm beginning to wish I had a less than full time day job.
Fearing buyer's remorse on the telescope, nailing down the best fit for me was tough. So many designs, each with their own pros and cons. Once I picked a telescope, I had no problem with the rest of the gear. As for dark skies; I live under Bortle 4 skies, only an hour's drive from Bortle 2 skies located at 8000'. In 5 to 7 hours I can drive to some of the darkest places on Earth.
Sep 11, 2022 22:16:32 #
Ballard wrote:
Hi IGTQ2 br I have found that strapping a white pi... (show quote)
Interesting. Not sure what you're shooting with, my 8" Edge's FL is 2032mm. I do not use a reducer. I've used the 'white T-shirt method' to take flats. After rotating the OAG I shot again (I held the camera steady as best I could). There was a definite shift in the location of the 'doughnut ghosts' in the image circle. I believe these to be on the corrector and the smaller, solid spots to be dust on the camera/sensor. This also results in a change in the vignetting. If I rotate the OAG and camera together, the vignetting is unaffected, but the doughnut ghosts move a lot. A target like the Bubble Nebula does not present a problem for me, as there are lots of stars around it. Bodes, by contrast, not so much. I always have to work at finding one. Some targets just don't have that many stars around them at 2032mm. I'm learning. For instance my next attempt at the Bubble Nebula will include flats and darks, flats via the T-shirt method, as I know I'll have a lot of guide stars there to choose from. Eventually, I'll get a light panel.
Sep 11, 2022 21:25:19 #
bwana wrote:
A lovely suite of images. You're well on your way in astrophotography!
bwa
bwa
Thank you. I find it quite fascinating, sometimes frustrating, always fun.
Sep 11, 2022 19:28:17 #
Ballard wrote:
Nice series of images, looks like you are definite... (show quote)
Thanks... I guess I got lucky, there were none as you can see. All I did was a bit of adjustments in my old stand-alone copy of Lightroom6 and added the diffraction spikes in Topaz Studio, because I like how they look and an SCT doesn't cause them. I shot it around February - March of this year, just after I got my camera. I'm just now beginning to shoot darks. I'll need a light panel to shoot flats as I use an OAG and finding a guide star often requires rotating it, thus changing the alignment of the optical elements in reference to the camera (even though I try not to). None of the images I posted used any calibration frames.
Sep 11, 2022 11:58:39 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
This is a very nicely captured image.
All of your lines are clean and the surface is loaded with detail.
This should go on a wall.
Well done.
All of your lines are clean and the surface is loaded with detail.
This should go on a wall.
Well done.
Thank's for the encouraging words. My abilities are definitely improving, and I'm having a good time at it. A few years ago I lost my life's passion (musician) to an autoimmune response that robbed me of my exceptional hearing in a single night, as I slept. As I've sold off my music studio, I've purchased amateur astronomy gear and turned my interests to this. I've always enjoyed landscape photography, and had a couple of small telescopes as a kid, so it was a good fit.
Sep 11, 2022 11:31:04 #
joehel2 wrote:
Wow, these are fantastic.
Thanks. Sometimes I feel like I'm transitioning from novice to intermediate, then I see the work of pros, and once again I feel fully novice. At least I'm finally 'seeing' what's up there the way it's presented on the boxes of cheap telescopes sold in the big box stores. That only took about 45 years...
Sep 11, 2022 11:09:10 #
alberio wrote:
You've managed to get past the first obstacle of astrophotography...buying a telescope. The rest you have excelled at. Beautiful Saturn.
Thanks for the kind words. Yes, buying a telescope was indeed tough, money aside. I literally spent six months learning the pros and cons of the various designs and deciding what would be the best fit for me as a first telescope. Once I got it I learned a few more things; like the lack of proper instructions and need for countless gadgets and accessaries to make it do what I wanted. Now I understand why people who are 'in to this thing' own more than one telescope, and the quest continues....