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hypergolic
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First Pix with Canon 20D
      #2032314 - 12/06/07 10:19 AM

Heres my first pix with my 20D that came out. Point and shoot. On a tripod, 20 secs, 1600A, 55mm, wide open iris, no processing of any kind, JPG format files.

http://home.comcast.net/~ka4koe/dec4holmes.jpg

Philip

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HendyPhoto
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Re: First Pix with Canon 20D new [Re: hypergolic]
      #2032410 - 12/06/07 11:03 AM

Very nice!! What mount are you using? I wouldnt even DARE to post my first 20D pictures! LOL

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hypergolic
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Re: First Pix with Canon 20D new [Re: HendyPhoto]
      #2032605 - 12/06/07 12:31 PM

Just a Bogen camera tripod. Nothing special. I've had it forever.

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Richmond Hill, Georgia
Father, Astronomer, Thereminist,
Electrical Engineer
HAM Call Sign - KA4KOE
Geek Extraordinaire
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Vixen R200SS 8" F/4
GP-DX Mount/HAL110 with Skysensor 2000PC
Canon T2i EOS DSLR

http://www.neidlinger.us


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HendyPhoto
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Re: First Pix with Canon 20D new [Re: hypergolic]
      #2032833 - 12/06/07 02:22 PM

That goes to show you how wide angle AP is so forgiving on long exposures! That's great for 20 seconds!!

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90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein


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hypergolic
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Re: First Pix with Canon 20D new [Re: HendyPhoto]
      #2033013 - 12/06/07 03:44 PM

I hadn't shot any pix in a LONG time as it was a HASSLE to do film photography. Hopefully the 20D will change that

http://home.comcast.net/~ka4koe/newpage.htm

Philip

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Philip Neidlinger, PE, LEED AP
Richmond Hill, Georgia
Father, Astronomer, Thereminist,
Electrical Engineer
HAM Call Sign - KA4KOE
Geek Extraordinaire
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Vixen R200SS 8" F/4
GP-DX Mount/HAL110 with Skysensor 2000PC
Canon T2i EOS DSLR

http://www.neidlinger.us


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John Carruthers
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Re: First Pix with Canon 20D new [Re: hypergolic]
      #2036870 - 12/08/07 07:22 AM

Nice one Philip, you're better than me at this. I've only just got the software for this camera, at least it doesn't need a shutter release switch now, all the settings are done via 'EOS Utility' and a 3m USB cable, £2 at Maplins (Radio Shack).
Got the RAW viewer working too, it seems to work better under Ubuntu?

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s58y
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Re: First Pix with Canon 20D new [Re: John Carruthers]
      #2037586 - 12/08/07 03:59 PM

It turned out well. My first astroimages were also with a fixed tripod and a DSLR.

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