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Pages: 1 novbabies Postmaster Reged: 06/05/05 Posts: 15678 Loc: Northern Georgia! With a 6" refl & a hand-held digital camera #2       #616950 - 09/26/05 08:11 PM Attachment (85 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a picture from the 2003 Mars appulse from 9-5. Sony 3 megapixel camera hand held over the focused eyepiece (135X) of a 6" reflector. -------------------- Good Seeing! Mark Orion 12" XTi f/4.9 VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector Assorted binoculars Post Extras:       Rat8bug Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/07/05 Posts: 1713 Loc: Michigan Re: With a 6" refl & a hand-held digital camera #2 [Re: novbabies]       #617280 - 09/27/05 12:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Why post a 2003 image of Mars? The planet is ripe for photos now at the 2005 opposition. But not bad for a handheld single shot. At least the polar caps and Syrus Major are identifiable..... A better image with stacks and processing. Ciao...Barry -------------------- Nikon D40/D50/D70 DSLR WO 105mm Triplet APO WO Zenithstar 66SD APO (Black 'n Blue) WO 8 x 45mm APO Bino UO 20 x 80mm Bino Vixen 80SS Refractor Orion 127mm Apex Maksutov Vixen GP-DX with Skysensor 2000 SBIG STV and e-finder Post Extras:       novbabies Postmaster Reged: 06/05/05 Posts: 15678 Loc: Northern Georgia! Re: With a 6" refl & a hand-held digital camera #2 [Re: Rat8bug]       #621941 - 09/30/05 05:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Why? Well, to encourage others with minimum eqpt that it IS possible - you don't need fancy cameras and mounts, nor even clock drives - nor, for that matter, equatorial mounts - for objects that are bright enough for snapshots. With a little imagination, a lot is doable - for instance, at the Venus transit, I simply photoed the projection screen, then balanced and cropped the resulting pictures with Microsoft Photoeditor, then put the series into PowerPoint and saved the slide as a jpg - here is what I got (not too shabby...) "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Einstein -------------------- Good Seeing! Mark Orion 12" XTi f/4.9 VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector Assorted binoculars Post Extras:       novbabies Postmaster Reged: 06/05/05 Posts: 15678 Loc: Northern Georgia! Re: With a 6" refl & a hand-held digital camera #2 [Re: novbabies]       #621943 - 09/30/05 05:07 AM Attachment (69 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Oops - here's the picture... -------------------- Good Seeing! Mark Orion 12" XTi f/4.9 VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector Assorted binoculars Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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