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[Jhunt]

Is there any way to adapt the FOV feature to be able to be used to help guide my set up when framing? I'm using the program to control my mount to make it easier to point the camera at my target to give me and idea of what I would be photographing.

 

However I don't know how to make the ocular settings work for film cameras.

 

What would I plug in for eyepieces?

For lenses I'm lost.

For sensor I just plugged in the dimension of my 4x5 in mm, nothing else really matters.

Telescope I don't need. I can't set this to 0 or turn it off.

 

What could I use that would give me the closest FOV to my 90mm and 210mm lens?

 

Should I post this in the software forum?

[Dwende]

Hi,
    This is what I do .... 

 

In Stellarium - In the Ocular options goto Sensors

 

Here I add my Nikon camera info - pay attention to the Resolution X,Y of the CCD Chip, and the CCD Width and Height 

 

Next is to add the Lense ... err telescope ?? 

 

In Stellarium - in the Oculars go to Telescopes 

 

For the Name I set it as Photo Lens 85mm f/1.4, I then add the Focal Length - 85mm - set the Diameter as the width of the lense (take a few mm off the Filter size if you are being lazy).

I then deleted all the other Telescopes and Sensors So I am just left with my Nikon (Sensor)... 

I can then cycle through the Telescopes  Lenses... to see what would look best when trying to arrange an image. 

Or at least I will when I can next see the stars due to the weather. 

Hope that helps.

Clear Skies 

Edited by Dwende, 01 October 2024 - 01:52 AM.

[AstroBobo]

Select "Configuration Window" or press F2, go to "Plugins", select "Oculars", click on "configuration". Under "Sensors" tab choose any full frame camera. It doesn't have to be for a specific film camera. They are all "full frame" (unless you're using medium format, but I'm guessing, you're not) so you can use any full frame DSLR that's on the list and rename it to your specific camera. In the "Telescope" tab plug in your lens focal length. Diameter doesn't matter, but you can calculate it from your maximum f-stop. I too delete all other cameras and telescopes and leave only what's relevant to me.

[Jhunt]

Thank you I will play with it tonight when I get home to see what I come up with. I was adding my large format camera. I didn't think to use my lenses in place of Telescope. 

[AstroBobo]

For a large format camera you can enter the film dimensions. Again, pixel size doesn't matter.