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03/10/2004 10:55:15 PM · #1 |
| I recently bought a canon EOS 300d with insurance money. Now I am new to all forms of digital photography as all I had before was a pentax optio 230 :) Anyway I have also bought a ef 55-200mm which was all I could afford which is great, but I want to be able to take some shots of the moon. I tried it with the camera set on a tripod and timer and the photo's were ok but not close enough. Whats an alternative to buying an expensive zoom lens ie converter or anything else that might be a cheap way of getting around it.If there is an alternative. All suggestions would be apprectiated. |
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03/10/2004 11:05:53 PM · #2 |
Take a look at some of the meade telescopes. One of my co workers has one that will allow you to connect a SLR camera body to the scope with an adapter. The scopes are less than $400 and the zoom power is pretty awesome :)
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03/10/2004 11:21:16 PM · #3 |
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03/10/2004 11:22:48 PM · #4 |
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03/10/2004 11:27:23 PM · #5 |
how cloe do you want to get to the moon as far as zoom range.
I have found that 400mm is pretty good, but does lack some size, 800mm is better and does a good job, but wit my 8"meade LX90 I get some great shots, then again its at 2000mm (f10)
the bi question is how much are yo willing to spend on equipment to get the shots you desire...
here are some examples
this is 2000mm (taken with D60 and Meade LX-90 telescope)
Moon @ 2000mm
this is @ 400mm with the D60 using a celestron 80mm (400mm focal length) spoting scope
Moon @ 400mm
sorry I dont have my 800mm shots posted to the web yet but will try in a few to get them up
James
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03/11/2004 12:25:07 AM · #6 |
Ideally, you would couple your camera to a motorized telescope as others have described, but the necessary adapters alone for a Digital Rebel will cost you $40 to $80 US. If all you want is an inexpensive way to take moon photos, then consider a Dobsonian-type telescope. You won't get computerized guidance or sky tracking, but you can still get a pleasing image by simply aiming your tripod-mounted camera through the eyepiece. The moon is bright enough that you don't have to track the sky, and decent 4" Dobsonians like the Orion Starblast are available for less than $200 (Edmund Scientific and Bushnell offer similar scopes). Avoid low-end department store telescopes from Tasco, Jason, etc.- they're usually junk.
This single image was taken through an 8" Celestron telescope by aiming a Canon Powershot G2 through the eyepiece as described above. You can also get great shots of birds or other wildlife using this technique. |
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03/11/2004 05:48:49 AM · #7 |
| Thanks to everyone who is replying to my question. I think I will go a purchase a telescope as long as I can get a camera mount for the camera as I can use it the telsescope to see the stars and moon as well as use it to take photo's. Any help in aspects of photography or links that have info on using the canon 300d to the best it can offer would be great. Thanks again, this site is great keep up the good work and great photo's. I would post the photo I took of the moon but it would be an embarrassment to me compared to the ones you guys have taken. :) |
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03/11/2004 08:52:11 AM · #8 |
check out Scopetronics, they have just about every adapter you can think of for connecting a camera to a telescope, but for the 300D you need to look in the 35mm film camera section.... not the digital camera section...
ohhhh and I just noticed on their main page a New goodie I need to get....A new goodie
on yahoo.com there is a group called digital astro ( I cant get to it from work) but there is a vast source of information there for digital photography and lots of people with the 300D
James
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