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Muz
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What would I have to search to find the correct screws?
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I've acquired a fairly good quality bullhead for £75, so it shouldn't be a weak link in the chain. However, I can't seem to figure out how to attach it to my mount. I have a small white plate which can be affixed to the telescope in the same place where my telescope's dovetail bar usually goes, but I am not sure if this is any use. I don't think I have a screw the right size for the bottom of my ball head. What would work?
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Thanks, I'll give that a go. What will I need to attach my camera to the mount?
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The SW Adventurer looks like a far better deal than the Polaire from what I've seen just from the link, as with the Polarie a polar scope alone costs something like £135!
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It's an EQ5 that I'm using and I do have the enhanced tracking motor kit in both axes, but it woulda be the most versatile of things if I stuck only my camera to that for wide field photography, or would it?
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Hello, For a long time, I've been considering getting a tripod and tracking mount for my camera, for wide field logged exposure photography. I've found a good looking piece of equipment called the Vixen Polarie. Is this any good, and what are some alternative makes? Advice would be appreciated! Thanks
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Great everyone, thanks for your feedback and pointers!
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Hello, The clouds finally decided to have a rest a couple of nights ago, so I went out to take some photos. This is perhaps my favourite result: This is a 1080p version of the image, but the original image can be viewed here: http://postimg.org/image/jt7o7l66h/full/ It is the result of about 30 still frames stacked on top of each other in Registax, then processed with the wavelets and Canon DPP. This is perhaps the first time that I have been reasonably happy with my result, but I am always looking for advice and guidance, so it would be appreciated. Most importantly, I suppose, what are the best settings for the wavelets and what is best to do in DPP? I sort of just fiddle about with them, so actual knowing would be beneficial in future! Thanks Murray
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An absolutely incredible image! What was your technique in producing it?
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Great advice all, thanks a lot!
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I'll do that, thanks.
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I took about 20 or so RAW images, but I don't think Registax works with such file types. Would I need to go through the same process of editing the image in DPP for each image, then exporting it as a JPEG and stacking them, or is there a quicker way? I also have a string of JPEG images on a slightly higher exposure, so I'll try what you suggest with that lot right away. Thanks!
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I forgot to mention in my original post that the full image can be viewed here:http://postimg.org/image/go7a5n2j5/full/
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Hello, I have here an image of the Moon, which I took a number of days ago. I've just spend about fifteen minutes fiddling around with Canon Digital Photo Professional until I was reasonably happy with how the image looked, but I don't really know what I am doing, so advice on that would be appreciated. Camera: Canon EOS 600D Exposure time: 1/400 second ISO speed: ISO-100 White balance: Auto File type: RAW, exported as JPEG after processing Connected via prime focus to Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200P Aperture: 200mm Focal length: 1000mm F-number: F5 (I have been careful to mention basically all information possibly necessary as I have forgotten to do so on previous occasions) A previous image of mine was overexposed on the side which faces the sun, so I took a comparatively dim image to retain detail, then increased the brightness slightly on DPP. I also have heard from somebody that there is a way to set my camera to inform me when I am overexposing an image. I looked for such a thing in the settings, but I couldn't find it - does anybody know how I can access that? General advice and advice about how to process photos on Digital Photo Professional would be greatly appreciated. Thanks