Stuart1971

I think France has re opened borders now..or at latest in a couple of hours..... 👍🏼👍🏼

The postage is good, the adapter itself it €75 😮😮😮

Great minds....and names... 👍🏼😀

I agree that these solar cans could easily be made re useable, but as has been said by @Stu there is only a very small number of these used, compared to drink cans, which are maybe designed to keep the drink safe, but are also designed as a disposable unit, just like the solar can, so focusing on sorting that out, will have far more of an impact than making solar cans re useable...I think you need to put your energy for change elsewhere TBH.... with respect of course.... 👍🏼😀

Not sure there is anything to work on, it’s all good and working as it should.... 👍🏼😀

Here you go...

It’s working fine for me.... 👍🏼

Why can’t you use darks with a DSLR, I did all the time...the only issue is you need to take on the night of imaging after or before the lights....but it works extremely well....same sub length and will be same temp too, which is the important bit... 👍🏼😀 In fact with the canon DSLR I had it could be set to automatically take a dark of the same sub length after each light frame, this obviously doubled your imaging time if you did after every image, so I just tended to do at the end in one go...20 or so... Whereas with a dedicated Astro cam you can build a library at any time with different exposure lengths and temps...

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Five mins is fine with a KAF8300 sensor, it will work well, it does not need to be 10-20 mins as stated earlier in this thread....

How is the Atik 383 colour as they get bad press...?? But the Mono is very good....

Hi, I would have a look for a good secondhand Starlight Xpress SXVR M25c, they do come up and are around that budget, I paid £850 for mine about four years ago and it’s been superb, it’s CCD as opposed to CMOS, has an APS-C size sensor, approx 26mm x 17mm and is super sensitive for a OSC, with its large pixels...darks are not really needed...Probably one of, if not the best OSC CCD made.... just my 2p worth, and others will inevitably point you towards CMOS...but that’s just not my bag at all... 👍😀

Ah, sorry misunderstood... 👍🏼

The Baader UFC is superb, and you will not regret buying it.... I sold my SX filter wheel and use this now instead, bought four drawers for it... 👍

Is it to do with the tilt meter...? 👍

I had one for a very short while, and did not like, it’s really fiddly to get filters in and out, the design is not good at all, you need very small fingers, to grip the filters enough to screw in.... As for light leakage, I never used in anger, so can’t comment on that, but I have heard others mention it quite a lot.... I then went for the Baader filter drawer system, and they are worlds apart....HTH 👍😀

Superb job there, and much to think about...👍😀

Well, no. As I can’t see any lights from my garden....no problems at all.....I am lucky that way...just have to keep an eye on idiots trying to get over the fence and pinch my kit, under the cover of complete darkness..... 😂😂

If you going to put shades on them, you may aswell take them all down as they will serve no purpose....simples....👍😀

You really are lacking somewhere.....let’s leave it please...👍

You really are trying to wind me up, please read what I am saying and understand, I am not saying people take up crime, and become criminals all of a sudden, because of no lights, I am saying these people are ALREADY criminals and Looking for an easy target....of which there are plenty in an unlit housing rural area.... is that simple enough for you to get...??

Absolute Rubbish, that’s just your opinion....not at all fact....👍😀

I never said no lighting makes criminals, that is just stupid, ....but it helps mask crimes, from people who are already criminals and are looking for an easy target, and in our village there are many when it’s pitch black around the streets... anyway just leave it now, as it seems that no one is allowed an opinion anymore on this forum, as anybody that disagrees with anything, gets shot down....I see why people are leaving....it’s a real shame.... 👍😀

Sorry, but you missed my point completely....but never mind...you are correct it’s off topic....but at the end of the day people can be seen with lights on, people can’t be seen with lights off, you say Vilans hide in shadows, so surely no lights it’s even better for them.....🤔🤔 which is what I was saying.....it’s that simple...and easy to understand......👍😀

Hi Stuart and welcome, looks like we are one year apart..... 👍😀