Nikon D60?? (no lense attached)

[Rols]

just added my t ring to my Nikon to get a first picture, i'm obviously over looking something thats going to make me feel daft, but i need some advice as to what it is?

tried a search for Nikon no lense attached. NIKON. Nikon T ring nothing that helped.

thanks for looking.

[Black Knight]

If I understand you correctly, you probably need a T-Mount to attach to your T-ring. Like this for 1.25" eyepiece holders: First Light Optics - FLO 1.25-inch T mount camera adapter, or this for 2" eyepiece holders: First Light Optics - FLO 2-inch T mount camera adapter

[Rols]

Thanks for looking in

i have the pair mount and ring fitted together, the trouble is when i remove the lense from the chassis of the camera the camera says no lense attached and blocks all function.

how do i get around that?

[Black Knight]

Tbh, with a Nikon, I have no idea - I'm a Canon person these days. But there must be a way to turn off all that gubbins. With my Canon, I'm sure I just set it to manual. Hopefully a Nikon guru will be along any minute now ...

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[Rols]

i will play in the morning as right now the sky is clear and full of things i've not seen before.

you could have hit the nail on the head, i think i may have missed setting the camera to manual focus... you was probably Guru enough, will let you know.

[hemihaggis]

okay you need to turn the dial to m on your nikon , then turn the wheel till you find the bulb setting , if you go on to the nikon site you can download a pdf of the nikon manual for your spcific camera

[Rols]

Thanks hemihaggis, i got to the 'm' setting about 35 mins after i turned the computer off and got concentrating, i never did get a shot of Jupiter last night ,as i was then left unable to focus the camera. (so much to learn)

what i really need to do is get this lot automated from computer at least then i will feel more comfortable, i remember having a Nikon software package that enabled me to automate the camer but the name escapes me when most required.

Visuals last night were good again, checked another 2 Messier objects off my very immature list.

[Nathan_Pembs]

i remember having a Nikon software package that enabled me to automate the camer but the name escapes me when most required.

DCamCapture? It's free to download

[Rols]

I will give it a go Nathan, but it has to work on mac...