telescope and nikon d80

[rex88]

is it possible to take picture through a telescope with a nikon d80.

[Stephen]

Yes - what telescope are you wanting to connect it to?

[rex88]

at the moment vivitar 70060 but upgrading to skywatcher 200p

[klaatu]

This was my first astro photo taken with 150P using the photo Barlow that came with the telescope (lens removed) and an Nikon d80 with a t ring. 250th of a second I think.

http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/1462

There is no mirror lock up on the D80 but it does have a shutter delay if you look through the menus. There not is also a long expo noise reduction that would be interesting to try if only the sky would clear!!

Good luck.

[Stephen]

at the moment vivitar 70060 but upgrading to skywatcher 200p

I'm not familiar with the Vivitar so I couldn't comment - other than to suggest it's probably not worth.

To connect to the 200P, you will require a Nikon t-ring to start with, and a remote shutter cable.

There's lots of other issues to address though, it's not just a case of connecting the camera to the scope

I'd read through some of the other posts in this section that go through imaging, and requirements of the mount, etc - see what your goals are and how invested in this you want to get?

[rex88]

i do have a bulb setting, where can i get the bits from

[rex88]

yes i have been warned about the high cost of the photography side of things

[Stephen]

i do have a bulb setting, where can i get the bits from

T-ring : First Light Optics - T Rings

Remote shutter cable : eBay