Daytime imaging

[blusky]

Tried using the scope as a 1,200mm lens during the daytime (lol), and found that the objects just over half a mile away were sufficiently washed out to distinguish much detail. Besides the highly pronounced UV haze (no UV filter) the fuzziness of the picture prompted me to open the collimation kit, which, as often happens, has confirmed that everything was in order.

I suppose there must be a reason for a £10,000+ gap between my "lens" and a dedicated 1,200mm telephoto...

Any thoughts?

[blusky]

As if no-one has thought about using their scope as a telephoto lens?

[StuW]

That's how I got back into astronomy. Bought my ED80 to do wildlife photography.

http://www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=657

With the 1.6 crop factor of my SLR and the extension tubes for closer focus, the ED80 is around 975mm.

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