Beginner: unguided 150mm Newt + T2 + Nikon D70s

[pajr777]

I've done a fair bit of landscape photog with the DSLR, I'm very new to astronomy. As I already have the camera and my new 'scope, and I can interface the two with a cheap adapter ring, I'm thinking what can I do with this combo? Unguided I should be able to get lunar shots with a high ISO and short exposure?

Is there a primer or book that will guide me on what is possible and tips for getting good images?

I'm enjoying the visual side of astronomy but would like to get a few images for posterity without spending a fortune on a goto or cooled ccd etc that the highest priests of this dark art need for their amazing DSO images

I feel like I'm on thin ice here - once I take that first step into the void it could get very expensive very quickly

[Viv]

I feel like I'm on thin ice here - once I take that first step into the void it could get very expensive very quickly

Oh yes - worth it though !!

Book - making every photon count, by Steve Richards (order from FLO).

[Shibby]

You don't need goto or a cooled CCD for DSO photography... What mount do you have?

[pajr777]

The TAL mount that ships with the TAL 150p - a manual GEQ with slow-mo controls

[nicnac]

you will manage some luna shots, nice short exposure stuff. Anything more and you will need a decent tracking mount

First Light Optics - Celestron CG-5 GT GOTO

i have the manual mount version because im not that into taking images, cracking mounts though these CG5s