Stu Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 .....please, before it's too late!Repeat after me, I am visual only, I am visual only......Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartJPP Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Too late, there's no hope for you now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLX200 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 You'll be fine if you don't look at the images you took... What - you did already? Ah well, too late then. Now you're officially an astro-imager and your wallet will shrivel and die.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyKoval35 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Ah well, too late then. Now you're officially an astro-imager and your wallet will shrivel and die.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Oh dear This is what happens when you start taking a few snaps with your phone held up to the eyepiece thinking nothing of it :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Condon Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Hi Stu,You are safe.......Just brilliant photoshopping a camera to a refractor!That Nigel Farrage shot drinking is getting a lot of air time.Trust everything is going well.CheersAdrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 My photoshop skills certainly aren't up to that, in most part because I don't have photoshop! ;-)You can tell I'm new at this, the scope isn't even pointing at the moon! I did manage a few shots, actually not as good as with the iPhone! I've dug out some extensions so I can do eyepiece projection to get a bit more image scale. At this stage I refuse to do guiding or (much) processing, just a few snapshots :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I'm sure you were just using the DSLR as a dust cap weren't you Stu ...... I've dabbled with the "dark arts" a few times over the years but you have to use electricity and cables, alignment and stuff that I can't be bothered with I really enjoy looking at what the folks who can be bothered produce though - some top drawer stuff on the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlin Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 It's like Smoking (although I don't smoke) It's a mugs game.Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 I'm sure you were just using the DSLR as a dust cap weren't you Stu ...... I've dabbled with the "dark arts" a few times over the years but you have to use electricity and cables, alignment and stuff that I can't be bothered with I really enjoy looking at what the folks who can be bothered produce though - some top drawer stuff on the forum Yes, that's definitely what I was doing John ;-)I agree, elastictrickery can be a pain, although when I'm using the Atlux I obviously need power to the mount so it's only a bit more hassle.No guiding for me though, although I fancy trying to image the ISS perhaps?StuSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLX200 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 "although I fancy trying to image..."Oh yes... the bug has you now. First ISS, then a few messiers, then globs and galaxies, then nebulae and before you know it you'll be buying narrow-band filters. ChrisH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Imp Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 You better get Mrs Makstutov well stocked with handbags and shoes before you get any worse, you're on a very slippery slope my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedgun Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Oh dear This is what happens when you start taking a few snaps with your phone held up to the eyepiece thinking nothing of it :grin:Good God! I just did this very thing for the first time last night! Have I been so easily compromised, as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Embrace the Dark Side young Jedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemanley Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 go on, get stuck in ! I've been playing around at it for 18 months, spent a fortune and still getting nowhere !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 The force is strong in this one .one of us...one of us .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welrod50 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 The force is strong in this one .one of us...one of us .. Quite,But it is staggering how much one is compelled to spend to get the best light sabres, and still be unable to wield it properly. If getting hooked on AP and then trying to progress in the dark art were anything like being a Jedi, despite my best efforts, I think I would qualify as a 'youngling' who has almost cut his own arm off a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Quite,But it is staggering how much one is compelled to spend to get the best light sabres, and still be unable to wield it properly. If getting hooked on AP and then trying to progress in the dark art were anything like being a Jedi, despite my best efforts, I think I would qualify as a 'youngling' who has almost cut his own arm off a few times It is only by judging ourselves harshly that we can become Jedi masters young Padwan May the force be with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfisher Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I did this once, it all started with a point and shoot on a A-focal mount, i now also put a dslr on my telescopes..........i`ll just take a few snaps of the moon i told myself, then M42, M45, Saturn, Jupiter, star fields..........there is no turning back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoss Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 That's it...............your bank account will never be the same again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshane Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 you turncoat! I did this once and got some decent results but I felt the camera was hogging the scope and since then have not even thought about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 I've not given up hope yet Shane. Hopefully my results will be bad enough to put me off the idea.My rules for the moment are no guiding, no processing and no laptops. Putting the DSLR on the Vixen on the Atlux mount will be as sophisticated as I get, hopefully!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeobrien Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Until you take the next image, now what if I just........Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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