Stu Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Following on from my lunar shots just using just the x30 zoom on my Panasonic camera, I thought I ought to try it on a scope! These were very quickly taken in about 15 mins using my Vixen f9 Fluorite on the Giro-WR mount. It was all a little random in terms of targeting, will be much better when I pop the same combination onto the Vixen GP. Focusing leaves a fair amount to be desired, I need to play around with different methods when I have more time, and using the 10 second timer made it hard to just when targets were going to be in view. Anyway, I think these might be better if I try with the 40mm TMB Paragon eyepiece, but that involves using a 2" diagonal which I could not be bothered to do at the time! So, much room for improvement, particularly on focus, although there is a pleasing lack of CA in the images. No comments about orientation please Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfisher Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Stu, very good, clearly you did not have tracking on this set up, much easier with tracking, giving time to work at getting focus close, does the panasonic have a manual focus option? I use a Pentax optio T30 for A-focal as this has IR remote for shutter and manual focus, the holy grail for A-focal, keep at it, also shhot a movie if on tracking mount then process in pipp and registax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Need to check on remote shutter, that would make a big difference. I was using auto focus but need to play around with manual. Agreed re tracking vs giro AltAz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 This looks promising, a WiFi app to fully control the camera, including the manual focus. Apologies for the subject matter used for my example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfisher Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 The app is going to make a huge difference, i can see you getting into the art of A-focal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfosteruk Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Great start Stu, looking forward to the results as you perfect the technique with the app. Keep 'em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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