Digital Photo Frame?

[Bizibilder]

Could you use one of these to put over the scope to take "flats"? - by using them to reproduce a plain white image?

[Catanonia]

mmm, try it, might work mate, rather expensive way of doing it thou.

[Bizibilder]

I thought that may be the catch!!.........Off to the dump then for a cheap one!!

[yesyes]

Depends on how you want to do it. If you don't want to use it as a photo frame anymore, you could dismantle it, remove the actual TFT and use the backlight for the flats. Then you'd need some sort of contraption to hold the backlight in front of the scope.

That would be a bit similar to what I have done:

http://stargazerslounge.com/diy-astronomer/107652-diy-lightbox-finished.html

Or, if you still want to use it as a photo frame, you could generate a completely white image and upload it to the frame. Then hold/mount the frame in front of the scope.

Also, what scope did you want to use it with? These frames are rather small so would only work with scopes that have an aperture smaller that the height of the display in the frame.

[LukeSkywatcher]

I'd imagine the quality of the flats would be the same as if you used a computer monitor to make the flats. I believe its not a very good way of doing it. But worth a go.

[yesyes]

I was wondering about the pixels if you leave the TFT in front. But the scope doesn't focus to anything so close so I guess it should be fine and appear as a smooth, even white.

[Bizibilder]

'Twas just a thought!! But it seems possible with some constraints - especially for "tiddlyscopes"