Equatorial Mount for Cameras

[prbaxter]

Does anyone know if you can get EQ mounts for a DSLR camera?

Sounds like a silly question but a friend of mine is interested in pointing his new DSLR skywards and doing long long exposures and i'm thinking he will probably need an EQ mount and a motor drive at the very least.

???

[StevieDvd]

A good quality mount and adapter and as you say at least a motor drive. Though for long long exposures I'd suggest reading up on guided setups.

[Psychobilly]

I use an EQ3-Pro...

[Superewza]

Cheapest option would be a barn door mount.

[Psychobilly]

Indeed it would.. somethign like this...

http://stargazerslounge.com/diy-astronomer/132439-first-barn-door-tracker.html

[Digz]

Some great advice. I would personally have a bash at the Barndoor Tracker first to how he gets on.

[ollypenrice]

The device of choice is the Astrotrac. Astrophotography Made Easy - Home

The clever thing about the design is that it simulates a much larger and more accurate worm drive than it actually has.

Olly

[Moonshane]

as you have a dob, you could make an equatorial platform http://stargazerslounge.com/diy-astronomer/127311-equatorial-platform-dobsonian-telescopes.html to power your dob when not imaging and your camera when you are!

mine is still a work in progress but I hopefully get the last bits tomorrow.