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Comment by Philip A Cruden on January 20, 2011 at 10:07pm

Hey Man, thanks for your reply. when it comes to noise with my Sony, if the camera is close and I mention higher ISO it starts to glow red.
The way your Nikon attached is pretty much the same as mine, I am still spending way too much time trying to figure out if I am going with DSLR or CCD so for now I am not going to think about it anymore, I am going to wait for that epiphany moment.

Comment by Marc Basti on January 20, 2011 at 4:27pm

Phillip, I used the same (I think), but different setup. It was (is, still have) a Nikon4300 c-px w/a threaded lens barrel. An extender goes on the end and you can screw filters (or adapters) on it. At first, I got a few plumbing fittings and made an adapter to fit over regular smooth sided eyepieces. I moved on to Baader Hyperion eyepieces and they came threaded to fit all sorts of applications. Worked pretty well. It could do 1mn exposures w/a hand remote, but the amp glow was horrendous (1st generation cam.). It was a good place to learn. Marc

Comment by Philip A Cruden on January 19, 2011 at 7:34pm

Sorry forgot to mention, yep great skies now in AZ. I am too spoiled.

Comment by Philip A Cruden on January 19, 2011 at 6:54pm

Hey Marc, thanks man, most of the time I am using a wide 40mm Plossl that I can attach directly to the lens of the camera. The camera is a Sony F-828 and at the time back in 2002 it was their flagship digital cam for Sony, I was working for Sony Pictures at the time so I got a great deal, instead of $1000.00 I got it for $900.00 and kid you not the 1GB memory stick pro had just came out and it was $999.00, wow times have changed. The Camera is still a great camera with its full built in true 200mm Carl Zeiss lens but not the best for AP. I have been holding off getting a good camera for AP simply because I do not want to jump into anything I do not understand just yet and I want to get as much info before I do. The moon right now is a great target to learn along with some closer DS objects. My camera has no way of turning off the NR but I am going to see what Happens if I turn up the ISO and try some dark frames. Any suggestions for my next camera would be greatly appreciated, I am torn between a T1i or going with a CCD, right now I am modifying some webcams to learn some of the other stuff. Spike had some great suggestions but still need more info/opinion. Sorry for the long reply, thanks for you kind comments about my moon shot.

Comment by Marc Basti on January 19, 2011 at 12:05pm

Phillip, you get nice steady focus (especially for afocal). What do you use to mount the camera? Marc PS Get some serious transparent sky in AZ or what.