Can this be used in combo with SLR cameras for astrophotography?
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Absolutely. You will need some additional parts, though. You'll need an adapter to mount to your camera, and a T-Adapter. Depending on your needs, you may also want a barlow lens. When you have all of that, you attach the camera, focus, and start snapping pics. It helps to have a remote for your camera so that you can snap the picture without touching the telescope, which could cause movement that would ruin your picture.
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I think as long as you have a strong tripod it should be fine to use with a telescope, I use it with my Professional camcorder with no problem.
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I use this camera in a Celestron C8, and in an Orion 190mm Maksutov Newtonian Astrograph, Meade 12" SCT. As long as the telescope can accept a 1.25" eyepiece, this camera can be used.
920663
Unlikely with much success. Astrophotography requires a motorized mount for long exposures. I've held my cell phone to my SkyScanner for rudimentary snapshots of the moon and Jupiter (with it's moons), but that was it.
1642765
A camera adapter as well as individual adapters for Nikon, Canon DSLR, etc are listed as options for this telescope on the web site. So I assume it's possible. But I don't have those adapters, never tried them, so I can not give you more info.
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Well, this isn't really a telescope designed for astro-photography. A Dobsonian telescope "twists" during long exposures. You can take short exposures, or use a modified webcam and "stack" exposures. For the best astro-photograpy you need an equatorially mounted telescope.
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I wouldn't, unless you have a really extravagant and solid and extremely heavy (and costly) tripod to give extreme stability to your telescope. And maybe not even then. This Barlow gets in really tight, and even a very slight breeze will knock it out of focus or cause vibrations if you use this coupled with a zoom. Tighter is not always better. I have a Celestron zoom and this Barlow as well. I use them both. But I don't use them together. Hope this helps. Great question!
1922570
Yes you can but for astrography a motorized mount is almost a necessity. Manual tracking for long exposures is quite a daunting task.
1190630
More strength? If you could explain I might be able to answer. This is a standard adapter for your camera-specific T-ring. You need both to mount/use a camera with a telescope (unless you get real lucky shooting through an eyepiece) - I've used them with heavy film cameras with no problem - on a decent telescope. If the 'scope is lightweight it's probably not good for astrophotography anyway. But the "strength" issue is unclear - are you planning on some other kind of use?
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Yes, it should be very capable of handling that camera/lens combination. It's well constructed for the price.
1924310
It should work, though it might be tough to keep things centered if your mount is not motorized. One thing to keep in mind is that the image quality of this camera is not very good. It works well on the Moon, but that is about it. If you can find a used one it would be a much better value. This camera is not worth $100, maybe $30-$40.
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The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that for astrophotography, you may need a lot more gear and some software to be successful. Since the Earth rotates, for longer exposures you may need a specialized mount to compensate for this. You can also take a series of shorter exposures and, using software, stack them to reduce image noise while bringing out details. Some sensors will "bloom" or create bright amplifier noise during longer exposures, so you need to be aware of that as well. For night photography, you'll need a tripod and expose properly. You can use lower ISOs and longer exposures for better quality images. Finally, you'll need lenses with wider apertures, so you can shoot without flash in dim light. Hope that answers your question.
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Hey there. Honestly I'm not sure. My main camera is a 5Dmkiii. The 1d is my backup. Never done astro with it.
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I'm not sure, but I don't think so. I only used mine with a Fiji Digital Camera. Sorry, I wish I could be more help. I know that this tripod is specifically designed to hook up it's parts to a camera. I'm not sure if telescopes have the same parts or not.
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No. You can take long exposures with it, but you're better off spending the cash on a DSLR body like a Canon T3i and a program like BackyardEOS if you want to image deep sky objects.
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Seems that assuming that the rumors are true and this model of the D600 does not suffer the same faulty design that leads to oil spots and dust on the sensor then my answer would be the camera would be fine depending on the other equipment you use. If you have a tripod that can be programmed to "follow" the earth's rotation, something essential for astrophotography enthusiasts then I think you'd be able to get very good results.
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Its an older camera but offers fine object capturing details for deep Astrophotography. The description listing gives specific information of what it can do.