Has anyone attempted astrophotography with this one? I'd love to know about capturing the Milky way.
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I have tried some night sky work with this lens. Set your ISO low and shoot stopped down at max. Set your camera to not flip the mirror and use a telescope clock drive system in a low light pollution area. Works well if you do trial and error exposures.
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I think it wont work because a tipical set up for that would be 20 to 30 secs, iso 3200, f 2.8. It may work if your camera goes to iso 6400 without noise. Or if you wait 60 sec but probably some stars will look like lines instead of dots. I suggest to go with a 2.8. On the other side for architecture or landscape is excelent!!! Quality is really nice for the price well not from f4.5 to 8 but from 8 to 18 is great!!
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I believe it would be really hard to capture astronomy with this lens because it is really wide. you cannot choose a single consultation.
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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 have not used my lense for sports yet but have gotten some really good pictures of the moon. Distance is really good. I shoot in manual mode.
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Most recommended for this OTA and for proper astrophotography would be the Sirius EQ-G. That will provide great stability and allow you to attach your photo equipment.
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I've gotten a few wonderful shots of the moon. It's awful bulky, heavy and unless you can do 5 things at once it takes a lot of tries to get the shot but its worth the hassel. I bought it for one thing and found out I can't use it for what I bought it so I'm going to sell mine.
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I was in your same situation last year. There is no such thing. The camera you purchased is designed for low-level light objects, not bright planets. If you use this camera for Jupiter per say, you will lose much of the resolution due to a half second exposure. Brighter objects are easily over exposed and you can't use any barlow lenses. However, I did purchase another Orion StarShoot but for planetary captures. You could of course use a standard camera for both jobs but if you are like me, I like the technology that Orion makes so I can use my laptop.
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For landscape it's amazing. I have not tried it yet for astrophotography. I did take some amazing sunsets with it but have not tried it with stars. For that i'm thinking of buying the Rokinon 24mm f1.4. That lens is a fixed lens but that's what you will need for shooting the stars. This is an amazing carry in your bag lens though. It takes incredible sharp photos! I love it! I will try to go out tonight and see about the stars but I think with the 3.5 aperture I probably won't get great images. I would buy this again.
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Not a definitive answer, but my impression is that the motors in the drive may not be powerful enough for a heavy camera. The additional weight, especially if it's unbalanced for such a budget 'scope, may be too much for the drive to work properly for astrophotography
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I have been able to take decent (6-7 cloud bands visible) pictures of Jupiter with this using a 3x barlow. It will depend on your telescope, seeing conditions, and comfort using software like Registax to stack videos. This video is what unprocessed output might look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UfyUpJxBYk
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I'm also a star gazer and, yes, the quality does translate to astronomy. Just know it will be limited by the 50mm light gathering power; given good, dark sky conditions, it will detect the brighter fuzzy M-objects (though small in the 10x power of the bino).
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I would assume they are doing terrestrial shots as I can't imagine using this for DSOs (deep space objects). The Moon might be a viable target with this scope and camera. You would remove the diagonal. At this point you need an adaptor to mount the camera to the back of the refractor. Focusing might be a challenge at first but is doable. Sometimes you may need a longer or shorter adaptor to allow the image to project onto the focal plane of the camera chip. Problems: balancing the scope with the extra weight, finding a T adaptor for your camera if it isn't one of the names like Cannon, Nikon (you may have to do a lot of fitment), vibration due to the light weight and strength of the setup. It would probably be good for a fun startup in astrophotography but would require an upgrade to a larger and more substantial scope/mount/tripod to get satisfying results. Hope that helps. WEK.
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Hi Steven, Wish I could be more helpful, but I have never tried to use a camera with a telescope. I suggest you call Orion and ask for Tech Support. The number is (800) 676-1343. Hope you're able to get an answer to your question. Cordially, Joe Romaninsky
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Hi Steven, I don't own that telescope anymore. I am now using Nexstar 5SE. However what I have discovered is if your camera is decently heavy then your telescope will start tilting down. To stabilize it I had to use additional weights. I have never tried mounting a camera on Astromaster.
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I have had pretty good luck with night shots, however it only works if there's a little light to work with. I have put my camera in an area where there's a lot of over growth and No moon light and my pictures are also dark.If the area is open and there's some light to work with its pretty good in my opinion.
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This is A heavy scope with a less than perfect center go gravity. I am using an alpena plastic with a fairly wide footprint. It's barely enough. It's plastic. it wiggles a lot when you focus or zoom. Do you own this scope now? Are thinking stars or on the ground. I would not recommend ultima 80 for astronomy. Blue shift issues. Works fine on the ground.
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Hello, I would say the images for me are the same as I have the basic eyepieces and two sets of as you need two sets for the bino viewers but what I like is the eye relief that you get when looking through them and a almost 3d effect like you get when looking through binoculars. If you can afford it I would highly recomend it, not for just yourself but for other viewers as well. I have a Celestron 8SE and looking at Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, well its pretty awesome. My plan is to do astrophotography, if I was really into eyepieces I would go with the two inch and some nice Nagler eyepieces. Hope this helps, Good luck and dark skies.
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I think the video capabilities are very good. I did a short video shot of the moon using the zoom and it came out great. You could see the moon tracking across the sky. Very cool.