SingAstro

anyway the skies in perth nowadays are...quite good. clear skies. ard my uni has very little light pollution.

any....sister astro club in perth?

there;s another advantage for DSLRs. u cant mount a lens on to a ccd and go out to take photos.

u can do that with a DSLR.

plus a DSLR, negates a need for a laptop. with a dslr u can straight away make controls and adjustments

i'll ...err...do some reading up first..to save myself from some degree of embarrasment. :oops:

Good to hear that after you saw how much stuff Remus and me carried to the trip, it did not deter you from astrophotography but instead made u take the plunge! Yes, the mount is the most important. Recall how I failed to get the autoguider done. Its all because of the mount. Good, strong mount with...

From what i gathered during the astro trip, I've got some idea regarding the types of mounts for imaging and visual.

I've decided (if i can commit now) to go in the direction of imaging. So how do I start looking for a equatorial mount ? I just started in astronomy so i don't have a clue at all.

oh...i thought the cat came with the scope.
sorry man.

anyone want to share a taxi from pasir ris mrt station?

Hi, Telescope don't have infinity marking as they are not design for SLR use only. I think Canon do not have the auto/manual focus selector switch on it's body... it is on the Lens itself, so when you switch to manual focus mode on the lens, the focus confirmation light or beep (if enabled) will be...

hmm i assume there is a lens element inside to adjust focus ?

anyway objects that far would already require infinity focus ?

i cant speak for canon, but nikons have a AF switch on the body right? just off it and u have snap at any focus distance.