Anyone used a 10x camera to shoot anything?

KSeet · Post by **KSeet** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:15 am

I tried with my C730 to shoot the moon, but results not very good lor...how about anyone else?

KSeet · Post by **KSeet** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:17 am

http://www.pbase.com/image/14548334

Here's my moon shot.

Post by **weixing** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:45 pm

Hi,
I have use a digital camcorder to shoot still and video on Moon, Jupiter and Saturn with a optical zoom of 12x. The video quality is very good and the still image although is at only 1 Mega Pixel, the image is quite good... I will post my image later... now at work...

Post by **weixing** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:41 pm

Hi,
Below are some images taken using my Panasonic Camcorder(max. can upto 12x) without any post processing.

Have a nice day.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:26 pm

hi wei xing,
can share or not? how do you use the digi camcorder to snap on the moon so good? should i use any digi camcorder to just snap and get what you have? are you connecting it on the eyepiece of the scope or setup another normal camera tripod with the digi camcorder to snap it?

any good digi camcorder or camera (not too too expensive) you could recommend?

cheers,
eric goh

Post by **weixing** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:46 pm

Hi,
I use William-Optics 4337(a 40mm eyepiece with 43mm and 37mm thread) to connect to my Camcorder. The William-Optics 4337 can connect to any camcorder or digital camera with 43mm or 37mm thread.
If you haven't got any camcorder or digital camera, get a digital camera with manual control will be better, since can take picture at higher resolution. Currently, I'm using the Nikon 4500 digital camera I brought recently... this is a popular non-SLR digital camera for astrophotography. This camera can also connect to the William-Optics 4337 via a 28mm to 37mm step-up ring.
Hope the information help...

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:54 am

I have used afocal projection by way of a scopetronic adapter to take photos through my telescope. If you can't access singastro database @ yahoogroups, the you can check out my pics here :

www.pbase.com/airconvent

All taken using either my ETX90 or ETX125 with a Nikon Coolpix 4300 camera (or for the older shots, a Fuji Finepix 2400)

IceAngel · Post by **IceAngel** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:04 am

cool.. very nice photos.. can a video camera also take this kind of photo?? i have a video cam.. with a 37mm thread..

weixing.. can i bring my video camera next time and test it with your scope??

Post by **weixing** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:29 am

Hi,
No problem, bring along your video camera next time... But there will be probably no suitable target for you to test your video camera... the mars is too difficult to video and the moon will only rise at mid-night...

IceAngel · Post by **IceAngel** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:25 pm

ooh.. my video cam can zoom up to 200X... maybe test with the moon first.. hehe