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16 years 10 months ago #59587 by rossa
what can i do with this Gear?? was created by rossa
Okay folks this is the gear I use. The camera being the most exspensive. What way can I attach the panasonic camera to the scope..(maybe I cant?) Here is detailed review on the spec of my camera...please read...

www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz5/

maybe its totally unsuitable but its has a great zoom range. and i have lense adapeters fish eye and X2 tele lenses to increase the range. It just looks totally incomaptibe with my scope.. :?
Meade ETX 70 AT

I also have a web cam www.everythingusb.com/microsoft_lifecam_vx-6000.html
I have had some sucess with this but not alot. What should I be aiming to do or get that will start me into astrophotography properly. Without breaking the bank. I just had all this stuff before I given the scope as a gift so I would like to know if it can work?? :wink:

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16 years 10 months ago #59588 by fguihen
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i have the panasonic FZ5 also and have serious doubts on its usefullness in astrophotography. Its notoriously noisy at anything above ISO200, and i find even that is noisy. its a great camera for holidays and what not, but not for night time shots. The problem is you will need high ISO values during astrophotography to make your camera as sensitive as possible to the small amounts of light available. Someone wiser than me may say im completely wrong with my opinion on the FZ5 and im happy to be corrected

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16 years 10 months ago #59592 by rossa
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ill agree with you,ive thrawlled the internet for good night skypics with it but have no seen as yet, well what is a good camera for what im trying to acheive . one with Long exposures ??? what would be a good all rounder??

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16 years 10 months ago #59611 by dave_lillis
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Usually a DSLR/SLR camera is the best for astronomy, not sure what you can get with that Panasonic camera, maybe eyepiece images of the moon ?

Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
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16 years 10 months ago #59656 by Seanie_Morris
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The only 2 cents I can add for that Panasonic camera in relation to astrophotography is one word - projection (through the eyepiece of your telescope or binoculars!). Holding it to the eyepieces is about as technical as it's going to get with a camera like that.

Seanie.

Midlands Astronomy Club.
Radio Presenter (Midlands 103), Space Enthusiast, Astronomy Outreach Co-ordinator.
Former IFAS Chairperson and Secretary.

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