Even Canon Shooters Can Do Astrophotography

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Hehehe.

Check out this link. This guy made a cool composite photo with his 1D Mark II piggybacked on his telescope. By piggybacking his camera on the telescope, the stars didn't trail.

Pretty cool, even if he does shoot with a Canon Thingy! :-)

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1329_1.asp

[Chunk]

Hehehe.

Check out this link. This guy made a cool composite photo with his 1D Mark II piggybacked on his telescope. By piggybacking his camera on the telescope, the stars didn't trail.

Pretty cool, even if he does shoot with a Canon Thingy! :-)

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1329_1.asp

Great image, thanks for posting that link.

So where are the Persied photos taken with that Nikon Whatamacallit??

[paulnj]

AND THIS CANON SHOOTER CAN CARRY YOUR OLD TIRED BODY PIGGY BACK....even with your nikon junk ;) but we may stagger a bit

on second thought........ sorry no dudes on my back PAL

thanks for the laugh rob, pretty cool composite too .

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Great image, thanks for posting that link.

So where are the Persied photos taken with that Nikon Whatamacallit??

They are on my hard drive. I haven't had the chance to reduce them to 640 pixels yet. I will be posting them in the near future. I didn't do as well as with the Leonids ( I got 10 frames with meteors out of 21 frames shot), but the Persieds weren't quite as active. I shot 24 frames during the Persieds and got meteors on 7 frames. The Persieds also weren't as bright. But I'll post a few soon.

Nikon Whatamacallit??

It's easy, it's a N80. And I did give credit where credit was due. ;-)

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AND THIS CANON SHOOTER CAN CARRY YOUR OLD TIRED BODY PIGGY BACK....even with your nikon junk ;) but we may stagger a bit

on second thought........ sorry no dudes on my back PAL

thanks for the laugh rob, preety cool composite too .

"YOUR OLD TIRED BODY PIGGY BACK....even with your nikon junk ;) but we may stagger a bit "


Geez, you make me sound ancient!

And if my ancient memory serves me, you started with "Nikon junk". ;-)


Glad I made you laugh dude. Have a good one.

[paulnj]

YUP......and I had TRICYCLE before I bought my first ROADRUNNER too

hahaha

But seriously, cameras are merely a light tight box that holds film....... BRAND WARS BLOW!

I like white cheaper costing lenses though ;)

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YUP......and I had TRICYCLE before I bought my first ROADRUNNER too

hahaha

But seriously, cameras are merely a light tight box that holds film....... BRAND WARS BLOW!

I like white cheaper costing lenses though ;)

I agree. While I'm as guilty as the next guy for tweaking you and Seb for shooting Canon, I'm also one of the first to say that it's the person behind the camera that matters - not what name is imprinted on it.

I'm also quick to say that ergonomics matter. How the camera feels in your hand will have a large influence on your proficiency with it. Controls that are logical to you matter more than what the next guy says are the "best" features.

Meanwhile, I'm keep shooting my Nikon light tight box.

:-)