budding astrophotog?

Ann McRae

We dug out our old telescope tonight for our 10 year old. He is sooooo excited by the whole process. He came in, grabbed the 707 and tried to get a photo through the scope. Now I remember people having adapters between their telescopes and cameras. Anybody remember those, and know where I might get one?

ann

Bodwick

Ann McRae wrote:

We dug out our old telescope tonight for our 10 year old. He is sooooo excited by the whole process. He came in, grabbed the 707 and tried to get a photo through the scope. Now I remember people having adapters between their telescopes and cameras. Anybody remember those, and know where I might get one?

ann

Here is a page on how to make one.
http://www.truetex.com/telad.htm
It ends with advice on using a pipefitters vise.

You could also try just using your camera set on a tripod into the eyepiece.

Depends how good your telescope is. Start with the moon. A good eye piece will make all the differance. The one that come with scopes need upgraded asap.

ian408

Depending on the camera, you can use a small thread on adapter that allows
you to replace the eyepiece with the camera.

I bought one of these to use with my Coolpix 950. Works great.

Looks a bit like this:


You might also see of the eye cup for an eyepiece threads off. If it does,
there's a slight change you can thread the eyepiece onto the camera and
let 'er rip.

Good luck!