Celestron 80ED refractor with Nikon D40 (1 Viewer)

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bluedubius

Rick

• Feb 19, 2010

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This is the third camera I've tried with the Celestron 80ED. The Nikon D40 is better at high ISO than either the Fuji S2 Pro or the Nikon D2H I've tried before. This is with the 600mm Celestron 80ED refractor (not the spotting scope) without any converters or barlow at 400 ISO in good light.

 

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inags

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• Feb 19, 2010

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Looks a bit underexposed to a Brit. Your light is probably a bit better than ours at this time of the year.

How are the scope & camera attached?

 

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bluedubius

Rick

• Feb 19, 2010

• #3

inags said:

Looks a bit underexposed to a Brit. Your light is probably a bit better than ours at this time of the year.

How are the scope & camera attached?

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I was trying to keep from overexposing the breast which was blazing white in the direct sunlight. Today is the first good light we have had here in east Tennessee in over a week.

The camera is attached to the scope using a 2" prime focus t-adapter. Just buy one for your specific camera mount and the nose slides into the extension tube of the scope. Also had to use a 50mm extension tube to achieve focus. See Paul's thread on using DSLR with an astro scope for extensive information on this type of photography. My Celestron 80ED is the same scope as his Skywatcher.

 

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inags

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• Feb 19, 2010

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I have the spotting scope (Ultima 100ED). I bought a 1.25" prime focus t-adaptor but it was a fraction too big so returned it.

 

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bluedubius

Rick

• Feb 19, 2010

• #5

Here is another from this afternoon. May eventually clone out all the background limbs. Mostly just interested in showing results with different cameras with this scope.

 

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bluedubius

Rick

• Feb 20, 2010

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And one more Tufted Titmouse shot.

 

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mooreorless

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• Feb 20, 2010

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Here is another Robin one of my first pictures taken with my Celestron 80ED and Pentax K100 D Super camera. Picture is just cropped. I like this scope esp. for the money.

Very nice shots Blue!
Regards,Steve

 

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Musoman

PETE - Nikon/Sony Shooter

• Feb 21, 2010

• #8

Nice shots guys - :eat:

 

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bluedubius

Rick

• Feb 22, 2010

• #9

mooreorless said:

Here is another Robin one of my first pictures taken with my Celestron 80ED and Pentax K100 D Super camera. Picture is just cropped. I like this scope esp. for the money.

Very nice shots Blue!
Regards,Steve

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It took me a while to get a good percentage of in focus shots. This is really good for one of your first pictures. The quality you get with these scopes for the money is unbelievable. I still wonder why more people aren't using this technique.

Rick

 

mooreorless

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• Feb 23, 2010

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Musoman said:

Nice shots guys - :eat:

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Thanks you are too kind.

Regards,Steve

 

mooreorless

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• Feb 23, 2010

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bluedubius said:

It took me a while to get a good percentage of in focus shots. This is really good for one of your first pictures. The quality you get with these scopes for the money is unbelievable. I still wonder why more people aren't using this technique.

Rick

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Thanks Rick I really liked doing this but haven't done it after the first time. There a very few trees around my place, so not much birding activity except on the ground.
Regards,Steve