England w\yorks d50 on adaptor wont take pics (1 Viewer)

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chrisrwillis

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• Mar 31, 2011

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Hi techie guys.

Well after buying a D50 + telephoto lens (which is great) I now have an adaptor for digiscoping for my scope.
Having conected all up the d50 refuses to take any pics with the adaptor!!

What on earth am I doing wrong? Tried manual and auto focus= the same.


Going to Wales tomorrow and I am stuck.

Anyone give me some help with this. very grateful.

Regs to all

Chris or [email protected]

 

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Paul Corfield

Well-known member

• Mar 31, 2011

• #2

If the camera wont take a photo when it is set to manual mode then try going into the menus and make sure the flash is set to manual also as it might be set to TTL.

Paul.

 

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Paul Corfield

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• Mar 31, 2011

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Also, first of all be sure that the camera is set to 'M' mode or the shutter wont fire no matter what you do. The AF or M focus button wont have an effect. I presume your camera adapter has no electrical contacts so the camera in effect has no lens attached. This is why the camera must be in 'M' mode on the dial.

Paul.

 

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chrisrwillis

Active member

• Mar 31, 2011

• #4

d50 and adaptor

Paul Corfield said:

If the camera wont take a photo when it is set to manual mode then try going into the menus and make sure the flash is set to manual also as it might be set to TTL.

Paul.

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Yep its works thanks very much PAUL. very kind of you.

have a nice weekend

regs
Chris.
p.s.

just got a shot of asparrowhawk 20 foot away in the bushes with telephoto 70-300. post it next week.

 

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chrisrwillis

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• Mar 31, 2011

• #5

Hey Paul,

what have you done with your scope to fit the camera on?? fancy bit of plumbing that!!

Regs
Chris

 

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Paul Corfield

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• Mar 31, 2011

• #6

chrisrwillis said:

Hey Paul,

what have you done with your scope to fit the camera on?? fancy bit of plumbing that!!

Regs
Chris

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It's a 600mm Skywatcher 80ED telescope and the camera attaches via a T-mount and 2" telescope adapter. No eyepieces or lenses are used, the scope basically becomes a 600mm prime lens.

Paul.

 

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chrisrwillis

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• Apr 5, 2011

• #7

Thanks for that Paul. What kind of magnicifcation can you get with that scope??

I would be most interested.

regs

Chris

 

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Paul Corfield

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• Apr 5, 2011

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chrisrwillis said:

Thanks for that Paul. What kind of magnicifcation can you get with that scope??

I would be most interested.

regs

Chris

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On occasions I push it out to 2100mm (not including dslr crop factor) and still retain very sharp images. Most of the time though I use a 1.5X converter to give 900mm and that's generally enough for most situations.

Paul.