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Joe,Has anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
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Joe Hawblitzel
Joe,Has anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
--
Joe Hawblitzel
I have a Meade 90 and I have been looking for a solution as well.
Because we have a fixed lens on the camera, we obviously cannot use
prime focus on a telescope which would involve removal of the
camera lens and attaching the camera directly to the viewfinder
port. However, the camera can be adapted to use eyepiece
projection. The problem is how to attach the camera to the eyepiece
in order to do this. Tom at CKC Power http://www.ckcpower.com/ has
an eyepiece adapter that couples to a T-Mount ring. This will work
but we need to find a 62mm to T-mount adapter coupling ring. I must
ask Tom about this! The other problem of course is the weight of
the E-10. It cannot just be attached to the telescope eyepiece and
left hanging in the breeze. A tripod will be needed to support it
on top of the telescope. As you see it can be done but not without
some hassel.
Peter
Has anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
--
Joe Hawblitzel
Joe,I have a Meade 90 and I have been looking for a solution as well.
Because we have a fixed lens on the camera, we obviously cannot use
prime focus on a telescope which would involve removal of the
camera lens and attaching the camera directly to the viewfinder
port. However, the camera can be adapted to use eyepiece
projection. The problem is how to attach the camera to the eyepiece
in order to do this. Tom at CKC Power http://www.ckcpower.com/ has
an eyepiece adapter that couples to a T-Mount ring. This will work
but we need to find a 62mm to T-mount adapter coupling ring. I must
ask Tom about this! The other problem of course is the weight of
the E-10. It cannot just be attached to the telescope eyepiece and
left hanging in the breeze. A tripod will be needed to support it
on top of the telescope. As you see it can be done but not without
some hassel.
Peter
Peter,Joe,I have a Meade 90 and I have been looking for a solution as well.
Because we have a fixed lens on the camera, we obviously cannot use
prime focus on a telescope which would involve removal of the
camera lens and attaching the camera directly to the viewfinder
port. However, the camera can be adapted to use eyepiece
projection. The problem is how to attach the camera to the eyepiece
in order to do this. Tom at CKC Power http://www.ckcpower.com/ has
an eyepiece adapter that couples to a T-Mount ring. This will work
but we need to find a 62mm to T-mount adapter coupling ring. I must
ask Tom about this! The other problem of course is the weight of
the E-10. It cannot just be attached to the telescope eyepiece and
left hanging in the breeze. A tripod will be needed to support it
on top of the telescope. As you see it can be done but not without
some hassel.
Peter
Further to my previous post, I contacted Tom at CKC Power.
Unfortunately there is no 62mm to T-mount adapter available which
means that we can't couple the eyepiece of the telescope to the
E-10 optics in any elegant way. I'll keep looking!
Peter
I did it by combining a Canon AF ring with a 62 mm ring of the Cokin Creative System Filter (see photo 1 at http://www.ticino.com/usr/dmarcis/astro.htm ). I simply put the 2 rings together with a little glue. The Canon ring is a little smaller than the hole of the 62 mm ring, so you can fix them together without problems. Sorry for my bad english.Has anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
--
Joe Hawblitzel
One thing I found - and I don't know the solution - is that the
bulb setting on the E10 appears to be limited to 30 seconds max.
Also, I had a lot of trouble getting the camera to stay set to
infinity.
This turned up when I was taking fixed tripod shots of the night sky
(see http://www.dcnicholls.com/e10/astro.html ). If you set the
manual focus ring to its "maximum" the focus is quite often not
sharply set on infinity. At least, that's what I found, and I'd be
intersted to find if anyone else has that problem. Autofocus is
similarly variable, but seems, oddly to be more reliable. It could
be my technique, but feedback would be appreciated on others'
findings.
Also, any answer to the apparent maximum for bulb.
DN
Has anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
--
Joe Hawblitzel
The URL below attaches a ')' to the string. The correct URL is
http://www.dcnicholls.com/e10/astro.html
DN
One thing I found - and I don't know the solution - is that the
bulb setting on the E10 appears to be limited to 30 seconds max.
Also, I had a lot of trouble getting the camera to stay set to
infinity.
This turned up when I was taking fixed tripod shots of the night sky
(see http://www.dcnicholls.com/e10/astro.html ). If you set the
manual focus ring to its "maximum" the focus is quite often not
sharply set on infinity. At least, that's what I found, and I'd be
intersted to find if anyone else has that problem. Autofocus is
similarly variable, but seems, oddly to be more reliable. It could
be my technique, but feedback would be appreciated on others'
findings.
Also, any answer to the apparent maximum for bulb.
DN
I think your shots look great - much better than I'd expected
possible. Can you share how you attached the E-10? Some of us are
fumbling a bit for answers on this.
Joe Hawblitzel
The URL below attaches a ')' to the string. The correct URL is
http://www.dcnicholls.com/e10/astro.html
DN
One thing I found - and I don't know the solution - is that the
bulb setting on the E10 appears to be limited to 30 seconds max.
Also, I had a lot of trouble getting the camera to stay set to
infinity.
This turned up when I was taking fixed tripod shots of the night sky
(see http://www.dcnicholls.com/e10/astro.html ). If you set the
manual focus ring to its "maximum" the focus is quite often not
sharply set on infinity. At least, that's what I found, and I'd be
intersted to find if anyone else has that problem. Autofocus is
similarly variable, but seems, oddly to be more reliable. It could
be my technique, but feedback would be appreciated on others'
findings.
Also, any answer to the apparent maximum for bulb.
DN
I did it by combining a Canon AF ring with a 62 mm ring of theHas anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
--
Joe Hawblitzel
Cokin Creative System Filter (see photo 1 at
http://www.ticino.com/usr/dmarcis/astro.htm ). I simply put the 2
rings together with a little glue. The Canon ring is a little
smaller than the hole of the 62 mm ring, so you can fix them
together without problems. Sorry for my bad english.
Antares 4 (from Switzerland)
I got about the same results as you, Paul, with a Kodak 260 and my Questar. However, the E10 seems to suck as an astro camera. I couldn't get a focus holding the camera to the eyepiece, and prime focus was a foot or 2 a way from the telescope with a pea-sized image. Maybe I did something wrong, but the focal length or lens on the E10 seems to make use of a telescope or its eyepiece almost impossible. I saw one person's rig, but I wonder what the pictures look like? I thing the D30 must be a great astrocamera, given the low noise and smoothness of the chip, along with the ease of connection with a T ring or whatever its called.You can always try using a tripod and focusing in the Macro mode on
the lens of the telescope sounds crazy but I took this picture
with a Canon Elan 2 (film remember that?) no reason the e10 cant do
the same plus you can see the picture to adjust the exposure
Paul V
Joe, Unless that new toy you got has at least an eight inch apeture, you might try piggybacking the camera on it using the clock drive with good polar alignment to get your best images. DavidT.Has anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
Joe H
I did it by combining a Canon AF ring with a 62 mm ring of theHas anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
--
Joe Hawblitzel
Cokin Creative System Filter (see photo 1 at
http://www.ticino.com/usr/dmarcis/astro.htm ). I simply put the 2
rings together with a little glue. The Canon ring is a little
smaller than the hole of the 62 mm ring, so you can fix them
together without problems. Sorry for my bad english.
Antares 4 (from Switzerland)
Joe, Unless that new toy you got has at least an eight inchHas anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
apeture, you might try piggybacking the camera on it using the
clock drive with good polar alignment to get your best images.
DavidT.
try "astrocam"your will have many links about astro photography with webcam and ccd.
Has anyone figured out how to mate the E-10 to a telescope? (Just
got another toy.) Since the lens is fixed, I know a T-adapter is
out of the question. It sounds like the whole enterprise is
doomed, but there are lots of smart people in this forum so I
thought I'd ask. Please don't make me buy a D30
Joe Hawblitzel
--
Joe Hawblitzel
The URL below attaches a ')' to the string. The correct URL is
http://www.dcnicholls.com/e10/astro.html
DN
One thing I found - and I don't know the solution - is that the
bulb setting on the E10 appears to be limited to 30 seconds max.
Also, I had a lot of trouble getting the camera to stay set to
infinity.
This turned up when I was taking fixed tripod shots of the night sky
(see http://www.dcnicholls.com/e10/astro.html ). If you set the
manual focus ring to its "maximum" the focus is quite often not
sharply set on infinity. At least, that's what I found, and I'd be
intersted to find if anyone else has that problem. Autofocus is
similarly variable, but seems, oddly to be more reliable. It could
be my technique, but feedback would be appreciated on others'
findings.
Also, any answer to the apparent maximum for bulb.
DN
