Photography ... i.e RayGil the guy to speak to :)
  • bealemabealema
    Ive just enrolled at college for my 3rd year and i am studying Photography as one of my subjects .... ive got a SKY WATCHER 1145 EQ1... but wondering what are the main equipment i need to buy excluding a camera .. i.e certain instruments for any type of astro photography ? ... pleasee :)
  • bealemabealema
    and also how much would the basic instruments and equipment cost .. only the basics that are needed :)
  • RayGilRayGil
    I will write this up in the Morning after some sleep : but check out
    http://www.raygilchrist.co.uk/equipment.html
    this is what I use:

    Ray
  • RayGilRayGil
    Hello Bealema.
    If you want to do long exposure photography there are various options, but by far the cheapest is getting an accurate, stable mount from EQ3 up to EQ6 and either a synscan unit or EQ tracking motor, then you have to learn how to correct polar align. I have found refractors are more stable, but whatever scope you finally use a Bahtinov mask for focussing is very inportant. If you want to use a point & shoot camera then afocal photography is the way to go, this will suffice for Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and any other bright objects : http://www.raygilchrist.co.uk/afocal_main.html

    Hope this helps?
    Any questions please just get in touch.

    Ray
  • bealemabealema
    Yer this helps thanks Ray .. :) ill try afocal first as it seems easier :) and i know how to do it :) but then ill just experiment with other ways and what not ... Just one question .. the camera lens ... it cant go straight into the telescope by itself can it .. would it be able to attach to the barlow lens ... or do i need something proper ? .. because if i want it straight from telescope the image .. id need the lens for ym telescope before adding a camera ? ... would i ?
  • RayGilRayGil
    Hello Bealema.
    Well just remember if your doing afocal a cheaper light digital camera will suffice and it's best to keep the weight down, bearing in mind everything hangs off the focus tube, so weight is your main concern. Prime focus photography is different because it uses either blank adaptors to fit where the eyepiece should be or like my 32mm planetary eyepiece has a thread which fits into a T-ring then onto the DSLR, and the SkyWatcher barlow adaptor has a thread to fit T-Rings to give you some magnification. There are plenty of options, try afocal first, then move onto prime focus and long exposure photography, I use this for galaxies and star clusters & Nebulae.

    Ray
  • bealemabealema
    Yer thankyou Ray this helps alot :) i will buy a some instruments of websites.. i'll browse around :) but yer this advice helped thankyou :)
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