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The best and quickest way to get into the fascinating world of astro-photography is to use a modern digital camera. Don’t worry if your camera is quite basic - you’ll be amazed at the results! Let us show you just how simple it can be to fit your camera to your telescope. |
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For truly stunning wide-field deep-sky images of star fields, nebulae and galaxies using standard film cameras (or new digital SLRs!) check out our Universal piggyback camera bracket.
For great film images using SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras we have a range of adaptors that allow your camera to be fitted to the eyepiece holder. Photography through the eyepiece holder is convenient, as the adaptors that fit the eyepiece holder are versatile and can achieve many different image scales and magnifications by allowing other accessories to be used with them (Barlow lenses etc). |
Wide-field image in
the constellation of Scorpio. The bright orange star upper left is the planet Mars. Shot with 50mm f1.8 Zuiko lens on OM-1 35mm SLR camera piggybacked via our tiltable piggy-back bracket PH024 on a Meade 10” LX200 SCT. |
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If you just want to attach an SLR straight to the eyepiece holder of the telescope for general photography our Basic camera adaptor (AC457) may be all the equipment you’ll need. This low-cost adaptor will allow a T-ring camera adaptor (for your particular brand of SLR) to be fitted at one end; the other end is a straight 1.25” nosepiece and simply pushes into the telescope's eyepiece holder. To increase image magnification a 2x Barlow lens and many other image amplification accessories (AC555, AC519 etc) can be fitted to the adaptor. |
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If you really want to try your hand at serious planet and lunar photography with your SLR camera, our combined Basic 1.25” camera adaptor and eyepiece projection unit (AC325) will allow you to get the magnification you need for a detailed target with ease. |
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Probably the most sophisticated way to image planets is to use a webcam. Webcam results can be fantastic; however, great results take a bit of work - we’d recommend you try your hand at a few basic astro-photography projects first. Learn how to find and follow targets closely, as this will pay dividends when you move up to the rather more challenging task of webcam imaging. However, if you are ready to advance, we have everything you need to connect popular webcams to your telescope.
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See more astro-photography accessories in our main catalogue |
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