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  • Members: 947
  • Category: Astrophotography
  • Founded: Aug 25, 2005
  • Language: English
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I wonder if anyone on the forum can share a little knowledge with me. I have an Olympus E410 and want to use with my 3 telescopes. ETX 60 ETX 90 Coronada PST ...
3 Apr 24, 2009
6:54 pm

John
j_minnerath
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Actually the ETX 90 is a ETX 125 not sure why I thought it was the 90. Anyone know what T mount and adapters I need for my E410 to support the PST and ETX125...
1 Apr 21, 2009
11:10 pm

dr_zesty
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Greetings: Does anyone have any suggestions of photographing Sirius B, Sirius's white dwarf companion, now that predictions have stated the companion is...
3 Apr 4, 2009
6:32 pm

John
j_minnerath
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I am the owner of a new Olympus e-420 for 14 days. I've took some very good pictures with it but for two days I am having a problem. Some of the pictures I...
4 Apr 3, 2009
12:41 am

post2cd
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Hello all, I am new to this group. I have been using and modifying Canon camera for astrophotography for about 4 years. I am really interested in that new...
5 Mar 12, 2009
5:04 am

Garymaupin@...
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Hello there! I was wondering if anyone in this group has had success shooting bright celestial objects via the prime-focus method (camera body attached ...
3 Mar 2, 2009
4:21 am

Bill Hendricks
brhendricks
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Last night Gus Creek MT.  150mm, no processing.  Good earthshine, must be all the snow here;) Carl ________________________________ From: Daniel...
1 Feb 28, 2009
1:28 pm

Carl Farnsworth
stairsatstars
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Being a fairly seasoned OM-1 manual film camera user that shoots mostly wide-field astrophotos at 28-100mm, I figured I'd finally take the plunge for a DSLR -...
10 Feb 26, 2009
11:19 pm

hatkin4224
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Hi there. 2 days ago I photographed IC434 + B33 (known as horsehead). You can see the result in the "E-410 Astrophotos" album. The 12.5% transmission in...
8 Feb 21, 2009
5:18 pm

mopman0004
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I recently decided to purchase a used E-500 (I have an E510 from my company). I purchased it from B&H but found that the focus adjustment wheel for the...
7 Feb 20, 2009
12:03 am

wfalicoff
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Does anybody know where I can find a manual on how to use Studio 2.0? Does any one know if you can use Live View with Studio for focusing? Thanks! Gary...
3 Feb 1, 2009
5:01 pm

Garymaupin@...
mopman0004
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Good morning all,      Thanks for the opportunity to join the group.  I hope to learn some new skills in observing the stars.  Thanks again. Sincerely, M...
1 Jan 30, 2009
1:10 am

Marvin Tucker
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Hi all I'm new here so please forgive any mistakes. I bought the E 420 in December. Got a clear night on 13th Jan but it was the moon or nothing!! Then last...
3 Jan 27, 2009
2:35 pm

Robert Stout
astrobob47
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I use them for CCD imaging and they work great. I have read that people use them for DSLR imaging as well and have tried it with the masks that I have. For...
5 Jan 5, 2009
10:32 pm

Jimmy Andrews
jimmyjujames
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Hi all Does any one have some information about the usb communication protocol used for controlling the camera (E-system E-300 ... ). This could be extracted...
2 Jan 5, 2009
7:01 am

Thomas Soukup
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When in the manual mode the shutter speed changes after taking a photo. For example: If I have it set at 2 sec after the photo it is another time (1 or 8 or...
1 Dec 31, 2008
3:08 am

connollym54
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Hi Does anybody know a good functional software for HDR building and editing under Linux. I am using Qtpfsgui but it lacks all editing functionality. Editing...
2 Dec 30, 2008
9:27 pm

dragonsvioletflame
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Hi all, I am using an E-500 with the standard 17.5mm-45mm f3.5-f5.6 Zuiko lens for an attempt at Astrophotography. I used to do it fine enough with an old OM1...
8 Dec 29, 2008
12:11 am

John
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Has anyone had their Studio program suddenly refuse to find the camera? Mine was working fine, till today, and now just can not seem to connect to the camera. ...
7 Dec 20, 2008
2:52 am

John
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I have uploaded a moon pic to my album...Larry&#39;s Pics. Taken with my E- 510, 1/100sec ISO400. Focusing is a real ordeal!...
7 Dec 12, 2008
2:43 am

Larry Anderson
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I took a look at post 1532 and while thats great that It works with the 410, Im not sure that it will with the 500. Olympus tells me that their is alot of...
12 Dec 6, 2008
1:42 am

John
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What exactly does "pixel mapping" do? Does it identify and inactivate things like hot pixels? Thanks, John...
1 Dec 4, 2008
1:47 am

John
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I added one new photo to my album taken today, 30 April, of the sun. There is a nice group of spots on the face at this time and great for astrophotographers...
6 Dec 2, 2008
10:56 pm

Alec Kennedy
pan3dpan
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Hello all i would like some info on what programs that i need or do i nee any more right now i have deep sky stacker and i have the olympus studio 2 for the...
9 Nov 30, 2008
11:38 pm

Richard Francis
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Hello all I was looking at the tutorials for the fits liberator softwear and I am woundering is were or how I get the red, gree, blue, lum fits files. Do I get...
1 Nov 30, 2008
1:17 am

Steve Blanchette
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I their any programs out there that will run the olympus E500 other then Olympus studio 2? I love studio 2, its a great program and would buy it if the price...
2 Nov 26, 2008
9:56 pm

John
j_minnerath
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Alec, maybe you can answer that. I never really have understood the crop factor and 2X focal length figure used with the E volts. If I am mounted on a 12.5...
3 Nov 26, 2008
2:20 am

John
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I have read in a couple books that you are best off working in the least processed formats. I take it that is the "RAW" format for the E- Volt cameras? When I...
4 Nov 23, 2008
10:30 pm

John
j_minnerath
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Hello all i was woundering if there is anything out there for a base line chart for exposures of objects in the sky or if there is a program out there that can...
3 Nov 23, 2008
5:26 pm

Garymaupin@...
mopman0004
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I have the 2" prime focus adapter from CNC Supply and would like to take some moon shots. Can someone recommend some settings to me...metering mode, aperture,...
6 Nov 23, 2008
1:36 pm

Steve Blanchette
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