Well all, Wife and I went out to the Observatory last night, anad was all set to try out the Nikon D40, when I could not find the darn remote. So we just did...
Sorry to hear about that! I hate forgetting things. Once I drove 2 hrs to a dark sky site, spent an hour polar aligning my LX200 then realized I left my entire...
Thanks Phil, I went out and got a fanny back for all of my camera stuff, and also I keep the remote for the camera, and the remote for the Observatory. Alan...
Hi All, I took a quick shot of the moon tonight. http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/TheNikonD40AstrophotogrphyGroup/photos/view/55d9?b=6&m=f&o=0 Details: ...
Looking good Phil, Had a little mishap last night wife and I were look at Jupiter when I unlocked the RA nob on my ETX when the knob popped off, Now I have to...
Hello; I am wanting to connect my Nikon D40 with the ETX125 telescope and would like to know what all I need. Right now I have two lens; the AF-S DX...
Hi Vera Welcom to the group,, One thing you will want is a Piggyback Adapter. It fits around the tube of the 125 which I have a ETX 125PE 5" myself. The other...
Hello Vera, Welcome! And thanks for the compliments on my photos! :-) I second Alan's response. You can get cheap T-Rings and T-Adapters from Scopestuff.com....
Hey All, Alan, you asked me a while back to post a picture of my rig. Sorry to procrastinate, but there are a couple of pictures up there now. I recently...
Hello everyone Nikon has Control Camera Pro 2.0. The software allows you to control most aspects of your D40 and allows you to view your picture as soon as...
At a $159.99 + it is a bit steep for me to buy, Alan [Nikon - NikonUSA.com] <http://www.nikonusa.com/Homepage.page> [Nikon: At the heart of the image] ...
I have been experimenting with this software. I used it for the first time about two weeks ago. You can download a trial version. It's a bit quirky but fine....
I guess we'll just have to bust out this program .... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/krinnicam/ I know it used to work for my nikon 5700. Anyone want to...
Hi all, I took some pictures during the lunar eclipse last Saturday here in Singapore using ImagesPlus for camera control. (Siti's album under 'Photos' -...
Lovely shots, Siti! Very professional looking!!!!! How did you put the composite together, position wise? Just manually or left the camera in the same position...
Thanks for the encouraging comments! Oh, I manually put the separate photos together, using paint to position the pictures.. yup, so it's not exactly very...
[:)] Hi All, Well I am finally going to try my D40 tonight!!!! The sky is perfect and I had a few mor trees cleared so now I can see the Southern sky again. I...
Hey All, What Gives?? I gor my camera set on bulb and the remote controler setm but when I mounted it on my piggy back adaotor and started to use it, it said...
Hi Alan, I always get that message, but I ignore it.. not sure what else to do.. I suppose you are taking wide field photos with the D40? can't wait to see the...
LOL It's a steep learning curve, Alan. Even the most simplest of things can cause the biggest issues sometimes! Yeah, check MANUAL focus and MANUAL mode on the...
You said you mounted this on your ETX, piggyback style? If so, then two things: a. With a camera taking wide field Milky Way on an alt-az mount (i.e. one that...
Hey, We had a nice night here last night so I took the LX200 out and tried taking some snaps with the new wedge mount. I left my wedge instructions at home...
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