Member Junky
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Location: minneapolis | I have a Celestron C8 Advanced SGT with a Celestron EP kit, Canon AE1 Program 35mm SLR camera (with a ScopeTronix Max 40mm camera adapter), and use a CG5 equitorial mount. I'm totally new to this but really want to get into astrophotography.
I understand it is difficult to photograph the Moon when full because of its brightness but my pictures still seem out of focus. I've got some ok ones of the moon when it was around half full.
Jupiter so far has been impressive to view but almost impossible to photograph. I've been able to capture some pretty good photo's of Jupiter through an inexpensive digital camera held to the EP but when I mount my 35 mm SLR and take the film to the lab they never come back, so I'm guessing it's too poor of quality? How do I capture a good shot of Jupiter on 35mm?
I've got a book by Michael Covington on the way but am looking for some advice from others who have tried this sort of thing.
One trick I thought I would try was focusing on the edge of the Moon with the Canon AE1 - the focal screen has the matte with the circle in it so I lined the moons edge up so it was perfectly straight then centered on the center of the Moon. Still fairly blurry but I don't know why.
I built a webpage to put all my pics up, can anyone check them out and give some pointers?
My webpage is www.bigsastrophotography.webs.com. There is a picture at the bottom of the home page with two different shots of Jupiter and one of the moon from the digital camera and the 35mm photos are in the album link. Help anyone?
Also, how do I shoot Jupiter at higher magnification if I have a tele-adapter, the SLR, the eyepiece kit, and the ScopeTronix Max 40mm camera adapter? I'm not sure how to hook the teleadapter and SLR to another stronger magnification EP or if I even can. |
Extreme Junky
Posts: 468
 
Location: Sacramento, Calif. 38*32' X 121*26' | jeff, don't know if you're still active, but when you take your
film in for processing, ask the sales rep to make you a proof sheet.
it's just an 8.5x11 copy of your negs put on the one sheet. that way you
are not paying for prints that don't come out.
then you can pick and choose the ones you really want........kreigor 
or here's another snar E O: buy a changing bag, and a film rolling canister.
then you can roll your film into the can and then take it out of the bag to
develop it yourself without the need for a dark room. any good photo shop should
have all the items and chemicals for you at a reasonable cost.......
try this store: http://www.freestylephoto.biz/322730-Arista-Changing-Bag-27-in.-x-3...
and this link also: http://www.freestylephoto.biz/919235-Arista-Stainless-Steel-16-oz.-...
i also have an AE1, vintage 1984, and a pentax SP1000 vintage 1973........
i will never sell either.......
Edited by kreigor 6/20/2009 5:07 PM
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