Ok. Tonight I went down to the domain, armed with Jacqui's 20D, some fairly well remembered instruction, some mints and faithful AstroTorch. Determined I was to get me some dSLR pics, and well, I did :) You can see them over at Jacqui's and my Flickr Page or of course on the Picasa Web Albums .. here.
Phew! I can see how people can lose themselves in this camera thing, sometimes to the expense of their photographs! My mind was spinning after my last post. Well to be honest I was weeping like a spoiled 3-year old who can't have anymore lollies.
First off, I need a job, then, when I have a job, I need a new scope, with nice motorised mount and a good dSLR mount and .. oh crap, oh well. I guess I will just have to keep to the spirit of this blog and do it myself.
Coming soon! Jason attempts astromount III - this time with the length to fit the 25mm! And one of these!
Meanwhile, as you chuckle at the thought of me messing about with tools, here's some VERY pretty pictures for you to look at.
First off, NASA has this and a bit of this, oh and a whole heap of these. Then the charming, witty and terribly attractive Dr Plait has this to feast upon! Or for the full mind-intercourse .. click here. So back to NASA, or more precisely HiRISE is offering you the chance to pick the next photograph of Mars, which by the way is at closest approach on Friday if anyone's interested! Oh you will need to open an account with HiRISE if you go there.
Okies, well that about wraps it up for this post - I am happy that I got some results from the 20D .. this is a good thing, so all I need now is some time, and motivation for the IXUS mount and Scotch Mount!
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