Re: [APML] Alternative to Film and CCD

["Hap Griffin" <lgriffin@sc.rr.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Barlow" <mikeba@rochester.rr.com>
To: <Astro-Photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: [APML] Alternative to Film and CCD


>     I'd hate to go top a CCD camera only because _I ain't got no clue with
> computer graphics_.   Since Film Photography is dieing I'm wondering what
> else is available commercially or can be made?  An example would be,
> grabbing a piece of plate glass and some chemicals for astrophotography,
or
> some other do-it-yourself contraption.  Other then a CCD, Manual drawings,
> or Film, is there something else that we can capture images on to?
> Michael A. Barlow
>

Take a look at the new Digital SLR cameras by Canon and Nikon.  The Canon
Digital Rebel for well under $1000 is giving superb results.  There are
Yahoo groups for digital astrophotgraphy and the Canon cameras specifically.
Also look into ImagesPlus (www.mlunsold.com) and DSLRFocus
(www.dslrfocus.com) to see what kinds of tools are available for use with
these cameras.

I used to be a die-hard film astrophotographer, but I shoot exclusively now
with a Canon Digital Rebel modified to remove its IR filter and will never
go back.

You can see a few of my shots at www.machunter.org/hapspics.html.

Hap Griffin
www.hapg.org/Imaging_Infinity.html

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