Re: [APML] planetary photography

["John Boudreau" <jeboud@mediaone.net>]

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From: Philipp Salzgeber <philipp@salzgeber.at>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] planetary photography


> In my opinion film-based planetary photography is dead.
> Digital Cameras or WebCams deliver far superior images.
>
> have a look at: http://web.tiscali.it/renatotarabella/astronomia4.htm to
see what is possible with a WebCam and a 7"
> Maksutov-Newton...


I agree with this also Philipp. In fact I've just picked up a Philips ToUcam
Pro webcam for planet imaging a couple of days ago. I've seen enough great
results similar to Renato's to convince me <g>.

But that shouldn't stop someone from shooting the moon and planets with
film, if that's the equipment they have at hand. It's still posible to get
decent results: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jeboud/sol_systm.htm
Certainly not in the class of CCD based cameras, but it's a good exercise
for astrophoto skills.


John Boudreau
jeboud@mediaone.net
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jeboud/astro.htm

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