Re: [APML] OT:Scorpius Tail - Piggyback CMOS

["Stuart Heggie" <Stuart.J.Heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Chris, beautiful shot! Here is my similar thinking in action. I shot this
with my Nikon D70 DSLR and 105mm Nikkor at f2.5 while my CCD camera was busy
shooting the Eastern Veil.

http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/wapb_photos/Cygnus_D70.html

Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Schur" <cschur@therim.com>
To: "APML" <Astro-Photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [APML] OT:Scorpius Tail - Piggyback CMOS


> Hi Everyone,
>
> Normally, while I'm shooting my film based schmidt camera up at the
> observatory, we have another camera as the evenings back up camera
shooting
> about the same part of the sky while the mount is tracking.  In the next
few
> weeks, you will see the fruit of that schmidt shooting displayed.  For
now,
> here is a shot taken of the tail of Scorpius with the Canon 10d we use as
> our second system:
>
> http://www.schursastrophotography.com/10dastro/scortail.html
>
>
> Shooting piggyback with this camera is just like shooting a film camera,
it
> has the same feel and many of you I hope will consider supplementing your
> shooting sessions with this amusing backup system!
>
> Chris Schur
>
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