Re: [APML] 8" Reflector decent enough for prime focus AP?

["Brian Larmay" <brileau@earthlink.net>]

>From one who owns a skyview deluxe mount, dont get it if you plan on taking
deeper pictures with film.
The mount is terrible for astrophotography...yes..you can make it work for
piggyback shots but all in all, its too much work and frustration to use
this spindly thing for astrophotography.
I noticed while guiding through the ep and using the fine adjustments on a
guidstar that the star actually moves in an S shape over and under the
hair...yikes!
It is a good mount for the sum, but it just aint happenin for good trackin.

A better mount and scope for that price range would be the Celestron
CR-150-HD , (http://www.telescopes-earth.com/itempage.asp?RecNumber=336
,which has a better mount and a decent scope. You do have to get optional
drives as with the SVD.
The mount is what makes you or breaks your pics as you probably know
allready.

By the way...$1299.00 for the list price of a CR-150? ....LOL ...I can
almost get a G8 for that!

Good luck,
Brian



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rex Moore" <RMoore@fool.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:20 PM
Subject: [APML] 8" Reflector decent enough for prime focus AP?


> The introductory email said all levels of experience are welcome, so I
hope
> you don't mind a question from a rank beginner!
>
> This Orion SkyView Deluxe 8 EQ Newtonian is about at the limit of what I
can
> afford to purchase right now:
>
http://www.telescope.com/cgi-bin/OrionTel.storefront/3c8d7c3a03724cb02719c0a
> 80a6506d5/Product/View/A319
>
> I'd go for a less-expensive Dob mount, but I'd like to do *some*
> astrophotography, if for nothing more than to have a visual catalog of
> different things I've viewed. Nothing fancy... just some extremely simple
> prime focus photograhpy. I've read enough to where I know not to expect
> miracles, but before I make the purchase I'd just like to know from the
good
> folks on this list if this scope will allow some basic photography at all,
> or will I be in for a major disappointment. (By the way, I'd purchase the
> electronic drive, and I have a decent enough camera body for the job).
>
> Sorry for the simple question, but this will be my first scope purchase
and
> some things I've read have caused me to wonder (like the actual focusing
> point of some Newtonians do not extend outward enough to reach the
camera's
> film plane).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rex
>
>
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