Re: [APML] Astrophotography blues

[Aplanatic@aol.com]

Hi Roland,

Mr. Johnson wrote:

> I was hoping you may have a fool proof way to 
> set-up each night where I could start to enjoy 
> my hobby in 30 minutes, or should I expect to 
> take an hour or two each night to set-up. 
> I have purchased over $25,000 worth of gear, 
> most of it from you, however,  if the answer is 
> it will take one or two hours to set-up, then 
> the answer for me is to sell.

Did you folks READ this!  If it takes longer than 30 minutes then it's just too hard.  Yikes!  Tell him to sell the stuff, he has no chance of sucess with this attitude.  Even with the finest equipment one needs a lot of Ass Kung Fu to have a reasonable hope of taking a decent photo.  

I spend an hour just collimating my concentric Schmidt Cass and that's just the *start* of a long, enjoyable night.  Good grief, the guy needs to find a different hobby, I think.

Dave Rowe



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