Re: [APML] OT: Pleiades Mosaic

[Emmanuele Sordini <vega@bloomingstars.com>]

At 07.35 08/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks to everyone for their kind comments!  Joe, I've
>found that you cannot use the autofocus sensor for 10D
>wide field astrophotography using EOS compatible
>lenses.  It doesn't know quite what to focus on, since
>everything is at "infinity."  For prime focus shots, I
>use the STI Stiletto IV for focusing and have found it
>to be very accurate (after some minor tweaking).
>Actually, focusing through the viewfinder for an
>object like the moon may not be so bad, but it won't
>really get you tack sharp.  Unless you have something
>like the STI product, it's best to check the image
>focus with the laptop and adjust as needed.  There is
>also software that makes 10D focusing easier as well,
>but again it requires the laptop at the scope.  Check
>out:
>
>http://www.liquidfusion.com.au/astro/dslrfocus/default.htm

Hi Steve,
first off, congratulations on your fine work.

Secondly, do you (and other fellow APML'ers, of course!) know of any such 
software for doing exactly the same thing with Nikon digicams, both 
995-4500 series and D100?
To focus my digicam, I normally use an USB video capture box connected to 
my laptop and to the digicam's video output. While this is certainly better 
than the digicam's small LCD display, video capture resolution is limited 
to a meager 320 x 200 pixel. It looks like DSLR Focus is right what I was 
looking for, but for the the wrong brand :-((

Thanks in advance,
Emmanuele Sordini

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