I've enjoyed your CCD images and your posts on the SBIG list.
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From:
Richard Crisp <rdcrisp@earthlink.net>
To:
Discussion of Film Astrophotography <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date:
Friday, September 12, 2003 8:28 PM
Subject: [APML] Introduction
of a new list member
Hi I am Richard Crisp and just joined the list
yesterday.
I am an avid CCD imager but have a lot of
interest in film too. I have admired the work of many of you film folks for
many years and I was initially attracted to astronomy by looking at the superb
astro-photos that many of you have produced. I will not name names because I
know I will forget some!
One of the areas that interests me is tricolor
work based on hypered 2415. I have a hypering kit but have thus far not shot
any film, working instead on CCD based images, primarily because of the ease
of use and the ability to do it from comparatively light-polluted suburban
skies.
However I do intend to use my hypering kit and
have made an adaptor so I can use my filter wheel that accepts 50mm diameter
filters on my OM1 camera body.
For scopes I primarily use an AP155EDF and a
Celestron C14. I also use a Traveller and and FSQ106 for widefield. For mounts
I have an AP1200GTO and AP900GTO. I take my images with either an FLI IMG1024S
or SBIG ST10XME camera. For guiding I use an ST7E and an AO7. I recently
acquired an RCOS Beam Splitter that makes using an AO7 with other cameras
quite easy.
I am a practicing electrical engineer (chip
designer) and live in California's Silicon Valley.
My purpose in joining this list is to learn more
about film and to pick up tips and hints from you guys, whom I consider the
best of the best.
Mostly I expect to lurk but may have some
questions from time to time.
I bought my first scope in Nov of 2000 and
bought film and ccd camera gear a month later. I have had a lot of
hobbies over the years but I can see this one is a "keeper". There is hardly
an hour of the day that goes by without thinking of imaging or astronomy; in
short I am hooked.
In the area of CCD I have been primarily trying
to focus on using narrowband filters, both for the joy of making images that
look "different" and for their properties of cutting through the light
pollution.
I look forward to being a member of the list and
hopefully being able to contribute someday.
Best regards to all,
Richard
Crisp