nac
Aspiring Novelist
If that causes vibration, what's the use of those tracking tripods?
[RFC] Pentax K 50 purchase
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Raziel
Journeyman
[MENTION=21850]raja manuel[/MENTION]: Yes, it's a motorized mount that turn continuously.
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]: The vibrations are minute and depends on the quality of the telescope mount. An image stabilization can be helpful in this case to counteract the vibrations.
If you try a long exposure shot of the stars using a normal tripod, even 5 sec exposure can create star trails..elongated egg shaped stars.
Capturing faint deep sky stuffs will need longer exposure times like 30sec and more..A normal tripod will create trails instead of a sharp image.
read more here...
Mounts for Astrophotography
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]: The vibrations are minute and depends on the quality of the telescope mount. An image stabilization can be helpful in this case to counteract the vibrations.
If you try a long exposure shot of the stars using a normal tripod, even 5 sec exposure can create star trails..elongated egg shaped stars.
Capturing faint deep sky stuffs will need longer exposure times like 30sec and more..A normal tripod will create trails instead of a sharp image.
read more here...
Mounts for Astrophotography
nac
Aspiring Novelist
Any progress in your research esp wrt Pentax.
Seems like K50 is much cheaper in US. Body only costs south of 30k INR (equiv.). If they offer international warranty, that would be a great deal.
I was comparing K50 against 60D and D7000. But if we go by the pricing, we can pretty much compare against D5200/600D.
Seems like K50 is much cheaper in US. Body only costs south of 30k INR (equiv.). If they offer international warranty, that would be a great deal.
I was comparing K50 against 60D and D7000. But if we go by the pricing, we can pretty much compare against D5200/600D.
I have a couple of friends working with helicams, even they blindly suggests a Nikkon D7000 when I say "weather proof, durable, OIS". Pentax cameras are priced at par with their Nikkon counterparts, but the import tax etc. is what it must be that's making these costly here. I have no connections in US to bring one here, maybe UK. AFAIK Pentax doesn't offer an international warranty. Thing is, they even asked me "Do they make DSLRs? Thought they were old.."
I'm just waiting for someone to write a review on it. No second thoughts yet, if everything goes smooth I'll get it by October mid.
I'm just waiting for someone to write a review on it. No second thoughts yet, if everything goes smooth I'll get it by October mid.
nac
Aspiring Novelist
Even I was little curious to know if any camera manufacturer offers international warranty after seeing some jaw dropping offers. Like 7D was selling for 750 USD, 6D for 1400 USD.
Look for offers around Navrathir/ before Diwali. I have been seeing some good offers for the last few years around that time of the year.
Look for offers around Navrathir/ before Diwali. I have been seeing some good offers for the last few years around that time of the year.
