- Backyardeos no frame and focus manual#
- Backyardeos no frame and focus software#
- Backyardeos no frame and focus iso#
This is harder than it seems since if you bump the tripod or move the camera on the mount, the framing changes.
Backyardeos no frame and focus iso#
The way I adjusted focus and framing was to shoot a high ISO image at 10 to 30 seconds and then, without moving the camera or the mount, looked at the image on the screen. (Have you ever timed a 30 second Nikon exposure with a stop watch?) Most cameras max out at about 32 seconds. You'll also probably need exposures out passed the maximum for the camera using bulb.
Backyardeos no frame and focus manual#
I do agree that you'll need to use the camera in manual mode since autofocus, phase or contrast detect, simply doesn't work under dark sky conditions. Live View can't see stars, the refresh rate is too fast even using the sensor's highest ISO. I spent some time while in Africa doing some night sky photography. Again, not absolutely necessary but desirable, particularly with my now 57 year old eyes. Well I plan on using the D800E in manual mode, it would be nice, however, to be able to focus in live view with feedback that tells you, like BackyardEOS, how well focused you are. I'd hate to give up the higher DR that Nikon has in order to have the operability that Canon offers. I do have my retired Canon 1Ds Mark II camera, but that doesn't have live preview and isn't supported by BackyardEOS so I'll either have to just use my Nikon's as is or pick up a new'ish Canon body. For guiding there's PHD and that's sufficient but for image capture?
Backyardeos no frame and focus software#
Any pointers to software that's Nikon friendly.
Still, it would be nice if there was something like BackyardEOS for Nikon. I guess I can just manually operate the camera so long as the mount is tracking with autoguider. Now, the unfortunate thing is the software out there is almost exclusively for Canon and since my kit has Nikon D800E's that don't play well with remote software I'm at a loss as to the best approach. I expect to do some prime focus photography and perhaps some eyepiece projection photography, but suspect most of the images will be taken with my camera lenses while the camera is mounted, piggyback style, on the telescope/mount. The Atlas is probably a bit overkill for this kit but an 8 inch SCT with counter weights and DSLR with, say, a Sigma 150mm or Nikon 300mm lens as well as finder scope and autoguider all add up and it's probably better to go up a step on the mount before the scope itself. What I'm thinking about doing is getting a good EQ mount, like the Orion Atlas and probably a Celestron EdgeHD 800 SCT. Anyway, I'm looking to get back into this and since the new gear, particularly the new mounts with Goto control, the ability to do better astrophotography is much greater than my earlier kit. I had a Celestron C8 SCT telescope 30 years ago and eventually gave it to my really smart nephew in the mid 90's so I have some experience with higher end consumer grade astro stuff though that one only had an EQ mount and wedge with clock drive on RA so nothing like the new stuff.