Canon EOS 40D Live View and astro-photography

Full review at: http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_40D/ : A six minute demonstration showing how Live View on Canon EOS 40D's Live View can greatly help with astro-photography by Gordon Laing, Editor of www.cameralabs.com. For complete results and sample images, please check out our full review by clicking the link at the start of this text.

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[apoel94]

hi there . do you think an opteka mirror lens f8 with a X2 teleconverter will be find for astophotography? i use a nikon D300

[cameralabs]

@apoel94 I haven't tested it so can't say, but it might be okay for moon photos.

[HenrikBrinch]

Hi, You mention a 2x teleconverter...but i dont see it in the assemly.... where would that teleconverter be mounted ?

Great videos btw !

[cameralabs]

@HenrikBrinch I had it between the camera and the telescope.

[IXIxSelxIXI]

Alright, dare I ask for a link and a photo of the telescope you used? I'm interested in astrophotography. But of course getting a good mount, telescope and all the things necessary for good photo aren't easy are they? I also have a very basic question I'd love you to answer, when you say about the eyepiece - Which itself doubles magnification, do you have to buy a different adapter to have that fitted? Or is that extra eyepiece not used at all?

[cameralabs]

@IXIxSelxIXI I can't post links here in YT, but feel free to discuss it in the technical section of the cameralabs . com forum! We have several astro-photographers there who can help! PS - an eye pice doesn't necessarily double the magnification. The magnification is the focal length of the telescope divided by the focal length of the eyepiece, so my scope is 540mm. If I use a 10mm eyepiece, then the magnification would be 540 / 10 = 54x.

[jbrecording]

Very cool! Now I know an affordable way to have a 1,728mm lens.... :-D

[cameralabs]

@Tucomen Google pays a very small amount for placing adverts on the videos but it's very little. I only make any money if people visit my websites and shop through our partner stores. That's why I have reduced the number of videos recently as they're a lot of work for very little reward.

[D4GG312]

Thanks MATE cheers!

[crazywrx1]

this was my first attempt.

[cameralabs]

@ilifeform Depends what you want to achieve. I'd start simple with as big a lens as you can buy / borrow / rent. Then look out for local astronomy societies with scopes you can use. Buying a half-decent scope and mount ain't cheap - you're looking at a couple of grand and up.