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Post by swamprat on Oct 4, 2011 16:23:38 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2011 17:51:15 GMT -6
Engenius!!
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Post by Steve on Oct 4, 2011 23:49:10 GMT -6
Good idea. For all the reasons stated in this welcome instructional video. No more tiresome Blair Witch Projects, the image of a terror-stricken face staring into a jiggling camera lens (preferably while whimpering “I am so scared right now”) has become a horror genre cliché. imitated and parodied to the point of.... I laughed in the theatre when in 'Pearl Harbor' the home movie camera man is finally mercifully killed during a strafing on Hickam Field, the camera drops to the pavement, showing sideways the dead cameraman's face. Hurray! No more jiggling camera! The 1990's to 2009 period in motion picture history will be remembered with disdain for jiggling hand held cameras and just as annoyingly - too smooth CGI effects. ;D Of course, we are talking amateur film shootng here. You know in a way, the current generation of terrible UFO movie footage infesting You Tube everywhere - I wonder for that anxious generation of gen Xers, all nervous jiggling and no substance... the real jiggling is going on behind the camera in the camera operators mind. The first chink in any credibility's armor is putting UFO footage on YT in the first place....besides being digital. I think if someone really did have the real thing, no one would ever believe it. Sometimes 'jiggling of the camera' maybe intentional to conceal the hoax further. I have become very jaded of all post digital era UFO photographs. Time to look elsewhere. All those Mufon old timers reading this responding...time to change? "what did he say sonny?".... Steve
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2011 15:27:47 GMT -6
There are some really cool things that can be done with a digital camera and telescope/binoculars etc. Before attempting this, be sure to not make contact with objective lens of camera or shutter to the eyepiece of the scope you're using to avoid damage. The way mine is designed its not a factor but throwing that in as a precaution . -------------------------------------------------------------Its simple. First adjust the focus of the scope and then put the camera up to the eyepiece. Then, once you have the camera and the eyepiece centered, zoom in with the camera magnification and youll see the image full screen. This technique should work for most terrestrial objects. As far as astronomical objects goes, it generally only works with objects such as the moon, sun(with proper solar filters), and some planets,like venus-(best results during daytime or when the sun first sets or right before sunrise with this one), mars, jupiter, and saturn. Using a tripod works best, especially under higher magnification. More tips coming soon !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2011 15:34:55 GMT -6
There are attachments which can be purchased rather cheap that mounts the camera to the scope, but I made mine homemade and im still modifying it to work . There are also eyepieces which can be purchased at a reasonable price that has a built in usb attachment which goes straight to the pc. I love todays technology, its getting better ! To pick up distant stars,nebula,galaxies,etc., a standard 35mm camera is still needed and most of the time requires long exposure photography depending on the magnitude of the image so this technique is limited.
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