Cheers Russ, But when you say span 400 pixels, do you mean an area of 20 x 20 pixels, or do you mean a linear dimension of 400 pixels, so Jupiter actually falls over an area of approx 400 x400 pixels (160,000 pixels).
Hi Sophie, and Drakkith,
Am shooting with a 2x barlow in but no eyepiece which I think is prime focus in both webcam and dslr case. I removed the lens from the webcam as suggested by other sources, and just use a tpiece and ring to hold the dslr body on the scope..
So if there is a way I can...
Hi Russ,
Unfortunately, I don't have any control over the camera video output. Its either set to 25 or 30 fps. So far I save the video on the camera and then transfer across once back in the warm as I've not ventured out with laptop attached to the new DSLR. The camera does have a live view...
Cheers for all replies.
I think basically the webcam pixels individual areas are approximately half the size of the DSLR, but will perservere with the DSLR, because it took three nights with the webcam to get the brightness and contrast settings set so that I could make out some detail in the...
Hi,
Recently started with astronomy with a basic 5 inch reflector, not motorised but interesting initial explorations. Subsequently became interested in trying to take pictures of the moon, saturn and then onto Jupiter. Found through utube that you can modify cheap webcams and in combination...