safe haven for tiny formats

[Tin Can]

Excellent!

Stars live!

[John Earley]

Hi Jimi,
yes, too many of them for me too and the square format feels a bit akward to me.

On the other hand the little Photavit is very handy, tiny, easy to use and with good grip.
If there will be a time for you to have another little camera i strongly suggest it.

I wasn't aware of this unique camera. http://www.cjs-classic-cameras.co.uk.../photavit.html

[austin granger]

Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

Syringe and Bag, Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Glad I never tried that shit

[Tin Can]

Child care by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

[Corran]

On a bit of an astro kick.
Here's a photo of most of Scorpius (my birth constellation). Antares (the heart of the Scorpion) is a favorite star of mine. I brought out the constellation stars here a bit:



And here is the best I could do shooting the Andromeda Galaxy, with a 500mm f/8 cat lens:



Both were shot with many short exposures, and combined in DeepSkyStacker.

[Peter De Smidt]

Great work, Bryan. Astrophotography is very demanding.

[Corran]

Thanks Peter. Indeed, and I really don't have the proper tools. I was able to do better with Andromeda as I recently got a huge heavy-duty tripod that is much less susceptible to vibrations from the shutter. I am wondering if that smudge to the lower-right is the dwarf galaxy M110 possibly, which is neat.

Now I'm looking at telescopes again...$$$

[Peter De Smidt]

Which tripod did you get?

[Corran]

A heavy-duty surveying tripod (I used to have one years ago but gave it away, which I have since regretted) and more importantly, a Ries A250 head. Puts my Manfrotto 55 XPROB and 3-way head to shame...but I wouldn't want to carry this much further than my yard . Will probably be good for my 8x20, though I need to get a 1/4" screw for the head rather than the 3/8" it came with. Currently $90 though from Ries, for a screw .