Herve, I've been using a Digi-T with a CoolPix 990 for a few months now. I am very pleased. As soon as I figure out how to get the focus sharp I'll be even more pleased. There are several examples off lunar shots of mine at http://www.shutterace.com/astronomy/moon.htm Enjoy, Jim Deck SAC ----- Original Message ----- From: Herve Dole Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 9:49 AM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Question about Digital Camera Adapter for Eyepiece Photography I have a digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 950) and I like to take pictures at close to the eyepiece of my small ETX of the moon or planets (1). But until now ,I had'nt any adapter, so the ratio of good images over bad images was about 10%. I then read the paper by E. Aguirre "Astro Imaging with Digital Cameras" in the August 2001 issue of S&T (p 128) and decided that I need to purchase an adapter that keep the camera close to the eyepiece and steady. I found basically 2 families of products: 1- lens rings: a system of rings that connect directly the eyepiece to the lens of the digital camera (like scopetronix's Digi-T) 2- system that attach the digital camera via the threated hole in the camera body (like Orion's SteadyPix) It seems that the 2nd family is more flexible (one can use different cameras) and cheaper, but the 1st familly seems more accurate. Is it right ? Has anybody already tried any of these systems ? How do you like them ? Pros and Cons ? Thanks a lot, and happy holidays under clear skies to all ! Herve (1) some image examples of the last partial solar eclipse are given at: http://lully.as.arizona.edu/~hdole/amateurastro/eclipses/20011214EclipseUofA -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Herve Dole | Research Associate - Astrophysics Steward Observatory | Deep Infrared Surveys SIRTF MIPS University of Arizona | Phone: 520 626 2958 Fax: 520 621 9555 933, North Cherry Avenue | mailto:hdole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA | http://lully.as.arizona.edu/~hdole ------------------------------------------------------------------- also: Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale mailto:Herve.Dole@xxxxxx http://wwwfirback.ias.u-psud.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------- --- This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be removed from this list, send E-mail to: AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, with the subject: unsubscribe. The list's archive is at: //www.freelists.org/archives/az-observing This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal messages. Thanks.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com --- This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be removed from this list, send E-mail to: AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, with the subject: unsubscribe. The list's archive is at: //www.freelists.org/archives/az-observing This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal messages. Thanks.