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riffmax:
Hello, all. It's been a very, very long time since I've been here. In fact, I'd have to say most of the names I see now are unfamiliar to me.

That being said, life as I now know it is vastly different than it used to be. That includes my employer. I now work for a non-profit. We have recently had this telescope donated and I am wondering if it's something I can use. I know NOTHING about telescopes and am not specifically searching for this, so I don't even know if it's a thing. So, I have tons of questions.

I seem to have learned that it is possible to shoot with your camera through a telescope. How is that done? I would presume it would require some sort of adapter.  If it's true that you can use them together, is that ANY camera? I'm not that interested in astrophotography per se (although I wouldn't discount it if given the equipment and opportunity). I was wondering if (assuming this IS a thing) it could be used for daytime nature photography?

I guess the last initial question I have is about quality. I think it is a vintage lens, but I'm not sure.

If it's a dumb idea and no one in their right brain would be fool enough to even ask, just know that I am not making any claims about my brain nor foolishness!

Uncle Pete:
Kind of yes any camera but something you can see through like a SLR or one with a nice viewing screen. There's all kinds of "stuff" up there that you don't need special equipment to photograph.

Personally my telephoto lenses are better than a telescope for photos, but a telescope is better for seeing far away. Some of each one has their own advantages.



Simple adapter, just a hollow tube, you'll have to search. I found this one on eBay. The one end is the diameter of the eyepiece tube and there is an eyepiece still in that, the other is a Canon EF mount. Everything is going to be manual. It wasn't expensive, under $30.

Mostly, have fun!

riffmax:
Thanks Pete. I guess it will depend on how much they want for the telescope. One thing that HASN'T changed since I was last here is my budget (or rather, the fact that I have none!). :D

I've been hunting online since I posted my question, and it looks like I would need something called a T adapter that would work on my D7000. Not very expensive at all.

Again, I am more interested in getting daytime nature shots.

I guess I should bring my camera in to work and fiddle about a bit.

Zero Talent:

--- Quote from: riffmax on November 29, 2022, 10:26 ---Hello, all. It's been a very, very long time since I've been here. In fact, I'd have to say most of the names I see now are unfamiliar to me.

That being said, life as I now know it is vastly different than it used to be. That includes my employer. I now work for a non-profit. We have recently had this telescope donated and I am wondering if it's something I can use. I know NOTHING about telescopes and am not specifically searching for this, so I don't even know if it's a thing. So, I have tons of questions.

I seem to have learned that it is possible to shoot with your camera through a telescope. How is that done? I would presume it would require some sort of adapter.  If it's true that you can use them together, is that ANY camera? I'm not that interested in astrophotography per se (although I wouldn't discount it if given the equipment and opportunity). I was wondering if (assuming this IS a thing) it could be used for daytime nature photography?

I guess the last initial question I have is about quality. I think it is a vintage lens, but I'm not sure.

If it's a dumb idea and no one in their right brain would be fool enough to even ask, just know that I am not making any claims about my brain nor foolishness!

--- End quote ---

I don't have experience with telescopes, but I experimented on the other end of the Universe, connecting cameras to microscope objectives. I can imagine you will also need a specific combination of adapters and/or tubes, to properly focus the image on the camera sensor.

This may only be the first step, because you may also need a star tracker mechanism and/or to learn specific techniques to combine multipe images in post-production.

Surely the internet is your friend. I'm pretty certain that similarly to microscope photography, there must be a good dedicated forum out-there, for specific questions.

pancaketom:
If you have a decent telephoto I am guessing the telescope will not be any better. In my limited experience with higher magnification (during the day) for distant objects (500mm) the image quality is somewhat limited by the fact that the air distorts the image, especially if shooting over sun-heated ground. Maybe this would be less of an issue with shorter exposure times - but you probably won't get that with a telescope. I'd do a bit more web research - it could be fun to play with even if there are not a lot of technically great images produced.

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