Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography

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Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography System

Best Cameras For Astrophotography 2021 – Take The Shots You Always Dreamed Of. If you're looking to take stunning photos of the cosmos, you're going to need something a bit more capable than a simple point-and-shoot camera or smartphone. A more budget safe alternative is to use a red dot star finder mounted on your camera hot shoe. This device projects a laser on a clear screen, so that when you look through the star finder you see a red dot superposing to the sky. Sway the camera so that the dot superpose to the intended star, planet, or the general area where your target is.

Weight: 450g, Size: 1.7' x 3.15' x 3.6'. Designed Solely for Star Tracking, Timelapse and Panorama. It works by adjusting the angle of rotation, Not the speed of rotation. Minimum angle 0.05 degree/step. It works in Move Shoot Move Manner, Then camera is not turning while the picture is being taken. Usually, astrophotography is a trade-off: noise versus star trails. An extra device like the MSM camera rotator can help you shoot clear and sharp photographs of the night sky even at a very low ISO.

10-10-2017, 11:17 PM
Dslr hot shoe laser pointer astrophotography camera

Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Camera

Hi all.
A couple of yrs back I purchased a decent quality green laser pointer to mount on my (hopefully soon to be sold) 8se to take the place of the finder scope. Never got around to doing so I pondered on the thought of using with my 70d.
I posted a thread on cloudy nights sometime ago asking if it was safe flash through the view finder to make targeting easier when selecting object for widefield AP with my iOptron skytracker? Never really got a definitive answer. As couple of ppl suggest it was fine and a great tactic for the mentioned purpose but live view MUST be deactivated to be 100% safe. Others said bad idea don't do it know of others who damaged sensors etc.
Anyone here use the method or know it to be a safe/practical method?
Cheers for reading,
Ben