- Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Device
- Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography System
- Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Camera
- Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Machine
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
Mount Red Dot Finder to DSLR Hot Shoe - posted in DSLR, Mirrorless & General-Purpose Digital Camera DSO Imaging: Like the title says, I want to mount a red dot finder to the hot shoe connection of my DSLR. Recommendations, also would consider adding an L-Bracket to the DSLR and mounting there. Hotshoe mount for laser. Rifle Scope to Hot Shoe - Nikon P1000 adapter. Dust / rain cap for dslr (hot shoe mount) DOWNLOAD Thingiverse. 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. Got this to mount a red-dot sight to a Nikon camera for astrophotography. It works, but the hot shoe mount is not an exact fit. It is loose enough that, even with the lock ring tightened, it doesn't take much of a bump to twist the mount and throw the alignment way off.
The MSM’s bright laser pointer is useful for aiming the tracker at the North Celestial Pole, located about a degree away from Polaris in the direction of Alkaid, the end star in the Handle of the Big Dipper or Plough. I chose the laser pointer option for this, rather than the polar alignment scope.
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Thread started 13 Jan 2015 (Tuesday) 11:13
tigger2e8tigger2e8 2 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jan 2015 Post edited over 6 years ago by tigger2e8. | Jan 13, 2015 11:13 | #1 I have a Celestron green laser pointer and am looking for a hot shoe adapter to allow me to properly aim my camera while attempting AP. There use to be a product called Xtend-a-sight plus which would have been ideal, unfortunately the manufacturer has ceased production. Does anyone have a workable solution? I think the Celestron laser has a dovetail which is approx. 11 mm across the top. LOG IN TO REPLY |
Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Device
seallseall 561 posts Gallery: 14 photos Likes: 20 Joined Mar 2012 Location: Scotland | Could this work, perhaps with an added dovetail on it?? LOG IN TO REPLY |
Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography System
tigger2e8tigger2e8 THREAD STARTER 2 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jan 2015 | Jan 13, 2015 15:28 as a reply to @seall's post | #3 That has real possibilities. If I could find a small dovetail it would work great. Thanks for the response. Any one else? LOG IN TO REPLY |
the jimmythe jimmy 1,425 posts Likes: 30 Joined Dec 2009 Location: west coast of Florida | tigger2e8 wrote in post #17380802 That has real possibilities. If I could find a small dovetail it would work great. Thanks for the response. Any one else? Even if you mount the laser to that how will you point it straight (parallel) to the sight line of the lens? And at $65 it seems expensive (to me). Look at thisOf course you'll need to make an adapter to attach the laser, do you have an idea for this? LOG IN TO REPLY |
calypsobcalypsob 1,178 posts Gallery: 3 photos Likes: 91 Joined Jan 2012 Location: Lynchburg Virginia Post edited over 6 years ago by calypsob. | Jan 24, 2015 02:44 | #5 Jimmy is right, you will not be able to center the $65 attachment at all. This is exactly what you need http://www.ebay.com …ain_0&hash=item2ec6b6855f mounted on this http://www.ebay.com …geName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT The threads in the laser holder allow you to orient the laser so that it is centered with the camera. What you would do is find a bright object, like Jupiter, and center it in live view. Next you would turn on the laser and use those little screws to align the laser with jupiter. Now once the center of your live view and laser are perfectly aligned on Jupiter, you can point anywhere else in the sky and the laser will land you right on target with ease. Wes LOG IN TO REPLY |
flyingbarronflyingbarron 592 posts Gallery: 15 photos Best ofs: 1 Likes: 255 Joined Nov 2009 Location: Israel | Another direction to go might be something like this: 80D | EF-S 18-135 IS USM | EF-S 10-18 STM IS | EF-S 24 2.8 | EF 50 1.8 STM | 430EX II LOG IN TO REPLY |
the jimmythe jimmy 1,425 posts Likes: 30 Joined Dec 2009 Location: west coast of Florida | I made a mount and posted pics in a new thread in this forum if anyone is interested. LOG IN TO REPLY |
Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Camera
KbklarryKbklarry 1 post Joined Oct 2015 | Hello, LOG IN TO REPLY |
John from PAJohn from PA 10,723 posts Likes: 1305 Joined May 2003 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania | tigger2e8 wrote in post #17380440 There use to be a product called Xtend-a-sight plus which would have been ideal, unfortunately the manufacturer has ceased production. . Is the new improved version suitable? LOG IN TO REPLY |
Mounting laser to hot shoe for astrophotography
Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Machine
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