While Astro-Physics is well known for its incredibly built mounts and telescopes, the company also offers a number of accessories built with the same dedication to quality. This includes SLR Camera Adapters. Astro-Physics now offers several different camera adapters for use with a number of camera manufacturers in combination with […]
The Venus Optics Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Circular Fisheye Lens is available now for $199 USD for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras including Fuji X, Sony E and Canon M systems. The Venus Optics lens is an 8mm equivalent fisheye prime specially designed for mirrorless cameras with APS-C and MFT sensors providing the […]
Astronomik has announced that it has introduced new Astronomik XL Clip-Filters for Canon’s mirrorless full format EOS R and RP cameras. Astronomik’s Clip-Filter offerings are hugely popular with DSLR camera owners for astro imaging. Ingenious in their design, these custom-made filters fit inside the housing of the camera, just behind […]
The new Canon EOS Ra camera is Canon’s first full-frame mirrorless camera dedicated to deep sky and night sky photography. Building on the success of the EOS R, the EOS Ra offers 30x magnification in both the viewfinder and in Live View shooting for more accurate focus and roughly 4x […]
With the Vixen Polarie, Vixen offers this neat little device that looks kind of like a camera. In fact, it’s actually about the same size and weight as an old Leica M9. It even has a flash shoe! Doesn’t look like much, does it? However, if you own a basic […]
The Astronomik Clip Filter line now extends Sony and Nikon cameras. Astronomik Clip-Filter offerings are hugely popular with DSLR camera owners for astro imaging. Ingenious in their design, these custom-made filters fit inside the housing of the camera, just behind the lens or T-ring. No tools are necessary to use […]
DSLR Astro Photography with Astronomik Clip-Filter System I decided that I would dive into astrophotography long before I’d purchased my first telescope. In fact, my first foray into this dark art involved a DSLR, a 50-mm lens and a secondhand Orion EQ-1 mount with a motor drive. It was a […]
Kansas-based Gary Hug’s StarSync Tracker is a modified barn door-style wide-field tracker with controller and stepper driver. Built by Gary in the USA, the StarSync Tracker utilizes all aluminum and stainless-steel construction, with a solid hinge and bronze bushings. Perfect for DSLR astro imagers on the go, the tracker is […]
Jerry Lodriguss’ book, A Beginner’s Guide to Astronomical Image Processing, will teach you how to process your long-exposure deep-sky images to produce beautiful results. Taking the image is just the first half of the job. Processing the image is the other half. Jerry’s latest book is written in HTML5 with […]
PrimaLuceLab Eagle3 Control Unit: If there’s a downside to the not-unwarranted attention recently paid PrimaLuceLab’s refractors – its AIRY-series apos are, after all, truly gorgeous! – it is that its refractors risk overshadowing its other significant innovations. Witness the Eagle Control Unit. While it, too, receives the same striking finish […]
The SkyWatcher Star Adventurer Mini (SAM) is a high precision, portable and stable tracking platform for sidereal, solar and lunar tracking with automatic DSLR shutter release control. It is small and light enough to easily fit into a camera bag or backpack, making it an ideal mount for the photographer […]
Jerry Lodriguss’ latest book, A Beginner’s Guide to Astronomical Image Processing, will teach you how to process your long-exposure deep-sky images to produce beautiful results. Taking the image is just the first half of the job. Processing the image is the other half. Jerry’s latest book is written in HTML5 […]