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I am already aware of the quality of imagers here, but they also serve as inspiration. Kinda why I got into moon pics :). I have never shot video through a telescope and processed images from them. I picked up a point and shoot, a FinePix XP140 mounted on one of those jigs that attaches to the eyepiece. I have been shooting 1080p at 59.94 fps, using a 110mm eyepiece on an old orange tube Celestron 8", with the camera zoomed to 5x. I put a helical focuser behind the eyepiece which helps me focus. The clock drive is good, and the tripod almost perfectly leveled and aligned. The video files are .MOV, and the almost 15 minutes video limit gives 4gb files. PIPP (Planetary Imaging PreProcessor) is used to whittle the files down to just over a gig which is the limit for some stackers. PIPP saves uncompressed AVIs. I have developed a liking for Planetary System Stacker which became my main stacker. Post processing done with one or more of ON1, Photoshop CS2, and Paintshop Pro 2021. The seeing was average for this, but there was a thin layer of cloud. Hoping for better skies soon.

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#34502

That's great. I'm impressed you got the point and shoot to work on the adapter, lots of people have struggled with those to be able to get the picture in focus without the AF messing things up. :) I like using my smartphone and normally do movie to PIPP to Autostakkert. I don't remember if Fuji has a Magic Lantern port for the camera -- someone presented at RASC about 5 years ago (perhaps Taras?) where they were showing?that you could load Magic Lantern on the point and shoot camera and give yourself a lot more control over the functions of the camera (making it easier to modify ISO, etc.) even when the camera itself didn't give you those options in the traditional menus. I tried it on a Canon which was decent.

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 10:44 AM InQ <inq@...> wrote:

I am already aware of the quality of imagers here, but they also serve as inspiration. Kinda why I got into moon pics :). I have never shot video through a telescope and processed images from them. I picked up a point and shoot, a FinePix XP140 mounted on one of those jigs that attaches to the eyepiece. I have been shooting 1080p at 59.94 fps, using a 110mm eyepiece on an old orange tube Celestron 8", with the camera zoomed to 5x. I put a helical focuser behind the eyepiece which helps me focus. The clock drive is good, and the tripod almost perfectly leveled and aligned. The video files are .MOV, and the almost 15 minutes video limit gives 4gb files. PIPP (Planetary Imaging PreProcessor) is used to whittle the files down to just over a gig which is the limit for some stackers. PIPP saves uncompressed AVIs. I have developed a liking for Planetary System Stacker which became my main stacker. Post processing done with one or more of ON1, Photoshop CS2, and Paintshop Pro 2021. The seeing was average for this, but there was a thin layer of cloud. Hoping for better skies soon.

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#34503
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I have an old Canon Rebel XS, the 1000D I think, and no mention of a port for that one. Things may be moving on the Fuji front, but it isn't magic lantern. Things about firmware, scripting, and a hidden menu. I am looking into that aspect now. Using the point and shoot has been a learning experience. I wear glasses already for reading, but put on two pair of readers on top to look at the camera's screen. I discovered that the more distant a crater was from the terminator, out in the mares they were faded so to speak. While twisting the helical I noticed that a small crater's contrast would jump up a bit and the crater would be just a little more distinct. That seems to be where the best focus was. 3km craters are specks, but 7km and up craters show nicely. I do one thing with the camera mount, and that is to center the lens as close as I can to the eyepiece, and turn on the camera to ensure it is centered in the screen and aligned by looking at the inside of the eyepiece barrel. And even then the whole contraption I have can move slightly once on the scope :). Next time it is clear it will be either a 25mm eyepiece or 4k or perhaps working up to both :)

I'll see what I can find about the FinePix XP140.?

[edit] I had to disable autofocus. I allowed it a focus once on camera click/trigger and then possibly adjust the focus again if needed.[/edit]

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Very nice!

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On Dec 16, 2021, at 1:04 PM, InQ <inq@...> wrote:

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I have an old Canon Rebel XS, the 1000D I think, and no mention of a port for that one. Things may be moving on the Fuji front, but it isn't magic lantern. Things about firmware, scripting, and a hidden menu. I am looking into that aspect now. Using the point and shoot has been a learning experience. I wear glasses already for reading, but put on two pair of readers on top to look at the camera's screen. I discovered that the more distant a crater was from the terminator, out in the mares they were faded so to speak. While twisting the helical I noticed that a small crater's contrast would jump up a bit and the crater would be just a little more distinct. That seems to be where the best focus was. 3km craters are specks, but 7km and up craters show nicely. I do one thing with the camera mount, and that is to center the lens as close as I can to the eyepiece, and turn on the camera to ensure it is centered in the screen and aligned by looking at the inside of the eyepiece barrel. And even then the whole contraption I have can move slightly once on the scope :). Next time it is clear it will be either a 25mm eyepiece or 4k or perhaps working up to both :)

I'll see what I can find about the FinePix XP140.

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Taking and stacking Video of the moon

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