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Toys-R-Us
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RE: Toys-R-Us
My current amateur astronomy equipment is limited to a Nikon D810 digital SLR camera, a 70-200 f/2.8 lens and a tripod, plus a couple of binoculars. The camera can do ISO 12800, which in combination with f/2.8 is adaquate for reasonable trail-less night sky photography. The camera uses software enhancement to fake a maximum ISO speed of 51200, but the resulting image is too grainy and full of processing artifacts. I would like to get a 200-500f/5.6 lens, but that would only work for the moon, and is too slow, requiring to much exposure time, for deep sky objects since I have to tracking mounts.

Pentax just released a camera which has built in GPS, and a sensor shift capability which Pentax used to allow the camera to track stars internally during long exposures by moving the sensor. The camera also has much higher stated ISO capability. I am looking forward to testing that camera.
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Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 7:19 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Anomalocaris - July 14, 2016 at 7:23 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 7:24 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Anomalocaris - July 14, 2016 at 7:42 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by ignoramus - July 14, 2016 at 7:44 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by I_am_not_mafia - July 14, 2016 at 7:50 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 7:59 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Little lunch - July 14, 2016 at 8:51 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by account_inactive - July 14, 2016 at 9:56 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 1:50 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Little lunch - July 14, 2016 at 5:31 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by account_inactive - July 14, 2016 at 9:53 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 9:59 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by account_inactive - July 14, 2016 at 10:00 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 10:04 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by The Grand Nudger - July 14, 2016 at 10:15 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Anomalocaris - July 14, 2016 at 10:24 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Iroscato - July 14, 2016 at 10:35 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Homeless Nutter - July 14, 2016 at 11:09 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Jackalope - July 14, 2016 at 11:15 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by I_am_not_mafia - July 14, 2016 at 11:24 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Homeless Nutter - July 14, 2016 at 1:08 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Spirian - July 14, 2016 at 12:21 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by KevinM1 - July 14, 2016 at 12:33 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by I_am_not_mafia - July 14, 2016 at 1:54 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Little lunch - July 14, 2016 at 5:25 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by I_am_not_mafia - July 14, 2016 at 5:55 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 9:47 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by The Grand Nudger - July 14, 2016 at 3:33 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by The Valkyrie - July 14, 2016 at 3:53 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Crossless1 - July 14, 2016 at 4:50 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by I_am_not_mafia - July 14, 2016 at 5:21 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 14, 2016 at 7:36 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by brewer - July 14, 2016 at 8:15 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by The Valkyrie - July 14, 2016 at 9:36 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by brewer - July 14, 2016 at 9:47 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by The Valkyrie - July 14, 2016 at 9:52 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 9:56 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by brewer - July 14, 2016 at 9:58 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by The Valkyrie - July 14, 2016 at 10:43 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by I_am_not_mafia - July 15, 2016 at 6:24 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by brewer - July 15, 2016 at 6:33 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Alex K - July 14, 2016 at 9:48 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Seraphina - July 14, 2016 at 9:32 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by The Valkyrie - July 14, 2016 at 9:35 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Seraphina - July 14, 2016 at 9:48 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by I_am_not_mafia - July 15, 2016 at 6:43 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by J a c k - July 14, 2016 at 9:52 pm
RE: Toys-R-Us - by ignoramus - July 15, 2016 at 7:03 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Fidel_Castronaut - July 15, 2016 at 7:14 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by account_inactive - July 15, 2016 at 7:42 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by ignoramus - July 15, 2016 at 7:18 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Fidel_Castronaut - July 15, 2016 at 7:57 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by ignoramus - July 15, 2016 at 7:58 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Fidel_Castronaut - July 15, 2016 at 8:26 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Fidel_Castronaut - July 15, 2016 at 8:34 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by ignoramus - July 15, 2016 at 8:38 am
RE: Toys-R-Us - by Fidel_Castronaut - July 15, 2016 at 8:43 am

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