Post a picture of your rig!

I'm wondering, would live view on 40D works in this astro photography rig setup

I have a 40D and live view does work if you have a dark sky and a bright star to use. I have noticed though that if you want perfect focus everytime then you are better off getting a 3rd party focuser or program such as the Stiletto or DSLRfocus.

John

Thanks for the info. I love the shots in this part of the forum; unfortunately I don't think i have any budget left for any of these equipments.

I actually purchased the Traveler from a guy who used it once. I've been on the 130 list since February 2000. Some people have gotten one recently who were on the list in December 1999/January 2000 so I should be getting the notification that my name is up soon.

I hope to have a couple of photos from tonight if everything goes well.

The 50D is an awesome camera for sure. Never has focusing been so easy.

Let's see some more rigs... I'll post mine as soon as it stops raining here! Someone please sticky this...

A couple pics of my rig:

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Jebus!!!

I think there are a few of these threads floating around now. Here's mine:
10" Meade LX200 GPS - UHTC.
Also shown:
Finderscope which is 1/2 a 10X80 binocular with a diagonal and an eyepiece -- all held together with a high-tech rubber band.
Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer
Scopestuff 10:1 focuser (scopestuff.com)
2" Celestron diagonal
Losmandy counter weight bar (it *STILL* can't count past 5 though!)
Astrozap dew shield
Piggyback camera adapter

Tim, how do you like this mount?

timeasterday wrote in post #6644997
A couple pics of my rig:

Great mount. Mine was pretty accurate right out the box, but they do have some QC issues. My mount had the power supply wired backwards internally, but fortunately the dealer (KW Telescope in Ontario) caught it before shipping to me. Most other dealers would not even bother to check each mount, but KW does. I've done some tweaking to it to get the gears to mesh better. It easily handles 30 lbs of equipment.

Great looking rig Tim.

Both of these are a bit dated but the basic rig remains the same. The cameras and location however have both changed.

Ready for a night of work.

Nice looking rig Greg. Almost got a Milburn when I had my LX200, nice wedge.

I can sure relate to that last shot, sure makes packing up a little hard on the hands at the dark site.

Greg , Do you leave your rig out at night uncovered If you do you really need to get a COVER for protection ! Doesn't matter where you get it but you need a cover bad !!