1/1.8-inch square pixel primary color CCD
(Total Pixels: 7.41 million; Effective Pixels: 7.20 million)
is that good or bad?
I don't think i can use this for much astrophotography.......max zoom only up to 114mm equivalent. I'll try for some wideangle night sky shots, do some stacking and see if it comes out okay. Some reviews seem to rate this a pretty good night shot digicam. Anyway, main-main saja first.
Still not yet buy, trying to find a stockist nearby with good price! Very few shops carry this model....i think not popular one.

well..my 1st slr was minolta..sold and then bought minolta slr also..
dont see i can change to other cause got many minolta's lens,telecon,flash,etc...
dont have budget to buy new lens so wat else i can do? cheapest way
is to buy KM DSLR lorr..buy the body only..
Good thing KM DSLR anti-shake is in it's body..so can use any minolta lens..

I think it shouldn't be a problem. Have you gone through any review about your this future camera?

Deepyu, do you know why I am a fan of KM? It is because my name is Lee Kim Miau

Haha, just kidding, I like it because the product of their powerful lens developer team. Maybe I will go to Canon because Canon has the best support team in Malaysia.

My first test run with the Casio:-

Venus and new Friend. Compare this with my earlier handycam shot of Venus.

Mars , about 2.30 a.m. this morning.

Can you see the Andromeda Galaxy? A wild shot which paid off!

The pics have all been resized or cropped, and heavily compressed. 7.1MP makes big big file!

Initial impressions of this digicam: Versatile little fellow!

so u've bought the z750.Can start ur gallery lor after tis.
cant find the andromeda lor..u should circle it. even we can see
the andromeda with our naked eyes..normal ppl like me
just dunno..

Is Mars that red What white balance were you use?

Deepyu, you haven't told me how much money do you have I help you to choose one of them.

Money??
Me got no money lar..banker freezed all cash flow..
Cant spend anymore until further notice..

okay, deepyu. Those of you with star charts should have no problem with this:-

Location of the Andromeda Galaxy I was so surprised that the Casio could cut through the thick haze with its tiny lens. I could only see a couple of stars with my naked eyes. If only the skies had been clearer......

What I wanted to show - a part of the earlier Mars shot showing details of the Seven Sisters (aka the Pleiades) near Mars. Another look at Mars.
Not bad at all for a compact cam.

I've also been experimenting by hooking up this little guy with a borrowed solarscope and the results were startling to say the least. I'll put up a pic later of this morning's Sun activity - sun spot, filament and one huge prominence!

Mr.LKM, does Mars show up red on your monitor? It looks almost white on mine. The shot was taken with the white balance on `tungsten'. This is on Auto White Balance. The camera got it all wrong as expected. Looks like I'll have to recalibrate my CRT

This post has been edited by March05: Sep 27 2005, 05:31 PM

Today's Sun.

Solar Activity on 27th September 2005

Taken with the Casio, believe it or not.

That prominence has been raging for many days. There's a bad long tear in the surface of the Sun, too. You can easily fit more than 10 Earths in that gap. Sunspot 810 shows up clearly too.

Thanks for the explaination.
Btw this is the andromeda's picture using small telescope.
no need to use HST to take this

Yup, everybody's favorite Galaxy..........after our own, of course.

BTW do you like Robert Gendler?

This post has been edited by March05: Sep 27 2005, 06:45 PM

Wow... I am impressed!

Can normal consumer like us can really take this kind of pictures?

What is the equivalents of focal length (in mm) require to get this powerful shots? 200mm? 400mm?

Oh man, its equiavlents of focal length is larger than 1500mm.

March, how dare you shoot the M45 down?? AMAZING!! Do you use any tele lens? Yup, some shots on my monitor showed white. The photo that I complained is too red therefore I doubt it is your white balance problem. May I know what is your camera model?

Deepyu, you mana tak da duit? I have to sit three exams in one month time. Therefore I will not appear at here so frequently.

Can anyone here put this thread link into the signature? We want more future astronomers and even astrophotographer

whois Robert Gendler?
i think can..tis M1 galaxy is one of the nearest to us so
maybe 400-600 focal length can get near tis.maybe not as big as the pic thou.
btw tis one below is the same M1 taken using 200mm telephoto lens.


yea concentrate on ur study.don play2 arr..
now I'm thinking to buy the equatorial gadget only..
thinking to do guided astrophoto without telescope..use my telephoto lens
first. cheaper than buying telescope + equatorial..
but dunno when..

No, other than the Sun picture, all shots are wide angle.
I get it, the `Mars' u said is too red is not Mars, lah. It's a lens flare artifact from the street light. You were refering to the Venus and new friend picture, right?

Most astrophotos of this type are taken by consumers. But i wouldn't call them normal. I think they're mutant freaks with strange abilities.

Yup, I meant that. Is is a street light?? where were you during that time? under a hill?

why u want to know? I got many favorite places to lepak.....

Wow, this opens up my mind and eyes! I am definitely interested to be one of you to observe the universe! May I know something? How much does a proconsumer telescope cost? How to take those stunning pictures?

Well you got one nice pic of a star there (mizz underwood) already