Deepyu, why don't you put a link to you gallery in your signature? It looks hard to find it

Don't worry about that. I'll be your manager/agent.
You be famous, i be rich...hah,hah. Then I can buy you that telescope!  and another one for me, of course.

Counting on you, man.
Disaster here in KL - the sky's totally overcast, and it's drizzling. We need a miracle....
deepyu, are u in KL too?
Mr.LKM, how's it looking over in Kluang?
I fear, deepyu, our telescope dreams are evaporating fast........

How much it cost in Malaysia? I think more than GOTO telescope......
Not rich enough.......

Sorry, guys...... I lupa to bring the photos to upload here I swear that I will upload them tomorrow Anyone wants the price list of the Meade telescopes that are available in Malaysia? Lowyat.net doesn't support .xls file, therefore I cannot upload it here

(1) Where do you guys shoot around KL/PJ? You go somewhere up hill?

(2) Are you willing to take a picture with exposure of 4~5 hours and most probably will be biten by flies? I hope can shoot together, because 4~5 hours for star trails is a long time... at least can talk...

I saw the equatorial tripod-like stuff... very bulky and does not look anything cheaper than RM2k to my eyes.

One question, if our camera can manage to do ISO6400 or even higher with acceptable noise performance, then we need no those tracker, right? If that so, maybe dSLR in few more years already can do that.... And the tracker will be a thing of the past?

Some astro photos need even one hour to expose as they are too faint. If you able to shoot using iso6400, I think most of the ppl will use it to discover more. It needs one hour though so I think the tracker is still needed.

Most of the astrophotographer will use cold-ccd camera to take astrophotography therefore normal DSLR will get damn high noise if it is used to take long exposure photos and at high iso rate.

Deepyu, buy the hubble telescope for us to take photos and let the NASA build another one for them. 

Wait a few more years and u can get it for free. NASA's abandoning it. U'll have to come up with a maintenance plan.......ha ha.

Heh man... I think 15 seconds is a great limitation. Minimum must able to use bulb, right? If you are serious, really need to upgrade camera le... at least got excusses to upgrade, right? I believe there are few good used camera around.
Ok... so KL/PJ will be a real problem... Hope you guys can recommend... Since I am new still to digital, I still yet to know all its extreme technical limitation like battery.. I still remember I can do around 5~6 hours with my EOS A2 with new 2CR5. If worst come to worst, I might even consider DIY with powerful external acid-lead battery pack. I believe as long as the voltage is matched, should be ok.
I always believe there are few type of photography are always pushing the equipments to its limit; be it sports (outdoor and indoor) as well as astrophotography. Every ISO as well as size aperture do count...

However it is a surprise to hear that a fine tele might not perform as good as telescope. You have your point that telescope is optimise for far distance. But most probablt I will still start with normal tele, and maybe some longer tele primes. Reasons are pretty simple; one lens multi-purpose ma...

Just one little question to my curiosity; Did you ever seen anyone shooting astrophotograph with a laptop connecting to the devices (be it normal dSLR or etc)?

Where does Mr. LKM stay? And how tired will it be to climb the mountain....?    Imagine bringing some heavy camera gears, heavy tripod, laptop, cookies and other food...    Dun laught laught le.. You need food and water for long hours shot, right?
I am still pretty new to digital in a sense that compare to what I know about film and my old camera, where almost every technical limitation was predictable. Ya... lots of films (money) were spent of testing and knowing the limits.

By the way, I used to do some star trail before... but that was with film... and somehow under-exposed even for 5 hours shot!    I found film light response is really low for low light.

how about this
climb up like 15 min... i guess

great idea, it would be first(?) camping from lowyat-kakis ...

prevent from light pollution?  use hood? . I nv try before, if can't then KL skyline nitescene ...

deepyu -> Tmn melawati. lights? true also, but i scare of darkness.hey dare u go to some Mt. away from light   ....

15min for daytime..

Walky-Talky START:"Ahh!! Who touched my ass?" Just kidding
deepyu, have you contacted the local dealer of Meade telescope? If you want to buy something from him, you have to act fast as he is going to Chile ( the best place for celestial observing in this planet! )and he will be leaving in September 18 and back in October 15.

If the background of that "gas cloud" is black, it will be wonderful... Got way to check whether they are satelites?

Hey guys, just saw this

Not quite full moon, but who cares. Makes my day. 

What did u mean by CLICK! ?

March05,
Hey man, your choices are not suitable for the types of photography you want Able to get urself a dslr? 

I am wondering how was the guy able to shoot with so many details. Every of mine shots were all overexposed, wonder if photoshop able to solve overexposed problem...  and even my KM Z3 with 12X optical zoom can't be this far...

See? My moon...

I used manual mode, maybe my shutter speed is too low.

I am wondering how was the guy able to shoot with so many details. Every of mine shots were all overexposed, wonder if photoshop able to solve overexposed problem...  and even my KM Z3 with 12X optical zoom can't be this far...