Wow... How come the vigneting shape look like a heart shape? Very romantic picture! 

I hope I can join you guys in shooting some astro related pictures to complete my collection. I have some crazy ideas in my mind.

But few stupid questions 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?

Congratulations, Mr.LKM. You have caught the Moon passing through the Constellation of Scorpius.

I guess the thread-starter read about this astronomy photography from CLICK!

Ooops.... I know nothing about astronomy photog, cant help... sorry.

Mr.LKM u shot ur pic using auto mode rite? u need to shoot with high shutter speed
to get like tat guy's pic. and doing some digital zooming.
try to shoot with ur KM Z3 with max shutter.1/1000 i think.

Wow, suddenly everybody's posting Moon shots......I'm in heaven!

i don't want to buy dSLR because i scared my pics turn out no good_then everyone say i'm lousy fotographer. If i get no so good camera, i can blame the camera.....hehe.

Trouble is u ppl spoil me already.  Low end dslr maybe not good enough to take good pics. A rotten fotographer like me will need help from highest end camera just to be able to take `reasonable' shots (just like playing pc games with cheat modes).
i think i'll start near the bottom (better for my wallet!) with a compact digicam and get the hang of it and see where it leads to. like TheVoIP said, "since i'm still new to digital....." if he's new, then i'm newer than new.

i sort of like the Casio because of its small size, startup speed, and the mpeg4 movie capture. This means i can finally leave my bulky dinosaur Sony handycam at home. This camera won't really be for astrophotography.....but that won't stop me from pointing it up at the sky and hoping for a miracle.

biggrin.gif biggrin.gif Hehehe... i don't use dSLR also.. just Pana FZ5..
I've tried shooting the moon when it was full and bright in middle of night
no good doh.gif . The brightness hides the moon surface details.
Also when moon high in the sky above your head, it will look small
but if near horizon, or 20deg or so from horizon, it will look bigger
I don't know much about astronomy, but maybe due to some larger
magnification by earth's atmosphere... correct me if I'm wrong here blush.gif

So this month I tried early morning shots, just after full moon day...
That's why my shot doesn't have the round moon.
This gave me some "details" of the craters, especially near the darkside. biggrin.gif

Thanks for linking, deepyu notworthy.gif

no lar..ignore me ok..
but maybe u wanna get one with more zoom capability
so u can shoot moon's pics..
yeap..better get one much easier..
last time i shot star trail was alone at about 2am..
so not dare to go far from main road and stay inside my car..

atleast u got ur DSLR..i dont even have a digicam..
can only shoot with my dvcam for digital photo..
if can get used DSLR like tat would be nice..
well guess i dont have much choice but to wait cheaper
KM 7D or KM 5D to fall in my hand

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.

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!

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?

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?

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?

sorry lah, I thot you were checking on my nocturnal activities.