Hi there, would like to pick up a new hobby, guess what?
Would like to quickly ask for a rough estimation of how much it would cost for stargazing.. I know got 3 ways, bare eyes, binoculars and telescope

~ how much for a beginner telescope? I searched on ebay.com.my and found these. Are these good enough? I mean really really on a tight budget but for ppl with tight budget like me, the answer provided here would be really good
http://www.ebay.com.my/listResults?browse=...archWorldWide=0
~ what are the specifications of binoculars we need in case the budget for above is not met?

Yeah I have been reading from beginning post till half way and I think I should try ask the questions already..

Thanks!

Thanks Mr.LKM
The answers u provided is really helpful for me. Guess I try settle for a pair of bino then

I guess there is no way I can get into astro photography yet with a pair of bino.

Ok will try search for it later on if found will post here. Thanks

That is really funny lah.. haha, yeah saw the moon is quite nice here too tonite.. I actually asked the building security whether I can go way up to my building top to do some viewing and surprisingly the answer is 'yes'. Btw am in Kota Kinabalu here and our building is quite outskirt from the town so I was kinda itching to try out. I'll see how later then

Edit:Btw, the building is like 20 floors high on the top, dunno whether that is good enough, but then alone at the top at nite gives me some chill!

This post has been edited by Shoot@M3: Apr 30 2007, 09:23 PM

Now u really gives me the chill haha, hey come to think I don't think the top is a very popular place for our building, so ain't too sure of what might be lurking there..
btw, for the beginners try read here if wan have some ideas. yeah it's true that we should really save $$ to get better ones. The site also have articles on how to choose bino based one given ratios as well

http://www.r-clarke.org.uk/starting_astro1.htm

This post has been edited by Shoot@M3: Apr 30 2007, 09:32 PM

March, how do you mount the digicam to ur bino?
so this is how 10x50 will roughly give out, hmmm...

icic, i just found out something about Digital Camera Binocular.. finally
But I guess the digital cam function inside these binos should have really limited functions

Will search some more, or otherwise will follow ur way hehe

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Added on April 30, 2007, 10:46 pmHere's something about digital cam bino
http://www.binoculars.com/specialty_v2/dig...binoculars.html

still can't seem to find one that is >32mm diameter

This post has been edited by Shoot@M3: Apr 30 2007, 10:47 PM

Ok so the digicam pictures are taken not based on the bino optics.
But if just for viewing, the diameter does play part still as the bigger the optics then the more light can come in and giving brighter image for the viewer's eye.

Neway, will try look around the shops later on and see how

okay, thx I get the point now. It's really confusing with the different selection that a beginner may pick. Nevertheless answers like these helps. So binocam are mostly for birding or safari adventures but not the right choice if to go with astrophotography

Okay, thx a lot. I will go out look c look c now hehe, erm those chinamen selling the bino reliable or not ah? Just asking if anyone has bought before and stuff lol

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Added on May 1, 2007, 7:19 pmerm Mr LKM, the link u gave me 'not found'
I been to a shop and found 3 types of brands of 7x50 bino, Nikon (RM388), Pioneer (RM238) and another which I forgot the brand edi (RM238). The more reliable one here would be Nikon? I need to search for the type of lens used I guess...
Not easy to find at my place here

Was looking online for an astronomy club or observatory but seems like I can't find any here in KK. There goes my wish to try and 'tumpang' to see the stars

This post has been edited by Shoot@M3: May 1 2007, 07:19 PM

Oh ok no prob. I went online to US ebay and found the online price for the first one, Nikon Action (with Pro, forgot the actual model) was RM260 after conversion, of cos that only included postage to around US only..Will try look at the site u gave and see how much I can get from there. thx!

Any luck getting that shots? All I have is only my Nikon Coolpix 4100

lol good luck ya
btw the site given by Mr LKM is quite good, I found the items from there and did some currency conversion, nice prices!

Nice pictures! wow seems like many are interested now hehe
Well, I'm gonna try out with a normal bino 8 x 25 first and see how good and interesting before I dwell in further