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Old 02-16-2008
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Hi Darryl,

Thank's for your reply, o'boy there's more to this astrophotography than meet's the eye (no pun intended). Photography has been my hobby all my life from my box browny to 35mm Pentax and now digital Fuji S7000, so I wont let this beat me!!

What's odd is I can get spot on focus when just viewing, easy, even without hartman mask's etc. So why is it sooooo difficult with a little DSI.
With a laptop screen to see it in , should have thought it would be easy. By the way my DSI is just the bog standard DSI not the pro.

On the Meade Envisage screen there is a zoom facility that if you want zoom's in on your target, would it help do you think to zoom on to, say a close star and focus, then zoom out, would the bigger target still be in focus???
It look's as if it might be clear sky's tonight so maybe I'le give it a try, half the fun is the challenge ( I keep teling myself).

All the best Dave.
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