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The Laser is a serious solution for videographers. It has a rugged, lightweight aluminum body, and comes with a removable wind shield and a custom shockmount for hot-shoe. The CNC machined hot shoe adapter makes it possible to attach accessories to the camera via the hot shoe of the camera and also the Vizen Polarie Star Tracker. A locking screw is used to safely attach to the hot shoe. A star pointer / red dot finder can be screwed directly onto the rail.Compatibility. Got this to mount a red-dot sight to a Nikon camera for astrophotography. It works, but the hot shoe mount is not an exact fit. It is loose enough that, even with the lock ring tightened, it doesn't take much of a bump to twist the mount and throw the alignment way off. Also, the rail is wider than a 'standard' finder scope rail on a telescope. Feb 25, 2014 Get one of these from Amazon here A fun little mount I picked up off Ebay to mount my Gopro to my DSLR for that camera POV type vi.
This trigger mounts on the hot shoe of your DSLR and permits automatic, hands-free recording of storms. Depending on the specific storm, lighting bursts can last up to several hundred milliseconds and contain numerous individual strikes, occurring approximately 40 milliseconds apart. The laser trigger function requires the use of an.
Aiming and framing with a DSLR
In many occasions you probably are using a DSLR for astrophotography on a mount that doesn’t have GoTo, so you have to find and frame your target manually. To see exactly what your camera is seeing you can make use of the liveview feature of your camera nowadays. This makes it a bit more easy, but you still only see the brightest stars in a relative narrow field of view, depending on the focal length of the lens you are using. Comparing it to a star chart can be done when you know where you are pointing at generally, but if you are off target it is very hard to see ‘where’ you are and how to adjust.
When using my Nikon D7000 on the Astrotrac I used to aim and frame by just ‘looking over the lens’ and taking lots of test images and comparing the image to the star chart of the atlas. I found this to be quite hard so I wanted to have a more easy and accurate way of doing this.
When using my Nikon D7000 on the Astrotrac I used to aim and frame by just ‘looking over the lens’ and taking lots of test images and comparing the image to the star chart of the atlas. I found this to be quite hard so I wanted to have a more easy and accurate way of doing this.
Using a green laser with your DSLR
I got the advise from someone to try and use a green laser to get a better understanding of where the camera is exactly pointing at. You can do this basically in two ways; putting the laser alongside your lens or pointing the laser in the viewfinder. Both methods proved to be to inaccurate to be really useful.
So I had to think of another way.
So I had to think of another way.
Using a red dot finder with your DSLR
Turned out you can easily mount a Red Dot Finder on the hotshoe of your DSLR! This makes it very easy to see exactly where your camera is pointing at because of the bigger overview you have of ‘where you are’, so you are able to ‘star-hop’ with your DSLR.
The only thing you need is a small adapter to put on your hotshoe. There are several online stores that sell these. I got mine at Teleskop-Express (in Germany) here: Lacerta flash shoe finder adapter
With this adapter you can easily mount your red dot finder on your DSLR. I even use this when shooting with my Quadruplet, it’s just so convenient.
The only thing you need is a small adapter to put on your hotshoe. There are several online stores that sell these. I got mine at Teleskop-Express (in Germany) here: Lacerta flash shoe finder adapter
With this adapter you can easily mount your red dot finder on your DSLR. I even use this when shooting with my Quadruplet, it’s just so convenient.
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texshootertexshooter 646 posts Likes: 26 Joined Jun 2009 | Is there a laser pointer pen that mounts to the camera's hotshoe? LOG IN TO REPLY |
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va_riderva_rider 2,378 posts Gallery: 4 photos Likes: 13 Joined Nov 2009 Location: Staunton, VA | Canon 5dmkIII, Sigma 15mm f/2.8FE; 35mm f/1.4; Canon EF70-200 f/2.8L IS II; --- YN560 x 7 I'm not a professional photographer, and I don't want to be. Flickr LOG IN TO REPLY |
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mike_dmike_d 5,449 posts Gallery: 8 photos Likes: 662 Joined Aug 2009 | va_rider wrote in post #15995447 I'll bite.... what for? Blinding subjects? LOG IN TO REPLY |
gmikolgmikol 272 posts Joined Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA | It would be an excellent option for aligning a camera for astro/night shots. Curious to see if something like this exists... -Greg LOG IN TO REPLY |
CyberDyneSystemsCyberDyneSystems 51,168 posts Gallery: 184 photos Likes: 8043 Joined Apr 2003 Location: Rhode Island USA | You'd make one yourself. Get a hotshoe adapter; http://www.amazon.com …keywords=hot+shoe+adapter and get a laser site. I'd actually prefer one of the laser sites with a weaver rail clamp, and attach it to the Arca lens plate. GEAR LIST CDS' HOT LINKS Jake Hegnauer Photography LOG IN TO REPLY |
texshootertexshooter THREAD STARTER 646 posts Likes: 26 Joined Jun 2009 | Jun 03, 2013 14:42 as a reply to @CyberDyneSystems's post | #6 I want one so I can align my camera sensor plane to a focus target on a wall 50 ft away. I have a hotshoe bubble leveler that fixes the camera's roll and pitch, but not shift and yaw. LOG IN TO REPLY |
KronieKronie 2,183 posts Likes: 7 Joined Jun 2008 | I so need this: http://ecx.images-amazon.com …I/41SqvMMTtNL._SX385_.jpg Why have one strap for one camera and another strap for the other camera when I can just have one strap with one camera on the bottom and the other connected via the hotshoe? It makes perfect sense.... ...Just like a double necked guitar. LOG IN TO REPLY |
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dodgyexposuredodgyexposure 2,874 posts Gallery: 14 photos Likes: 234 Joined Jul 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia | texshooter wrote in post #15995665 I want one so I can align my camera sensor plane to a focus target on a wall 50 ft away. I have a hotshoe bubble leveler that fixes the camera's roll and pitch, but not shift and yaw. If the wall is vertical, try fixing a mirror to the wall in the centre of your target. If you can see the camera in the mirror (through the viewfinder), then the camera sensor is aligned. Apologies if I misunderstood your purpose. Cheers, Damien LOG IN TO REPLY |
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JEPhotographyJEPhotography 98 posts Joined Oct 2011 Location: England | Kronie wrote in post #15995773 I so need this: http://ecx.images-amazon.com …I/41SqvMMTtNL._SX385_.jpg Why have one strap for one camera and another strap for the other camera when I can just have one strap with one camera on the bottom and the other connected via the hotshoe? It makes perfect sense.... ...Just like a double necked guitar. All joking aside i did shoot like this once, i was using the camera on the bottom normally and either a camera shooting a time lapse or video on the top.. pointless but the looks i got were great Facebook | Canon 7D x 2 | Canon 400D/XTI (gripped) x 2 | | Canon 70-200 F/4L IS | Canon EF 24-105 F/4L IS | Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 | | Youngnuo YN-568EX | Yongnuo YN-565EX | LOG IN TO REPLY |
texshootertexshooter THREAD STARTER 646 posts Likes: 26 Joined Jun 2009 | Jun 03, 2013 19:22 as a reply to @JEPhotography's post | #10 What about this? Something tells me it would not work because the laser could be dead center but the camera could still have yaw and you wouldn't know. http://gadget.brando.com …sight_p01341c073d003.html LOG IN TO REPLY |
CyberDyneSystemsCyberDyneSystems 51,168 posts Gallery: 184 photos Likes: 8043 Joined Apr 2003 Location: Rhode Island USA | That with one of those rifle stock camera/lens holders might be pretty cool and it would be make you look like a dork! GEAR LIST CDS' HOT LINKS Jake Hegnauer Photography LOG IN TO REPLY |
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