More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
Once I've fully figured things out, I should probably right a complete review of it. But, here are a few more items that I've noticed: 1) The blue LED on the back is way too bright, and shines in your eye when you're trying to find the viewfinder at night. Stupid, stupid stupid, they should

Re: More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Toine
I should receive my copy tomorrow, your posts made the 5 week wait for the postman unbearable. Forecast is cloudy and rainy for the next week... My biggest tripod should point the contraption rock solid to the (cloudy) sky... Toine On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Larry Colen wrote: 3) It works well, but not perfectly. I don't know whether it is from not matching the focal length perfectly, or the sensor only operating linearly and not rotating. I also have the feeling that the K-5 does not rotate the sensor. I don't own the O-GPS1 and never tried

Re: More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/24/2011 1:47 PM, Toine wrote: I should receive my copy tomorrow, your posts made the 5 week wait for the postman unbearable. You're welcome. Forecast is cloudy and rainy for the next week... I got mine just before the full moon, and it was a couple of weeks before I had clear and