![]() Whether they auto-focus or not is another question. Those will mount on the MC21 adapter too, no doubt. I don't know about Fuji lenses, but the MC21 mount allows Canon's lenses to mount on the fp, and of course there is a whole range of different companies that make their lenses in Canon mount, such as Tamron, Tokina, Samyang, etc. I'm tempted to trigger a buy for the sigma fp.īut given the number of lenses I own from Nikon and Fuji - are any adaptable to the sigma fp or will I need to start all over again? The "First-Tme" - Horsehead Nebula / Barnard 33 - H-alpha Image (85% moon), SIGMA fp / SIGMA TC2001 / RASA 11 / 20 x 30 sec.What I'm seeing in video footage and stills is incredible. France, north of DijonĮverybody remember’s their “First-Time”: Well, I can tell you, after over 2 years of planning and research (and 9 months waiting for the GM1000), the first time I pointed the scope at “Barnard 33”, triggered the shutter for 30 seconds and saw on the field monitor the unmistakeable silhouette of the Horse’s Head appear (1240mm via the SIGMA TC2001 2x converter) - “YES!” - It was a pretty big smile! The data are terrible (85% Moon) the focus suspect the tracking dodgy, but I didn't/don’t care - That is the moment and shot, I’ll remember … Its been an interesting few weeks! Its also been interesting to chase the most boring landscapes and skies that I can image - Totally flat and no “red cloud” sunsets Accuraw Monochrome can produce a very good RAW conversion for de-bayered monochrome cameras and this has also been used for the primary RAW conversion. Rosetta Nebula / NGC2237 - H-alpha Image (under a 85% Moon) 12 x 15 sec., ISO 1600,Īll images are processed to taste via Photoshop (including alignment). As such, stars in the images are either from H-alpha narrowband or a combination of narrowband shots (H-alpha / S-II / O-III), or, even more conveniently, using its “identical” sibling, the SIGMA fp L (full colour / 62 MP) - Where star colours are present they are not calibrated in any way. The fp I have had de-bayered (Very many thanks to Daniel - the fp has a Sony sensor) It now only has a glass screen that lets everything from UV to IR and have had a lot of fun using this as a terrestrial monochrome camera (some example shots HERE). Is how I do most of my macro work - see HERE (the text is in German but the pictures give an idea)) via video capture card, and the Celestron USB Focus-motor) It has been (still is) a steep learning curve … From the first outings under an 85% moon (Rosetta/Orion/Horsehead Nebulas) and hard, high humidity frosts (Think - “The Day after Tomorrow” …) to every set-up and focussing error I can think of (and several I didn’t) … Focus is achieved using SharpCap, which takes the camera live-view feed (after feeding through a field monitor, which btw. With Pluto remote trigger and HDMI Cable in place (and dew heater) Best results to date have been around <4 pixel drift over 40 Minutes = ~ 0,5 pixel drift with a 5 minute exposure. SIGMA fp in place with TC2001 2 x Converter and Baader FilterĪs a tracker I have the GM1000, I have used the IOS 6 setting on the camera to block the light of all but the brightest stars making the model building significantly easier (plus 8x zoom in the camera live-view plus 9 x zoom in the field monitor - HDMI feed). the fact that the SIGMA fp is very small makes it an excellent match - indeed the camera blocks very little of the glass opening. Since my choice of telescope is the Celestron RASA 11” (620mm, F2.2), where the camera sits in front of the glass. Having had it in my hands and seeing how well this works, for me it was a good candidate to start my astro-photography journey. In order to be able to take video for several hours without overheating the camera has a built in heatsink. Why the SIGMA fp ? This camera was designed as a stills and professional video camera. ![]() Jellyfish Nebula / IC 443 - H-alpha / O-III / S-II Narrowband Image, SIGMA fp / SIGMA fp L / RASA 11 / 20 x 4 min, ISO 1600 The launch of the SIGMA fp I took as the start point for this journey to realise that dream. As such I have always had as a dream that one day, perhaps, I would be able to work with images of these objects myself. This being no different from the rest of my nature photography LINK ). In particular, the huge variety of Nebula and other Deep-Sky-Objects and the structures they contain. ![]() I have always been fascinated by the night sky.
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