March 24, 2018

Trying The ISS With The Mirrorless Camera

March 24, 2018/ Stephen Mack

I finally bought myself the adapter to connect the Fujifilm mirrorless camera directly to the telescope. No more taking pictures through the eyepiece, now the telescope IS the eyepiece. So far this comes with some new challenges. Seeing ANYTHING through the back screen of the camera is extremely hard, so focusing isn't easy. Mainly I have to take pictures and see the result to dial in focus and exposure settings.

I tried the space station on burst mode while I tried to keep the space station in view. I got some photos but they're a bit blurry. Looks like I was off on the focus, but not too far off on the exposure.

1/500 shutter, ISO 6400

There's some structure, but it's very blurry.