Apparently, there is no way to use this to point my camera straight up towards the sky? Am working on night photography.
1787182
There is a cut away that allows the camera to be tipped 90 degrees. There the camera can be turned upwards. It is not the greatest thing I have seen but it will work.
1787183
You can go to about 70 degrees up if memory service me correctly but you can only do landscape photography no portrait since it only goes 30 degrees either side
1787184
That has been my experience also. The tripod does not adjust for viewing directly overhead.
297979
I really can't help with this. I did take a picture of the moon with my "point and shoot" camera by just pointing it through the eyepiece and it was quite successful. I think it is possible to buy attachments that will allow one to attach a DSLR in place of the eyepiece and take pictures, but I have never tried that - would need some research.
201017
I just perchased the H20. I'm use to having a view finder. I thought there may be a way to rig some kind of sighting device. The camera already has a means of sighting in. Looking from the rear of the camera, there is an elbow formed to the left side of the flash "hump". If you bracket your subject in this elbow it'll pretty much end up dead center of your shot. Hey, it's not hi-tech but the method works.
1573866
You can mount this camera to a tripod, but there is no place to hook up a microphone.
1744795
No, you can't. The lens for the camera is on the reverse side of the device
1010978
you can only point it When you mount it the camera it self can not be pointed and it looks at a downward angle. If u need to cover a room i recommend A motion sensor Style camera but it needs to be mounted to a wall
1563001
I really want to say, "I don't know." There is no real way to calibrate the device except by using my carpenter's level, which seems to say it's ok. Let's put it this way, it's better than I usually do when in a crooked situation. When I have a nice horizon, then the camera grid works best of all.
992033
I'm sorry, I don't know. What do know is that in the past I have tried a couple of adapters to attach cameras to telescopes and found both totally unsatisfactory. Sorry, I can't be brand-specific - it's been quite a while.
500162
You need to get a wedge from Celestron if you want to do astrophotography. It essentially converts the 8SE mount to an equatorial mount.
1843291
Yes, you can. Of course there is a limit to the swivel, but placing the camera correctly, you ought not to have a problem in pointing it to a specific area.
317433
I guess you could do that but it wouldn't be very stable. It depends what you are trying to do. if you want to point it to the moon or bright objects then I guess it would work. Deep space and astrophotography would require you to put it on the tripod. The tripod that it comes with is very good quality and very stable.
1744174
There's no option for vertical projection... Maybe the "video" could be rotated from the source.
1054836
I did not try that before. However, there is a screw at the bottom of the unit probably for this purpose. It looks similar to camera mount.
1920213
The camera probably can't find anything with enough contrast (light vs. dark areas) to focus on. Focusing systems won't work on featureless scenes (like a white wall). Try focusing on a cloud or the edge of one and, while half-pressing the shutter release, reframe the scene as you like. You can actually focus on anything that's also very VERY far away and reframe the sky scene since its all considered at "infinity" by the camera.
1505566
Actually, I have a D5000, and I think I understand what you are saying. Sounds like You want to mount just your camera, and not a telephoto to the to the Gimbal. Looks like you would have to use a longer rail plate than the one which comes with the Gimbal.That's the only remedy I can see.
558308
U will have to find another way to mount any camera to this device, the camera u use hast to be light weight.
1069761
Is there any way to take pictures through this with an iPhone? I tried to take a picture of the moon but it was too bright.