Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography

1. Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Camera
2. Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Machine
3. Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Device
4. Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography System

Most digital cameras these days come with some kind of electronic remote shutter release. Various solutions exist, using USB cables, smartphone apps, or dedicated remotes. [Steloherd] wasn’t happy with the options available for his Ricoh GRII, though, so built a rig to do things the old fashioned way.

[Steloherd] wanted to use an old-school mechanical release cable, so devised a way to use it to trigger the Ricoh’s standard shutter button. A small aluminium bracket was created, attached to the hot shoe on top of the camera via a mounting foot from a standard flash accessory. A spring plate was then created to help spread the load from the mechanical release pin, ensuring it triggers the camera effectively without damaging anything.

Installing the mechanical release proved difficult, as the DIN standard calls for an obscure M3.4 conical tapped thread. Rather than muck about finding rare tooling, [Steloherd] simply recut the thread on the release cable to a straight M3x0.5, and did the same for the bracket.

Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Camera

Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Machine

With DSLR cameras you can take beautiful astro photos, but it is quite frequently e Blitz Hotshoe dSLR Camera Adapter for Various Red Dot FindersNEW - a 1.5mm Allen key is now included for the Blitz camera adapter.With DSLR cameras you can take beautiful astro photos, but it is quite frequently extremely difficult to point the camera into the correct direction of your chosen. It's designed to work with ZWO cameras, and it can also work as a lens for a DSLR camera with an optional brand-specific T-ring. Total weight is 22.6 oz. If you want a guide scope that can double as an excellent small imaging scope in its own right, you can choose a small 60-70mm ED refractor from manufacturers such as William Optics.

Overall, it’s a tidy hack, and one that could be adapted to other cameras fairly easily. Other methods we’ve seen involve such odd choices as linear actuators harvested from air fresheners, if you’d believe it. As always, if it works, it works!

Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography Device

Dslr Hot Shoe Laser Pointer Astrophotography System