Tag Archives: astrophotography

Make your own alternative FTZ adapter for Nikon Z to use astro filters

By [NR] admin | Published: November 23, 2019

This video shows you go to make your own alternative FTZ adapter to use astro filters: The needed parts come from Baader and Geoptik and their resellers – there are some details at the end of the video:

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New: Eagle Core device for astrophotography with the Nikon Z6 and Z7 (and DSLR cameras)

By [NR] admin | Published: April 19, 2019

With this new Eagle Core device you can control Nikon DSLR and mirrorless cameras for astrophotography. Here is a video that explains how it works:

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Milky Way and the Moon Eclipse with the Nikon D610

By [NR] admin | Published: September 15, 2018

My name is Giorgos Karampotakis and I am an amateur photographer from Greece (Facebook | 500px | Flickr). I used Nikon D610 with Samyang 14mm f/2.8 and Nikon 50mm f/1.8G lenses and Star Adventurer star tracker to capture these photos:

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Photos taken with the Nikon D850 Astro Cool camera (astrophotography)

By [NR] admin | Published: August 1, 2018

  As previously promised, Mehmet Ergün sent me a few pictures taken with the Nikon D850 Astro Cool camera in La Palma and Tenerife. For more photos and information, check Mehmet’s Facebook page as well as the Nikon D850 Facebook page (click on images for larger view):

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New: Nikon D850 cooled camera for astrophotography

By [NR] admin | Published: May 27, 2018

The first Nikon D850 cooled camera for astrophotography is now available for sale – a company converts a regular Nikon D850 to an Astro D850. The price is $4,950 ($1,650 over the regular D850 price of 3,296). To achieve effective cooling, they actually moved the sensor outside of the camera and performed several other modifications: “We […]

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Nikon D810a DSLR camera for astrophotography listed as discontinued at US retailers

By [NR] admin | Published: January 29, 2018

The Nikon D810a DSLR camera is currently listed as discontinued or on backorder at the top three US retailers: B&H: discontinued Adorama: on backorder Amazon: temporarily out of stock The Nikon D810a DSLR camera was specifically designed for astrophotography and it was announced back in February 2015. Related posts:

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Astro-landscape time lapse photography

By [NR] admin | Published: March 19, 2017

Astro-landscape time lapse photography by Jason Chu (Facebook | 500px | Instagram) Greetings [NR] readers, my name is Jason Chu (otherwise known as “theinfinitypoint” on Disqus) and I’ve been a reader of Nikon Rumors for a very long time. Today I want to share with everyone some of the work I’ve created with my Nikon cameras, specifically my astro-landscape […]

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