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Showing posts with label #astrophotography. Show all posts
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Thursday, 22 July 2021

Unboxing My Latest Purchased High Power LED Head Torch - Part 1


If you consider buying this head torch, please use this https://ebay.us/YO9ZwR as I will get a few cents commission if you do and it helps fund my videos. Thanks Malcolm I can't remember how many head worn lights I've bought over the years, but its a lot. Sadly so many of them have disappointed me. Many turned out to be so dull as to be useless and those that are bright get super hot and burn your fingers after wearing them at full brightness for any time. The heat is due to the high intensity LED's or bulbs they use in very confined spaces. As I'm also like watching the stars through my telescopes I'm interested in those with a red light option, as red light doesn't destroy the night time pigment that builds up in the eyes in the dark known as Visual Purple that allows you to see in the dark. Whereas white light bleaches it in milliseconds as you will have found out if hit in the eyes with bright headlights on a dark night. In this part 1 video I'm unboxing a 1000000LM Waterproof Head Torch Headlight LED USB Rechargeable Headlamp and in part 2 plus I'll be testing it in many settings. If you like what you see and consider buying the lamp, please use the links up above as I will get a few cents commission if you do. Thanks Malcolm aka  @FIXED1T  #headtorch #unboxing #fixed1tUNBOXINGvideos #astronomy #astrophotography

Friday, 25 June 2021

Best Astro Photography Smart Phone Mount For My Telescope


Articulating Camera Arm https://ebay.us/g7UOWf Ulanzi Tripod Phone Mount https://ebay.us/r1Uua3 It was a 'Strawberry Moon' last night so being an amateur astronomer I thought I'd get the large telescope out and photograph it with my Digital SLR. But unlike professional or well organised astronomers I discovered my camera was dead and the backup batteries were also dead. Is I thought no worries I've use my Nexus 5 with Night Sky facilities (yep you guessed it it was also dead). So not being put off I decide to use my iPhone, which also was low on power so I put it in a fully charged battery case. Then I dug out all the iPhone to telescope and microscope adapters I'd bought but never used on eBay, they were crap, cheap plastic not wide enough or strong enough to hold the phone without it falling out of the mount, or falling off the telescope. Just about to give up I remembered heavy metal articulating arm iPhone and Ulanzi Phone mount I'd been using recently for my Robot Video close up work, with its heavy but all metal will metal jaws. I hope you like the video, please don't forget to subscribe to the channel. Malcolm aka  @FIXED1T  #astrophotography #cameramounts #smartphones #iphone #fixed1t