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Thanks Nick, I think I’ll go with the second one

Does anyone have experience of wildlife cameras?
The kind you setup in the garden and they detect motion and record whatever is there.
Including night vision. Not too expensive.
Too much choice online so looking for a recommendation please, or things to look for.

Thanks Max for sending me down that Google rabbit hole! Those duo-band filters are crazy things to be able to get two distinct bands and each with a pretty narrow bandwidth in a single filter. Very cool. Yep - the signal-to-noise ratio is very much better than without the filter. I captured the dat...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I will start planning the next target, if it ever stops raining!

I’ve mentioned narrow-band imaging in the context of astrophotography a few times, and I have finally managed to image something using that technique. In case anyone is interested, here is a brief explanation of the physics: According to the Bohr model of the atom, electrons exist in quantised energ...

Thanks Nick

Hmm…. That probably should have gone in the suppliers section, sorry, been a long day….

I use Affinity Photo for processing my astro photos. It’s an alternative to photoshop.
Just a heads up that they are offering a 50% discount at the moment.

All the best Phil, and get well soon.

Watching the 2023 reissue of Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads)
Must say they have done a grand job, looks and sounds great

Billington are showing NOS. Mullards in their wholesale list Paul

If you do want to take it further you could remove some more material in 8 segments between the fixings, if that makes sense.

If you haven’t ordered that Hammond chassis yet…

How many of the Nightingale chassis do you have?
You could order some blank aluminium plates cut to size to fit those? Plus maybe a few spares?

And I think I was a lot less brave than you with the feed and step

I think I always used 1/2” bits