Ed, you can use a DVR camera with the telescope, I've done it many times. Use it afocally, meaning you place an eyepiece in the focuser and focus normally, then position the DVR lens as close to the eyepiece as possible. Long focal-length eyepieces work best for this. Use a Barlow if the magnification is too low. If you don't have an eyepiece projection adapter that fits your camera, there are universal brackets made that hold the camera in the proper position, such as this one, which I have used successfully: http://www.telescope.com/Astrophotography/Camera-Adapters-T-Rings/Orion-Stea... On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Edward Ericksen <eedward257@yahoo.com>wrote:
When taking video of plants can you use a DVR camera like a Nikon D3100 thru the telescope or like a web cam?
Ed Ericksen