Astal photography With a Minolta Maxxum 5

[w_tothe]

Ok, I just went out and bought a Minolta Maxxum 5. I'm trying to

hook it up to my telescope and take pictures of the moon, Nebula

Galaxies etc. etc. I also bought a "T-Mount" and a Camera Adapter

for the Telescope. So, i take the lens off and put in the T-Mount

then screw it into the camera adapter and then attach it to the

telescope.

So Heres my problem. It won't take any pictures. I have it set to

manual but still nothing. On the LCD display, where the Apture is,

it just displays " - - " and i think thats why its not working.

My question is, A) am i missing something, B) is there a way around

this?

 

Thank you in advance for any help.

[danny_spence]

It's a feature to prevent the camera from exposing film without a lens on. With the lens removed, several electrical pin contacts are visible on the inside of the lens mount. Those line up with contacts on the lens to provide information to the camera about the lens, among other things. The reason that "--" appears is because the camera isn't detecting a lens and is locking the shutter.

 

Check the manual of the 5. Somewhere in the "custom functions" should be a setting for "shutter release lock" on or off. There are two locks - one for the lens and one for the shutter -- you'll want the lens setting. Turn the lens lock off to disable the lock for using the t-adapter.

[w_tothe]

Thank you very much Danny for the quick response!! As soon as i get home from work I'm going to try it out. If i stumble on any trouble, i'll leave another post.

 

Thanks again!!!

[w_tothe]

Thank you very much Danny for the quick response!! As soon as i get home from work I'm going to try it out. If i stumble on any trouble, i'll leave another post.

 

Thanks again!!!

[fred_garber]

the custom feature you want is number 14, and according to minolta you should set it so the shutter releases with no lens attached. again, per minolta this disables the lens sensor