Hi Deb I would go w/ the Fuji Provia 400, the 50mm lens or somewhat wider (35mm,28mm,24mm) and find a nice DARK location for extended exposures. having your camera piggybacked on a scope is good, only problem I see is that the scope become a dedicated tracking platform. Do you have a spare scope drive that's adapted to a camera?? Stopping down is OK, but meteor trails usually are faint and you need all the capture you can get. I'm taking a manual GEM and 80mm refractor and a Questar 3.5 w/me on my trip into Nicaragua so I can look at Southern Skys and shoot the Perseids while I'm in Central America. I hope to have a few photos when I return and maybe a story or two ............... ;^) Aloha Rob