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Old 23-05-2011, 05:09 PM
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pmrid (Peter)
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Originally Posted by jjjnettie View Post
This is what I use to connect my DSLR to my ED80.
It's an awesome piece of kit.
http://www.myastroshop.com.au/produc...sp?id=MAS-055B

I don't have to use an extension tube unless I add my Big Barlow into the imaging train. I have recently started wrapping plumbers tape around the barrel of the barlow to lessen the amount of flexure between it and the ext. tube.
Just on the subject of those Hotech 2" adapters, I had a really negative experience with mine recently. It totally locked up. There was no way I could loosen it to remove it from the drawtube. In the end, I had to wreck the thing to get it out. While I would have sworn by it before that experience, I certainly can't do that now. It was an expensive lesson.

Peter
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