Idea for tilter for EOS camers, to compensate for sensor tilt..

[bojan]

Since I have a small tilt issue with my Canon 60D now, after IR filter removal (~20-25 /um, it was not easy to put the sensor tilt screws back in precisely the same position), I came up with idea how to sort it out without dismantling the camera again and without putting a too big hole in my budget..

The solution is to modify existing T2-EOS adapter (from ebay) to allow tilt.
All I need to do is to widen a hole in outer ring (with EOS adapter), and to add a collar (and glue it) on inner ring (with T2 thread).

Such new, enlarged adapter insert has to be machined (add curvature on outer edge) to allow tilting and three M3 threads need to be added on the bottom side for tilt adjustment.
Also, something elastic (rubber ring? steel spring?) needs to be inserted to allow precise adjustment for those couple of 1/10's of mm.


EDIT:
Of course, the simpler solution is to add suitable shims between insert and outer ring, with just a small reduction in insert ring diameter (0.2~3 mm to allow for tilt).
This solution is better for smaller tilt adjustment.. I will have to check first with shims between camera and adapter (bayonet)

[Cyberman (Rob)]

Bojan, looking at your abberation analysis, it might be the distance from sensor to corrector that needs adjustment.The coma looks similar in all 4 corners. I could be wrong as I am only a beginner. I am sure there are more experienced people than me on IIS that could help. Rob.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Just to back up what Rob has said, it is worth getting the set back distance correct before trying to adjust the tilt. The concentric stars around the edge of the field indicate that there is too much spacing and therefore the set back distance needs to be reduced. See attached diagram. Reviewing your attached aberration diagram, it does indicate that the stars in the top right have a very slightly reduced concentric nature to them so you may find some residual tilt there once the set back distance is correct.

A quick test that can be done to confirm this is to move the focuser inwards by very small amounts whilst taking test images. You should see the concentric stars move towards round stars whilst the stars in the centre go out of focus.

CS,
Rodney

[bojan]

Thanks Rob and Rodney for comments :-)
As to distance from flattener... My setup is C11 and FF-FR.

I believe the image Rodney supplied is applicable to refractors only..
After hours spent playing with varying sensor to FF-FR distance by +/- 10mm, and using both Celestron and Meade FR, there was no significant differences in behavior that I could detect. So my conclusion was it was FR thing, and sudden increase in field curvature away from centre (both C and m Meade behave almost the same way), in the area already affected by vignetting (~6mm away from sensor centre).. So I decided to crop out the corners of the frame and keep only central square where those aberrations are not visible.
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...75#post1558975


Generally there is not much info on the subject out there.. just a lot of confusion..
Funny thing, the best results re filed curvature I obtained with my "own" flattener - 50mm doublet (200mm FL) that came from old russian binoculars, but the coma and CA is slightly increased. (BTW, I have thread on this subject on forum, link is here.

Anyway.. at the moment I put this project (tilter) on hold for a while, but I will revive it when my circumstances allow.