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Spearo, nice try.
Since you have an S7000 I will let you in on a little secret to get the camera to focus to infinity and stay there (well until you turn it off or change something) I use this method for Lightning photography but getting the camera to focus to infinity and using the Telescope to focus is easier than focusing the telescope and trying to focus the camera.
First Turn the camera on.
Select the zoom position / focal length that you will be using for your shots at infinity focus (this is important as zooming on the S7000 requires refocusing the lens system); Most of the time you will have wide angle (no Zoom). If you do need to zoom, do this now. If you need to change zoom, you will need to re-do the infinity focusing again (steps 1 to 5)
1. Put lens cap on;
2. Set Photography Dial to SP;
3. Select Landscape Mode; (Little Mountains)
4. Set the Focus Mode switch to MF; (should already be set there)
5. Press Quick Focus button;looks like >o< on the little switch that goes to MF.
The camera is now manually focused on "infinity". You can now take the lens cap off and change the Photography Dial to whatever setting you want to use for your photos. For Astrophotography set the apature to it's lowest number and the exposure time to 15 seconds or whatever. If the camera is set on the telescope use the dust coverto block the light instead of the cameras lens cap.
The infinity focus will remain until you either exit manual focus, enter play mode or turn the camera off.
Hope this helps a bit, give it a try and let me know how you go.
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