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Originally Posted by raymo
I have a fixed LCD screen on my DSLR, which would make "Live View Focusing," and framing images etc, excruciatingly awkward for an oldie
like me at anything higher than about 25-30 degrees above the horizon.
I suppose I could lower the tripod and lay on my back underneath it. 
I'm looking at attaching a mirror to the DSLR. At the moment I hold a small mirror at the appropriate angle adjacent to the LCD screen. I do sorely
miss my Newt that I could just rotate to whatever position put the focuser
into a comfortable position.
raymo |
Had the same problem as you Raymo.
If you have an iPad, that problem is easily solved. Manfrotto Digital Director.
See here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnae6YSzt3Q
I have one and it is awesome.
Got my Digital Director from B&H for USD$300 and bought a superseded iPad Mini from Officeworks for a couple of hundred. There are other cheaper alternatives, but the Digital Director can be viewed live and having a higher resolution screen makes for easy focus.
Although it is great with the Mini iPad, had I known how good this thing is, I probably would have gone for the larger iPad. It only works with iPads.
There is also this one but I haven't tried it, so I don't know what it is like.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/searc...op+Nav-Search=
I was considering the Freewave when I found the DD on B&H website.