Yeah'
Trying to focus those things manually is a real pain. In some other thread, someone suggested setting the camera so that only the middle focussing red light was active and then using that to autofocus on a bright star. He claimed that it worked well, but I haven't tried it yet.
Geoff
Note added: See leon's post in the thread
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=17000