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Old 23-10-2007, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by gbeal View Post
If I am not using the SBIG I use an unmodified ToUcam. The secret to using this though is the set of guidescope rings. For my ST80 (400mm f5) C&N refractor I use the Losmandy DR105 guidescope rings. Expensive, and heavy, but definitely a life saver for the unmodded ToUcam.
Yep Losmandy rings work great as others have found out.

But I use an alternative. It is a design that Bert invented and is absolutely brilliant. He posted about it in here about 2 years ago and no-one took his idea seriously. Last camp those who saw it said it is fantastic, but I don't think any of them have adopted the idea yet.

Phil (acropolite) checked it out at my house and said he will take the idea home.

It is a magnetised holder for the Toucam which allows the camera to move around! Simple!
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