I bought myself an afocal camera mount but found it very hard to get the focal train lined up accurately.
Just when I thought I had it right, I had to change focus and the lens moved forward and stuffed it all up again.
Using a dob made it so much harder because you are always losing track of the planet, and with the camera latched to the scope, you can't check through the eyepiece to see if everythings lined up well.
After much frustration I gave up and went back to hand held.
But that said, lots of people have great success. IIS member "Chrisyo" is the undisputed King of Afocal imaging with his superb pictures of Saturn.
|