[troypiggo (Troy)]

I'm not happy with the finderscope on my ED80, nor the one on the C8. Frustrating pointing at objects high in the sky, having to kneel down and crane neck in all weird direction to not bump camera focus etc. Thinking of other options.

I do kind of like using the finderscope where you look through with one eye and look at the real object with the other eye and align the 2 overlapping objects. Downside is the abovementioned awkward when overhead.

Started thinking about 90 degree or diagonal type finders.

At Astrofest I saw and quickly looked through a Telrad for the first time. Pretty cool, but don't you have similar problems if overhead targets?

And I've heard about these flip mirror systems. 90 degree eyepiece, illum crosshair maybe? Is it ok to put them on the imaging scope or preferable/recommended to keep them on the guide scope?

Any thoughts, clarifications, or opinions on the above?