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Originally Posted by issdaol
Hi Mark and Alex,
Thanks for the comments.
I am primarily using my CPC1100 for visual but have been experiencing mirror movement at fine focus which is rather annoying so primarly the focuser would be to provide fine visual focus.
I also have a new Canon 5D Mark II so was looking for a focuser that could support that at prime focus as I am starting to get interested in Astrophotography.
The moonlite does look like a solid unit can the drive version be manually focussed?? Or does it rely on the hand crontroller if you have a drive?
Cheers
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Once the motors are mounted the units cannot be focused manually. If you are mainly doing visual with the occassional snapshot then the 2 speed manual focuser will be more then you need. It will not correct mirror flop though and you will need to find a way to lock the primary (meade LX 200 tubes have this built in). You might also like to have a look at these.
http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?...-8939&kw=&st=0
I have one and it does work much better then the standard setup. If you decide to get the moonlite make sure the draw tube comes with a brass clamping ring (has three thumbscrews to attach diagonals, camera's etc) as the standard draw tube (single thumbscrew) is not good enough IMO.
Mark