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Old 08-06-2010, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by dulwich.hill View Post
Thanks Doug,

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I may be able to get away with no buying a T-adaptor as my Baader Hyperion eyepieces are suppose to be threaded for a Canon lens.

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Cheers

James
Unless your eyepieces have a bayonet on the end of them they won't connect to a DSLR. You will still need a T adaptor. It has a bayonet to connect to the camera on one end and a 42mm thread on the other end to connect to the scope.
I think the eyepiece connection is to use a camera through an eyepiece. This entails connecting your camera with a lens attached to the eyepiece. This is only used for imaging very small objects like planets. The weight of a big DSLR would put quite a load on a little eyepiece.
For all other imaging the scope is connected to the camera as if the scope is the camera lens with no eyepiece used.
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