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Old 11-07-2012, 11:38 AM
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I suspect that just 'hanging' the Handycam off the foccuser might be a bit weighty and unstabe. What you are attempting to do is called 'afocal' photography and most people with a scope have done it by either just hopefully aiming a point and shoot camera at the eyepiece and being able to hold it steady long enough to get a goodish shot .
You are attempting to do a bit of video which might need a little more stabilty to maintain position over the eyepiece for a longer time. There are brackets\mounts available from some astro suppliers that can do that, might need some mods to fit a video but they are available. Otherwise you can maybe DIY one up your self.
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