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Originally Posted by g__day
I've been thinking that I'd like to set my 110mm refractor up so its simply to convert between visual and imaging by adding a flip mirror into the system.
I envisage my set up would be OTA -> moonlite focuser
primary light path would be a large enough flip mirror - guess I need a 2" light path (not the 1.25" models like the Orion one Bintel sell) - into a COMA corrector -> Canon DSLR
secondary light path would be a tube extender of roughly the same length as the COMA corrector -> eye piece with a helical focuser on the flip mirror to make the both Camera and eye piece's focus points parafocal.
The only models I common see that have helical focuses on one light path seem to have 1.25" eye piece connectors to the main OTA e.g.
http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx
I wonder that this would chop a DSLR's imaging chip.
Can anyone offer advise of what I am trying to achieve please?
Thanks, Matt |
Hi Matt,
Have you looked at the Sliders from Van Slyke Instruments. Sounds like this may be what you are looking for.
http://www.observatory.org/sliders.htm
There was a review in July 2002 S&T that explains their sliders.
Cheers Peter