Frankencam

Peter Ward · #1 01-01-2021, 05:57 PM

After rather a long wait, an adapter arrived from Precise Parts in the USA to allow me to use my SBIG CFW+ AstroDons , SC3 and Adaptive optics with a QHY600 back end.....now all I need are some clear skies

gregbradley · #2 03-01-2021, 05:39 PM

Very nice. That's a large adapter. How does the camera's dovetail fit into the adapter?

Greg.

Joshua Bunn (Joshua) · #3 03-01-2021, 08:31 PM

I believe the adapter is bolted on Greg. Those three thumbscrews grip onto the cameras dovetail.

gregbradley · #4 03-01-2021, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Joshua Bunn

I believe the adapter is bolted on Greg. Those three thumbscrews grip onto the cameras dovetail.

Right, that would be nice and strong.

Greg.

Peter Ward · #5 03-01-2021, 11:21 PM

Yep...what Josh said.

multiweb (Marc) · #6 05-01-2021, 10:21 AM

So you're the one responsible for all this rain....

Peter Ward · #7 05-01-2021, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by multiweb

So you're the one responsible for all this rain....

Who? Me?

Martin Pugh · #8 07-01-2021, 11:03 AM

I believe the camera adapter from PP is bolted to the FW front cover, but the camera 'nosepiece' is screwed (M54) into the PP adapter.

But Greg - the answer to your specific question is that the camera's dovetail, slips into the camera nosepiece and is fixed in place by 3 thumbscrews.

Correct?