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Post by davy on Jan 3, 2014 21:58:10 GMT
Bit of a heads up and review all in one.. The flip mirror was purchased from ebay uk and is visionking brand..it's been a bit of a chance buy I thought but at forty pounds delivered was going to chance it, any ive looked at are either out of stock or expensive. ..so ordered this on Christmas day and ar..ived today so pretty quick from hong kong .
Packaging bang on no problems The unit looks adequate 1.25 telescope end and eye piece at right angle to it, the camera on stright, it has a t thread focal tube with a collar indide focal tube to take an eyepiece that can be moved on a slide that can be locked at focus..the other end t thread again, you have option when buying of nikon or canon eos dslr adapter t ring..so looks pretty good for forty pounds. .the focal tube can be removed from flip mirror so looks very adaptable. ..more when I do first light...davy
Verdict...very recommended..good forty quids worth
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Post by davy on Jan 4, 2014 13:18:55 GMT
Update. .first light on the flip mirror...used on a skywatcher ed80..fitted my pd1 with c to t adapter and fitted to flip mirror focal tube an used finder scope to line up on a tree on top of a hill about 4 miles Away. .focused the camera on the tree and pen marked the scope focal tube I then fitted 6.5mm plossel lens and flipped the mirror and focused with the lens and pen marked focal tube.good 40-50 mm gap between pen marks..removed focal tube that came with flip mirror and fitted camera with t adapter to flip mirror and retried focus. Couple of mm between focal point between of lens and camera..
Verdict. .first light pass no probs and for £40 from ebay a bargain. ..davy Only one draw back ir filter wont screw into flip mirror 1.25...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 17:13:22 GMT
Have been thinking about one of these. Would make finding some of the targets a bit easer.
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Post by davy on Jan 7, 2014 19:48:13 GMT
Hi Laurie. .any I have seen are around £130 ..ebay about 40 and comes with a £15 dslr t ring for either the canon or nikon ..great deal..
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Post by davy on Jan 8, 2014 17:44:13 GMT
First light on moon..bang on no probs...davy
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