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Post by davy on Feb 15, 2014 10:44:11 GMT
So this thread is..What's your best or favourite piece of equipment you would miss the most.
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Post by davy on Feb 15, 2014 10:51:48 GMT
My piece of equipment is my flip mirror, reason being I struggled like a mad man to try and focus my ed80 scope on stars with my camera's on, I was up n down the focal lenghth like a right mental case oh yes star's were there laughing at me through the cheeky wee finder scope but main scope nada...many a time I thought next door neighbour would wake up and find my imaging rig in his garden. .but with the purchase of a flip mirror I wont be sending for the men with white coats for a while...davy
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2014 11:20:32 GMT
Hahahaha glad to hear the flip mirror is working out for you For me...if you asked me that question a month ago i would have said...without a doubt my scb2000 'W5 hand controller'! It was such a game changer for me! Made everything much better, easier, less frustrating, better quality views, the ability to view remotely...the list goes on...Such a useful tool! (thanks Carl) Now its the grey mcx cable that gives me computer control
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2014 12:07:34 GMT
Davy, I have an eyepiece set up for my cams to get focus. All you do is get the cam focussed the first time, then swap to an ep of choice. Put a parfocal ring on the ep and move the ep up or down in the holder until you find focus. Now lock the parfocal ring in place. Once done, the next time you set up, you use the ep to get focus as normal, then just swap to the camera and it is in focus, then fine tune on screen.
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Post by johnno on Feb 15, 2014 12:17:03 GMT
My piece of equipment is my flip mirror, reason being I struggled like a mad man to try and focus my ed80 scope on stars with my camera's on, I was up n down the focal lenghth like a right mental case oh yes star's were there laughing at me through the cheeky wee finder scope but main scope nada...many a time I thought next door neighbour would wake up and find my imaging rig in his garden. .but with the purchase of a flip mirror I wont be sending for the men with white coats for a while...davy Same here Davy, use to drive me mad ,always have it in place now, plus like to have a look what the camera is seeing
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Post by davy on Feb 15, 2014 12:31:21 GMT
All good now allan..but at the time was driving me nuts..but as john knows the flip mirror is invaluable and was well worth the forty odd quid from ebay
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2014 13:14:28 GMT
My homemade scope buggy. It decreases my setup time by 80%.
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