Feathered one
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Just a few ideas, that I have incorporated into an adaptor I have made, based on Martijn's.
Apart from the hardwood for the collar, everything was purchased from B&Q
First of all it's made of box section aluminium excapt for the pinch collar on the scope, which as in Martijn's design, is made from hardwood.
The pinch collar I found to be the hardest part to make. The hole in the centre, has to be quite accurate, as regards diameter, and also the sides of the hole have to be at right angle to the face of the wood. I wsa lucky to have a router, but it was still not easy.
I have incorporated a "Stop" on the long arm, so that the camera will line up with the eyepiece in the vertical plane without adjustment, every time you lower it, you just tighten the wing nut to secure it.
This works fine with both the 30XDS and the 25-75 MC11 zoom eyepieces. As in Martijn's design, there are adjusment holes in the long arm to take into account the different distances the camera has to be away from the eyepieces.
The holes are quite near together, so have to be drilled accuratley. I have in mind to adjust the camera platform back and forth, instead of the adjustment holes, for another project.
Several members of the forum have mentioned about flare in the eyepiece or camera lens, from sunlight. I never had this problem of course with the tube adaptor I made, and have been using for the last couple of months.
So I have made up a shade, which just clips on to the eyepiece. It does have to be removed to fold the camera out of the way for normal scope use. But it is easy to just pull off.
So pictures in the order below.
1 Adaptor folded on scope
2 Closer look at the adaptor, ignore the shade resting on the scope.
3 A view from the other side of the scope
4 The shade on the adaptor
2 more picture in next posting
Malc
Apart from the hardwood for the collar, everything was purchased from B&Q
First of all it's made of box section aluminium excapt for the pinch collar on the scope, which as in Martijn's design, is made from hardwood.
The pinch collar I found to be the hardest part to make. The hole in the centre, has to be quite accurate, as regards diameter, and also the sides of the hole have to be at right angle to the face of the wood. I wsa lucky to have a router, but it was still not easy.
I have incorporated a "Stop" on the long arm, so that the camera will line up with the eyepiece in the vertical plane without adjustment, every time you lower it, you just tighten the wing nut to secure it.
This works fine with both the 30XDS and the 25-75 MC11 zoom eyepieces. As in Martijn's design, there are adjusment holes in the long arm to take into account the different distances the camera has to be away from the eyepieces.
The holes are quite near together, so have to be drilled accuratley. I have in mind to adjust the camera platform back and forth, instead of the adjustment holes, for another project.
Several members of the forum have mentioned about flare in the eyepiece or camera lens, from sunlight. I never had this problem of course with the tube adaptor I made, and have been using for the last couple of months.
So I have made up a shade, which just clips on to the eyepiece. It does have to be removed to fold the camera out of the way for normal scope use. But it is easy to just pull off.
So pictures in the order below.
1 Adaptor folded on scope
2 Closer look at the adaptor, ignore the shade resting on the scope.
3 A view from the other side of the scope
4 The shade on the adaptor
2 more picture in next posting
Malc
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