mooreorless
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I agree Pete, my wife's sister used to tease her about it.
In my case that would be camouflage.
Alphan, The 501 head is good but that tripod is a little light for this. I am using a Bogen 3236 [475] tripod. I bought all this used. I do have a Universal Astronomics Unistar Basic mount on a surveyor's tripod. I bought this used as well.;-) The Unistar mount is more solid than the Bogen and better for the night sky.:t:
http://universalastronomics.com/
I did post a picture of the C80ED on the 501 head on the 3236 tripod.
------------------Hello scottBird,
Welcome to the Astra gang (as Pete put it LOL). That SV 80ED would be great. Though slightly lesser FL compared to the other 80ED here, the SV are so much lighter and much lighter than any comparative camera lens of similar specs though it would be a little more bulky.
There's no need for the switchable diagonal as you certainly do not need extra weight. Your electronic VF should be more than enough for viewing. I have not used any Lumix for the taste of the electronic VF so can't say much about it. If you can't get a mount from T2 to your mount, just get a adapter from any common mount to your camera, then you can use T2 to the common mount you choose and also use extension tube of that common mount plus of course, any lenses of that common mount for your other shooting purposes.
Cheers.
Hi All,
What a great forum! I'm thinking of jumping in with a Stellarview Raptor (carbon fiber tube/ED doublet) 70 or 80 mm refractor for shooting prime (and maybe a little digiscoping). Am considering a Lumix DMC-G2 mirrorless interchangeable camera body for its light weight and rotatable LCD. Not sure whether the micro four thirds camera world has gotten there yet with camera body T ring adapters and teleconverters. Main use will be birding from a couple locations around my home. Not sure I could handle larger scopes and mounts due to physical limitations. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Best,
Scott
btw: has anyone tried the vixen switchable diagonal that lets you keep a camera mounted, while viewing?
scottBird said:I'm thinking of jumping in with a Stellarview Raptor (carbon fiber tube/ED doublet) 70 or 80 mm refractor for shooting prime (and maybe a little digiscoping). Am considering a Lumix DMC-G2 mirrorless interchangeable camera body for its light weight and rotatable LCD. Not sure whether the micro four thirds camera world has gotten there yet with camera body T ring adapters and teleconverters. Main use will be birding from a couple locations around my home.
scottBird said:one more Q: is a field flattener necessary or would simple extension tubes suffice?