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Message: <blockquote data-quote="squillae" data-source="post: 1690309" data-attributes="member: 73951">Do not buy a G-10 (or G-11?) if you are a newbie until you've read this.Hello, I am new to the forum and have had a rocky start. A large camera dealer sold me the Swar ATS80 and Canon G-10 (c their expensive adapter) and I've had miserable luck with this combo. It's a beautiful camera. The scope is a thrill to look through. Together, however, they make a poor marriage.I've spent a long time on the net trying to find historical anectdotes on people's ease of use (or lack thereof) with this combination.  The G-10 constantly shuts off. You can't keep the flash off between power downs. Ditto macro selection (all need to be reset every few minutes the G10 goes off) Vignetting is serious. Impossible to take a shot except on lowest zoom. VERY wobbly on a tripod I use for an 8x10 view camera. For the price on the adapter you'll have a coronary when you see how it's made (it is, shall we say, very 'light')Now I see three threads in the forum from about May 2009 that the G-10 is a poor choice because of the way the lens goes in backwards(?)Anyway, perhaps it's me, my inexperience with too many variables at once and no one nearby to get good info from (ala my bad experience with the 'expert' in the store)Finally, I sent a couple of emails to both companies (one responded the other did not) but the reply was a friendly tut tuts (no useful, problem solving instructions).I'm sick over the money I spent on this. Soooooo, can ANYbody tell me how they've gotten this combination of ATS80 and G-10 to work? Alternatively, what should I do: sell scope, get a new objective, sell camera, sell both and get the right camera with a scope with a proper eye relief?btw: if your answer is 'get a new objective' am i reading the original thread's post by Neil correctly: you can swap out different manufacturer's eyepieces between scopes (?!)</blockquote>

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