I don't know if its of concern, but when in prime focus the telescopes focuser must be almost completely extended to obtain good focus. Even if it seems insulting its so simple.I'm open to any suggestions or solutions. Pleases help.any and all is more than appreciated. Why? This has been driving me insane as I've been waiting for the oppurtunity to do some real wildlife photography for a while and the funds that were devoted to the photo accessories aren't part of a large stash.in fact there isn't even really a stash at all any more! I can't afford to sell off the scope and accessories at a loss and buy a dedicated lens, especially as my reasoning for buying(or excuse.whatever you want to call it) was the advantage of a dual purpose instrument (telescope and lens.). When I take the system off the telescope (Camera hooked up to adaptor with eyepiece in it) I can see the oval of light that should be presenting the picture when hooked to the telescope. I've tried sliding the eyepiece closer to the camera and even further away by moving it inside the adaptor but haven't had any success. With the 25 I can sometimes get a small oval of light to appear but otherwise am unsuccessful (definitely can't focus with it). Its compact, its rugged, it provides 3.9 degree field with 1.25 inch eyepieces. I cannot say enough good things about it. All in all, the Orion ST80 is a fantastic telescope. The views with this combination were not as stunning as they were with the TV EP’s, but then again I was experimenting with maximum power and I think I got what I wanted. I use an orion universal photo adaptor (1.25") and a t-ring to couple everything together, along with two orion Sirus Plossl eyepieces. What I think: Its the best 100 OTA you can buy. An Orion Explorer II 6mm at 200X with the Orion Tri-Mag Barlow. When used in prime focus (400mm), the telescope works great, despite a little vignetting.But when I try to use it for eyepiece projection it doesn't even transmit light to the cameras eyepiece. But not great for looking at deep sky stuff.I have an Orion ST80 telescope and a Canon EOS rebel G camera which I use as a 400mm telephoto system for wildlife photography and astrophotography. Doesn't take up much room in our apartment. I currently use my spotting scope and love it because it is backpackable, uses camera. If a scope is big and heavy, you won't want to pull it out. Probably very important is to get a decent tripod (counterbalanced is pretty cheap) with fine adjusters as a standard video camera tripod is difficult to aim.Īlso portability is an issue. Better views of planets, not perfect on other objects but usable. I also got a variable power eyepiece because I was tired of switching out the eyepieces. In this video I look at one option using a low cost optical tube that is readily available new or used. I also have the Orion ST80 and once I added a 2x barlow it was perfect for me. 1.1K 59K views 2 years ago There are many routes into Astrophotography (AP). Also difficult to take photos with binocs. Binocs with angled eyepieces would be ideal but expensive. Though you could get counterbalanced tripod for binoculars. I also have large binocs but the problem with them is that the straight through viewing is difficult when viewing objects high overhead, which seems to be often. I can just make out the rings of Saturn and Jupiter and moon is glorious. I am not much of an astronomer but I have had and have both (not Skymasters though) and my favorite are my stabilized Canon binoculars.
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