Re: [APML]: Taurus III users/ info?

[Marc Arnold <marc-arnold@worldnet.att.net>]

The cost of a new Sure Sharp/Duo View/Right Angle Finder setup is something like $25 shy 
of the
B&K Astrofocuser.  In practice, there are no threads to strip with the Sure Sharp system 
as you
describe; a simple quick release system is employed.  In my C11 there is a very large and
bright pattern to interpret while focusing.  After focus is achieved I use the Duo View 
with an
~1" focal length eyepiece (gives the approximate filed for 35mm) to find and center my 
target -
this is very handy especially when most times one can not even see the target in the 
viewfinder
no matter what screen is employed.  I have come to rely heavily on the Duo View accessory.

Marc


maxx wrote:

> > As for not allowing "proper framing", any camera adapter with a "positive insertion 
>stop"
> > will allow one to "focus, "replace the focusing device" with the camera", then one can
> > rotate and frame the image any way one desires without losing focus. Nothing hard
> > about that at all.
>
> Of course not, if you don't mind doing all this in 15 degree weather and
> fumbling around in the dark with all these different parts. I would
> probably help to have a table and flashlight nearby so you could lay out
> all these parts so they would be handy. You could find them with the
> flashlight. Of course it may not be so cold. Then you could lay out all
> this stuff in the dew that has settled on the table so it would be nice
> and wet. While you are installing all these parts you could also lay the
> camera in the wet mess on the table.
> Better yet you could build a special table with a top of some sort to
> keep the dew off everything. Then you could fumble around with dry
> parts. Unless of course you have used them already, in which case they
> would be wet and slippery. It's easier to install them this way because
> those fine aluminum threads that are so hard to engage in the dark would
> be slick enough to screw together without cross threading if you are
> careful. <G>
>
> By the way, which adapters have positive insertion stops that fit the
> OM-1 ? I have'nt seen this in anyones advertisements. Lumicon ? And why
> would anyone, given a choice, want to go thru all that to focus
> >Regards,
> Maxx
>
> > Wil Milan
> > --
> > "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which
> > You have set in place, what is Man that you are
> > mindful of him, or the son of Man that you care for him?"  -- Psalm 8