Re: [APML] need advice on camera mount

[Wei-Hao Wang <whwang@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:58:25 -0500, Stuart Heggie
<Stuart.J.Heggie@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Jerry, your last comment made me think of an idea. Wei-Hao, if you were to
> use the set-up in your picture but find a way to use Losmandy's DCM2 which
> has a lateral movement as well as up and down, you could swing the rear end
> of the camera back and forth on the DCM2 maybe up to 15 degrees and
> sometimes the objective would be straight through the ring and sometimes at
> an angle but it might work fine. That way you can mount the dovetail on your
> scope the traditional way (very strong) and still pivot the camera on top.
> 
> Stuart

Hi Stuart,

This is an interesting suggestion.  I was checking the dimensions of this DCM2.
It is too high.  It I put it on the dovetail plate with, for example,
DR125 ring,
the top of DCM2 will be even higher than the center of the ring.  I will see if
I can find a mount that has simular functions to DCM2 and has a lower profile.

Thanks for this idea.

Wei-Hao



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