Re: [APML] Suggested Astrophoto Accessories for Vixen VC200L

["William R. Mattil" <wrmattil@ix.netcom.com>]

Alen Koebel wrote:
> 
> William R. Mattil <wrmattil@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> > And yes the appropriate T-Ring does come with
> > the OAG. These are not standard T-Rings but
> > are modified so that the couple directly to
> > the OAG via a locking system. But a regular,
> > garden variety T-Ring will not work with the
> > Lumicon OAG.
> 
> In my experience, that's not quite correct.

Alan,

What part of my statement is *not quite* correct ? Is the T-Ring
supplied by Lumicon for their OAG a standard model that you can get
anywhere ?

Y/N ????

> I have
> two 2-inch Newtonian Easyguiders, one configured
> for Olympus, the other for Pentax.

So do I. One for a Nikon, and one for an Olympus and my original
statement still stands.

If the OP does not recieve a T-Ring with the OAG then he is out of luck
because the "inner" piece to which you are referring he will not have.
So he will have no way to mount the T-Ring to the OAG. You will note
however that I made no statement saying that the T-Ring could not be
changed from ... Cannon to Nikon or whatever. Only that he needed to
have the original Lumicon Ring to start with. Is this statement
incorrect in any way ?

[snip]

> 
> As the "modification" to the T-ring is trivially
> easy, I would tend to say it is still a garden-
> variety T-ring, or half of one at any rate!

Once again I would ask "What if he is not in possesion of the inner
piece?"

Regards

Bill

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