Orion SteadyPix Universal Camera Mount
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: OrionProduct features:
- The Orion SteadyPix holds your camera up to a telescope eyepiece for photographing celestial objects
- Works with virtually any point-and-shoot digital or film camera
- Attaches directly to a 1.25" telescope eyepiece with felt-lined clamp
- Camera threads on to a 1/4"-20 threaded pedestal via a threaded hole in the camera body
- Recommended for use with 1.25" telescope eyepieces only
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Orion SteadyPix Universal Camera Mount
Customer Review: Fiddly but workable
Summary: 3 Stars
I've taken countless photos of the Moon through my EQ-mounted reflector using this device. It's much more convenient than trying to hand-hold the camera up to the eyepiece, but after extensive use I've found it leaves much to be desired. It's difficult to get the camera aligned properly with the eyepiece, and minor misalignments will cause visible aberration, fringing, and/or vignetting in photos. What's more, it's very easy to knock out of alignment once it's been aligned. With patience, though, this mount will make photographing the Moon simpler and also enable you to take pictures of fainter objects like planets, Earthshine, and the brighter star clusters. It will also fit just about any shape and size of camera, and is cheaper than the camera-specific adapters I've seen elsewhere (but to me still seems pricey for what you get).
Description of Orion SteadyPix Universal Camera Mount
This nifty device holds virtually any digital or film camera up to the eyepiece of any telescope to capture images of the Moon, planets, bright deep-sky objects, or terrestrial subjects. An improvement over existing designs, SteadyPix locks the camera lens in position at just the right distance and orientation relative to the eyepiece to achieve precise focus and centering of the image for afocal photography. SteadyPix attaches directly to any standard 1.25" telescope eyepiece with one of two felt-lined eyepiece clamps provided (for standard or large-size 1.25" eyepieces). The camera threads on to a 1/4"-20 pedestal via the threaded hole in the camera body. Eyepieces with long eye relief are recommended to minimize vignetting of images. Our Epic or Lanthanum series (standard, not Superwides) eyepieces are ideal. Fits 1.25" eyepieces only.Eyepieces
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