SKylux mount meets a hacksaw...

Ever used a fisheye dogstar? Sigma 8mm is next on my wish list! No idea what kind of results you'd get at astro-photography with it though.

Hacksaw O'Connell

Classic!

Handy work there Mike!
Sure beats paying for an Astrotrac!

Lookin forward to seein what you shoot with it.

Hacksaw O'Connell

Classic!

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Ever used a fisheye dogstar?

No but the 10-20mm is not far off.As for using
a fisheye for Astrophotography,well any of the
results that i've seen look stunning.

Michael,

Pulled my Skylux out this afternoon. Do we have the same mount? Tripod legs are definitely different, and I can't see which part to take out to mount the camera.

I would be able to mount it as is, but I couldn't screw it directly to it, as you would with a tripod.

On the tube itself is a clamshell/ring.
On the bottom of this ring is a plate - the plate which fits onto the mount.
This plate can be separated from the clamshell.
This photo shows the clamshell and mounting plate together as they normally are:




This photo shows them separated:



The mounting plate can now be hooked up to a camera with a 1/4-20 bolt.

Now, of course, one more thing to note, this is the orignal scope which first came out. Don't know if it has been revised since.

Hope this helps,