Skywatcher Telescope + Canon - What adapter?

Vulcan · 27 Jul 2012 at 20:18

I have a Skywatcher Skymax Telescope, along with a Canon DSLR and was wondering what adapters I need to connect them both.

Do I only need to get a Canon T Ring?

Is there anything else that is recommended?

AHarvey · 27 Jul 2012 at 20:32

email them, tell them what telescope and camera you have and they'll tell you what you need

Capt Doufos · 28 Jul 2012 at 08:51

It Depends what you want to do, I have a T-Ring which effectivley turns the Scope into a lens with whatever the focal length of the scope is, or you can get adapters that go in the eye piece mount so you can still use eyepieces.

NickK · 28 Jul 2012 at 11:51

That adaptor will give you a T-thread. So if you want to mount it as a slide in and clamp (like an eyepiece) into the focuser you'll need a T-adaptor too. If you can screw the T-thread ring directly into the focuser then you don't need the T-adaptor.

I don't use a T-adaptor with my camera as I screw my ATIK 383L/Titan (have T-threads native to the camera) directly into my filter wheel/OAG. If I use them in place of an eyepiece then I need the t-adaptor to give me the barrel that then gets clamped where the eyepiece would go.