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Rigel Systems Universal QuikAdapt Digital Camera Telescope Adapter

Rigel Systems Universal QuikAdapt Digital Camera Telescope Adapter

$ 52.77

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: China
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Condition: New
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Brand: Rigel Systems
  • Type: Camera/T-Adapter
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Bundle Listing: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Compatible Brand: Universal
  • MPN: QA

    Description

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    QuikAdapt Digital Camera Telescope Adapter
    3081114
    The best and easiest digital camera adapter for telescopes. Remove the rubber eyecup and QuikAdapt slides onto the top of your eyepiece and, with the turn of ONE knob, is firmly attached. One hand on the camera and one on the knob is all it takes to remove it. QuikAdapt's easy-on, easy-off design lets you quickly switch between visual observing and photography. QuikAdapt's rigid design guarantees that the camera is in the same place each time you reattach it to the eyepiece. QuikAdapt is universal, it attaches to any digital camera by the tripod screw hole on the bottom of the camera. QuikAdapt adjusts in three directions (up/down, left/right, in/out) independently.
    Using QuikAdapt for Eyepiece Projection with your DSLR
    For DSLRs, prime focus astrophotography is the prefered method (see adapter below) but for planets and other small objects, especially with short focal length telescopes, the image may be too small to show much detail. Eyepiece projection with the camera lens removed from the DSLR provides a lot more magnification for small objects.
    In eyepiece projection the telescope's objective lens or mirror creates a prime focus image just in front of the eyepiece. The eyepiece collects the light from the prime focus image and reimages (projects) it onto the sensor in the DSLR. The effective magnification boost (M) obtained by eyepiece projection is calculated from the focal length of the eyepiece lens (Fe) and the distance from the eyepiece lens to the SLR sensor (Ds) as
    M = (Ds-Fe)/Fe
    The smaller the focal length of the eyepiece (Fe) and/or the greater the distance between the eyepiece the SLR sensor (Ds) the greater the magnification boost from eyepiece projection. Ds can be roughly measured from where the eyepiece lens body joins it's eyepiece tube (the part of the eyepiece that slides into the telescope 1.25 or 2 inch draw tube) to the camera's sensor plane.
    Prime Focus Astrophotography with QuikAdapt Prime Focus Adapter
    Attach SLR adapter to QuikAdapt instead of an eyepiece for prime focus astrophotography using digital and film SLR cameras with camera lens removed. Fits 2" telescope eyepiece draw tubes. The prime focus method uses your telescope as a very long camera lens in place of the SLR lens.