Chrismo: Stay giddy! Don’t get discouraged. I had a similar problem some years ago and found that if I unscrewed the lens off my 2” Barlow it made a great extension and just right for the type of problems you are having. I no longer use a barlow at all and I sold mine but I’ll bet someone has one they can loan you until you make sure you “have a fix”. You can buy a good 2" ED barlow now days cheap and it may serve double duty.Good Luck.
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 18:05:21 -0600 From: djchrismo@gmail.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] oh boy! okay, i need a little help here...
So I'm giddy as a schoolgirl. I got real lucky and found a super-sweet heavy tripod on ksl.com for my Chuck Hards sun spotting scope. It's awesome and it was only $50. That's not the problem.
I also got my awesome Orion glass solar filter for my Dob, and a "True 2" 2-inch prime focus adapter for my DSLR. I took it all out for a spin this afternoon and the results were awesome, until I tried to focus the sun with the camera attachment. From what I'm reading, I think I may need an extension tube to get the camera further from the secondary. Anyone have any experience with this? Anyone know where I can buy a 2" extension tube locally? Anyone have a spare they can loan me to see if that's what my problem is?
Any input would be appreciated!
-- Chrismo I fix things, all kinds of things...
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